How long u been in sap? 6,7 Months?

Crazy 2,3 months can do what?
SD/MM,FI simple reports display in alv, some conversion programs, and sapscript layout changes can la!
Some functional folks sometimes so stupid to think abaper just do coding in abap.

There are lot of stuffs la in abap, function modules, conversion programs using badi or bdc, sapscripts, smartforms, adobe form,
BSP, webdynpro, screen programing, badi, function module exit, data dictonary objects; tables,
data elements, structures, lsmw, workflow, idocs, and alot more la.
And the hardest i think is doing coding in object oriented because the design is the most important!
If ur design fail, everything will fail especially for complex requirements or to follow specific design
patterns eg: MVC. For simple program is sup sup sui.

And i havent talk bout performance tuning, sometimes this part is the most difficult one. Even to improve
1 sql statement also can takes a lot of time, need to try a lot of ways, views, inner join, subqueries, buffer, and ect..
And if everything fails the no choice; data archiving.

And do coding in abap also u need to code in the most efficient way, u need to know when to use local structures,
when to use field symbol, when to use CHECK statement, when to use IF Statement, when to use binary search, before use
binary search what u should do first, before use FOR ALL ENTRIES statement what u should do first to avoid the sql select all records
in the table, when u should use HASHED table and what are the do's n donts when coding abap and ect..
U think all these can cover in months meh?

And sometimes, being abaper u need to know some BW basic stuffs oso, because sometimes BW people needs abaper to do complex coding
for them. Eg: u need to know Start routine, end routine, routines in the transformation, need to learn to create
cubes, infoobjects, ods, load the cube, ods, master data, schedule them in process chain, do codings in ADP, do some variable
exit in CMOD to be used in query desginer, sometimes need to code in javascript for WAD,
and blablablablabla... Zzz..Zz....

Btw, u hardly can find good abapers in sap consulting firm la, because consulting firm dont really need a good abaper
escpecially the small sap consulting firm. They just need 2,3 seniors and the rest juniors and teach them the basics
like sapscript, do reports in alv, smartforms, conversion program, some stuffs in data dictionary, and
some badi or function module exit.
Thats all. And repeat again and again for different projects.
Some functionals(not all) are so stupid to think being abaper is so easy. Try to be one la before talk so much.
Thats why some abaper can easily tapau functional folks salary if they really good in what they doing.
Ceh.

I've friends who're earning up to the tune of US$200K/year in Middle-East, but to be realistic, in Malaysia, you'll be normally get around RM20-25K/month depending on the project (on contract basis). For permanent employment, you'll get around RM8-10K/month on any module. Most senior consultants will go for either freelancing (contract) or they'll open up their own shop to provide consultants to projects around SEA. Starting salary usually the same as other IT graduates.

ah.. not on project? Well, my friends in Middle-East are not on project, they're on support but do from time to time involved in project too. my last support position in an oil company somewhere in cyberjaya earned me close to four figures/day .. doing ABAP..

Hi,

Need some career advise from the guru's here. I've been into Basis area for almost 4 years now..just wondering is it possible for me to change my area into other module ( HR, BI etc ), do I need to have some background knowledge to this area? Thanks!