[135] in sapr3-soft
Re: I need training...SAP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sixmonkey@aol.com (by way of SAP M)
Wed Apr 9 09:07:57 1997
To: sapr3-soft@MIT.EDU
Date: 9 Apr 1997 08:19:49 -0400
From: sixmonkey@aol.com (by way of SAP Moderator <sixmonkey@aol.com>)
BEA <baustin@ucla.edu> (by way of SAP Moderator
<sap-request@realtimeusa.com>) writes:
>I am a college senior who is highly interested in information technology
>as a career path. <snip> I want desparately to become
>(hands-on if possible) involved in SAP implemention in Management
>Consulting, but now most of the firms, so I've been told, are reluctant
>to hire untrained SAP programmers and are not willing to send new hires
>through training. Does anyone out there have any leads?
Sure, but you may not like what you hear.
The SAP marketplace is the tops in the IT consultancy industry right now.
Liken it to the major leagues in baseball. Very, very few people go
straight to the major leagues. Almost all spend time
on the farm teams developing.
The same goes for the SAP marketplace. Almost all of the people I've met
in the field have experience elsewhere (whether it be in industry or in
another technology). I've been in the SAP field for
almost 5 years now, but I spent 4 in industry first.
Because of the high salaries the marketplace demands, any IT consultant
with sense is trying to get in this field. Few consultancy firms
(including the Big 6) will take someone right from college
and place them in an SAP practice ahead of people who have worked hard in
other areas for years.
Additionally, every SAP client is important to a consultancy firm. They
cannot afford to take a risk on an untried person any more than the Dodgers
will have you as a starting pitcher next week
without putting you through training camp.
If you are really serious about a career in the SAP world I recommend
getting hired by a firm that has SAP installed or with a consultancy firm
that has SAP jobs. You will probably not get to work
with SAP immediately, but if you make your desires clear and do good work
you will probably get a chance sooner than later.
If you're only serious about getting into SAP because it happens to be this
decades hottest IT field, I can only advise this: I have yet to meet the
person who got their "dream job" right out of
undergraduate school. Nor have I met the person who didn't have to pay
their dues before they finally found their "dream job". Good luck to you.
Rob Petersen
Kelly - Levey & Associates (www.klainc.com)
606-282-8075
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