From SAP R/3 to Java and Vice versa

[Neha Sharma]

I worked in SAP for 2 1/2 years but as the SAP ship started sinking in '99 I shifted to Java and since then I'm working as a java programmer. Now for past 8-10 months SAP has started picking up and there are fever opportunities for java(Or probably lot more people has joined the Java wagon). I sometimes feels like going back to SAP. What do you guys suggest, regarding prospects in both the fields.
Thanks
Neha

[Karthik Guru]

i do java and one thing i know for sure is that
Sap Labs is on a recruting spree in B'lore :-) when most of the companies are lying low.
So u s'd be correct.
That apart i hope you w'd be able to leverage ur java skills as well?
If that's the case then it sounds fine to me.
There are hardly any web related projects coming up off late.
karthik.

Originally posted by Neha Sharma:
I worked in SAP for 2 1/2 years but as the SAP ship started sinking in '99 I shifted to Java and since then I'm working as a java programmer. Now for past 8-10 months SAP has started picking up and there are fever opportunities for java(Or probably lot more people has joined the Java wagon). I sometimes feels like going back to SAP. What do you guys suggest, regarding prospects in both the fields.
Thanks
Neha

[Raghav Mathur]

Thats what people do ...... when a specific tech starts sinking , they shift to another and the same comes up again they are here at ranch crying about it .
that was the worse you could have done neha ...... wake up !

Originally posted by Neha Sharma:
I worked in SAP for 2 1/2 years but as the SAP ship started sinking in '99 I shifted to Java and since then I'm working as a java programmer. Now for past 8-10 months SAP has started picking up and there are fever opportunities for java(Or probably lot more people has joined the Java wagon). I sometimes feels like going back to SAP. What do you guys suggest, regarding prospects in both the fields.
Thanks
Neha

[krishna anand]

Dear Friend
Since you have 2.5 years experience in SAP it is best to foucs on it rather than java for which you have just few months expeience and moreover since the Java Job market is very bad for entry level programmers it is best that you foucs your attention in improving your job prospects in SAP area itself .In the current IT Scenario you will have to have superfical knowledge of all the Technologies but very strong knowledge in One Technology area .So try to be an expert in the SAP area .You can side by side keep in touch with Java also but build your core competence in SAP area .
Wishing you all the best .

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Krishna

[Neha Sharma]

Krishna, I never said that I have few months of experience in Java I have now 2 years of server side java experience. But even with this exp. I'm finding it difficult to find a new project everytime I come out of a project. Two times in last 8 months my projects got scrapped. And Raghav I'm not crying here, just discussing, trying to get some valuable inputs. It's not always bad to jump off a sinking ship. It just luck that you jumped on to another sinking ship.

[krishna anand]

Dear Friend
Since you claim to have valid sever side Java Experience try this site :www.pramati.com which is specializing in J2EE Technology .It is basically based in Hyderabad ,India but also has offices in the US .
Good Luck and All the Best.
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Krishna

[Raghav Mathur]

sorry to say but i don't think a technology sinks away ...... !

Originally posted by Neha Sharma:
Krishna, I never said that I have few months of experience in Java I have now 2 years of server side java experience. But even with this exp. I'm finding it difficult to find a new project everytime I come out of a project. Two times in last 8 months my projects got scrapped. And Raghav I'm not crying here, just discussing, trying to get some valuable inputs. It's not always bad to jump off a sinking ship. It just luck that you jumped on to another sinking ship.

[Neha Sharma]

Oh!! really Raghav!! do you know there was an ERP called Baan.
It was hot 3 years back and during the after the bad time was over for the ERP's, SAP and PeopleSoft could come up again but Baan got washed away. This could have happened with SAP too.