Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Having worked at companies where we had to use SAP software, I find that sad.


Could someone give a brief example of what kind of SAP work require? I see constantly recruiters searching for people who know how to work with SAP, but I have not clue what it involves. ))


See this: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60/helpdata/en/43/fcdf77fc651...

When I encountered SAP, it was still the SAPGUI client that you installed on Windows. As I exited my SAP-related job, I believe the change to Web/Netweaver was beginning to happen. I've written a few ABAP programs and 1 or 2 BSP pages. The way I'd describe SAP to someone who hasn't ever used it, is like a very complex & powerful database with many stored-procedures and triggers and functions and special forms(screens) to accept user-input for each of them.


Usually it involves customizing what data is captured, what workflows are in place and the reports that ultimately get generated.

Given that SAP is quirky (to say the least) it typically requires some real world experience.


I worked for a company that was switching over from old internal software to SAP. We actually had to change workflows to suit SAP. You see, they'd sold it on the premise that it was adaptable, and it was, but actually a SAP engineering team would need to make the modifications to every version and update that we were contracted to receive. This wasn't covered in the multi-million-euro contract, of course.


As a german student who was forced to learn how to use SAP in order to get my Bachelor degree, I agree.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: