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You mean ABAP ;) Actually SAP is at a very interesting crossroad right now. You don't have to know ABAP anymore. If you can leverage SAP Gateway and check out OpenUI5 - http://sap.github.io/openui5/ you can make a name for yourself. There is heavy demand for this area right now and not enough supply.

EDIT- If anyone is interested in this area, let me know!



I'm a current python/ruby/javascript contractor interested in getting into SAS/ABAP consulting and development. Do you have any recommendations where to start?


I sent this response to a few people who emailed me already:

Check out: http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-gateway http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-27405 Especially check out SAP Fiori - http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-41598 - this is SAP's unified workflow app.

Basically SAP has put a lot of effort into taking it's old archaic back-end and making it "open", and Gateway enables backend systems like ERP/CRM/etc. to be able to talk to any RESTful front-ends (mobile, js, etc).

Go ahead and play with their oData demo system: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-31221

Let me know if you have any other questions!




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