[NetfreakBombay]

Originally Posted by centaur

Seeking some advice from Gurus here.

I have been in the IT/ITES industry for around 11 year.....

What I love is, being the core business analyst where I am given a problem and asked to find a solution and I am really good at this

1. Is the role of a BA slowly getting extinct with the Technical counter parts having to take BA roles and responsibilities?

Are you in an IT Services company ?

If you are

1. Have you acquired domain specific expertise (E.g.: Telecom / Healthcare / BFSI / Retail/ E-Commerce / Payments) ?

2. What do you think about "Product Management" roles in Product companies / Captives in BFSI, Retail, Healthcare etc ?

For example :

https://in.linkedin.com/jobs/view/he...fyme-625799595

https://in.linkedin.com/jobs/view/sr...ypal-590835223

https://in.linkedin.com/jobs/view/se...dlee-578283382

[centaur]

Originally Posted by NetfreakBombay

Are you in an IT Services company ?

If you are

1. Have you acquired domain specific expertise (E.g.: Telecom / Healthcare / BFSI / Retail/ E-Commerce / Payments) ?

2. What do you think about "Product Management" roles in Product companies / Captives in BFSI, Retail, Healthcare etc ?

Yes I am in the IT Services company

1. Actually I was into Life Sciences and then got into Healthcare but I am open to any domain really

2. Definitely open to Product Manager roles but they are very hard to come buy or requires more experience as a product owner/manager. That is a problem

[NetfreakBombay]

Originally Posted by centaur

2. Definitely open to Product Manager roles but they are very hard to come buy or requires more experience as a product owner/manager. That is a problem

Yes, it is not straightforward. This option might be worth exploring :

1. Get into Product Management team with lower experience range (Say 5 - 6 years). This should still give you a decent jump in pay as compared to IT Services.
2. Additionally, do an Executive MBA. Make sure collage has recruiting pipeline into Product Companies / Captives.

This is to target roles like this :

https://jobs.citrix.com/job/CITRA005...-Receiver-Team

https://www.naukri.com/job-listings-...s-020118004990

[Eddy]

Calling all SAP guys for some help.

A cousin has finished his B.Com (Pass course, without maths) and wants to learn SAP. He claims he is good with whatever little programming he has learnt so wants to pursue SAP.

How does one start ? What courses to enroll into ?

For fresh engineers, I guess a company hires and trains but he will need some knowledge to get through the recruitment process given his non-IT background.

This person is based in Jalandhar, and leaving home is not really an option right now for family reasons. In another 6 months or so, he can move out.

[benbsb29]

Originally Posted by Eddy

Calling all SAP guys for some help.

A cousin has finished his B.Com (Pass course, without maths) and wants to learn SAP. He claims he is good with whatever little programming he has learnt so wants to pursue SAP.

How does one start ? What courses to enroll into ?

For fresh engineers, I guess a company hires and trains but he will need some knowledge to get through the recruitment process given his non-IT background.

This person is based in Jalandhar, and leaving home is not really an option right now for family reasons. In another 6 months or so, he can move out.

With SAP he has an option to focus on developing into a functional role, or even as a pure technical developer. This distinction is easier to make once he is into the SAP space, and has an idea of what interests him.

Since your question at this point is more of what to pursue being a developer, the options are straight forward to get started. ABAP is the programming language used by all SAP backend code. Look for courses which focus on the basics of ABAP development, and then get deeper into OOPS concepts etc.

With SAP's growing focus on responsive UIs and mobile apps, this is also an area he can choose to focus on, which is predominantly front end development related programming skills. In this, SAP UI5 is the programming framework, where Javascript is the language to focus on.

Hope these pointers will give him a basic idea to think on, and then decide accordingly.

[Vishal.R]

Originally Posted by Eddy

Calling all SAP guys for some help.

A cousin has finished his B.Com (Pass course, without maths) and wants to learn SAP. He claims he is good with whatever little programming he has learnt so wants to pursue SAP.

How does one start ? What courses to enroll into ?

I am not into SAP but my brother is working as an SAP Business One functional consultant, therefore sharing whatever I know but don't have any reliable information about current openings, career opportunities,growth, pay etc.

He can check about other ERP suites like Oracle Apps and Microsoft Dynamics also.

For SAP, He can check SAP Business One, which is single module for small and medium businesses.

SAP's enterprise version (IIRC S/4 HANA currently) has separate modules like FI,CO,PP,MM,HR etc.

For training he can check SAP's website for authorized service centers. Attending SAP authorized training is must for appearing in certification exam.

What I understand from interaction with my brother is programming knowledge is not required (for functional part) but knowledge of writing / debugging SQL queries helps.

[Eddy]

Thank you Benny and Vishal.

It was my assumption that the path to functional SAP consulting is via technical. Is that assumption wrong ?

For a commerce graduate, can he take up a functional SAP course ?

[thoma]

Originally Posted by Eddy

Thank you Benny and Vishal.

It was my assumption that the path to functional SAP consulting is via technical. Is that assumption wrong ?

For a commerce graduate, can he take up a functional SAP course ?

SAP is a highly customizable ERP solution, so that almost every other client may require vast customisations.

Functional is more about finding out the requirements and implementation of SAP at the client whereas technical is about the programming that goes behind the customisation.

So a person who has been doing a work similar to the client (or one who knows the business process) as well as knows how to implement SAP to meet those requirement becomes a Functional Consultant and a Technical Consultant is mostly a programmer or a system admin.

[ritz3645]

I would like to warn here of Sales technique of SAP authorized training center to sell expensive Certification costing 4lacs and above as a passport for high paying global white collar jobs in the Sap world. It is a mirage.
SAP Certification is the most easy part and landing a job is the most difficult. If any wants to enter SAP there are numerous cheaper options to study online or at a Center in Ameerpet in Hyderabad. First, choosing technical ABAP or non tech module is a choice according to personality. Joining any manufacturing company today, can also get you on-job SAP exposure.

Only thing I am advising here is to hunt online group/reviews of Ameerpet institute as a cheaper option. Accommodation is also available at Ameerpet.
For someone who wants to discover SAP a trip to Ameerpet is a must. Or for training for anything and everything related to software or IT.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerpet
https://www.google.co.in/search?clie...te.0.0l5&zpn=3

[PGA]

Friends,
I request for some advice, my son has finished his graduation in Economic honours, he is keen to progress his masters in Behavioural Economics, his other subjects in graduation were psychology and sociology.

I am kind of miles away from understanding this subject, I seek your advice on following aspects
- Is Behavioural Economics a viable specialisation, I mean what are prospects after completing the masters.
- What institutions would you advice for him to undertake his masters, while checking on the internet we couldn't find any college in the country offering the course. If you could advice of any college abroad as well.

My request may be a little inappropriate here on this thread, I apologise for that but I wanted to pitch it to you all who have good idea about the subject. Thanks and regards

[rrsteer]

Originally Posted by PGA

Friends,
I request for some advice, my son has finished his graduation in Economic honours, he is keen to progress his masters in Behavioural Economics, his other subjects in graduation were psychology and sociology.
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Hi PGA,

Firstly congratulations on your son's graduation. I believe he chose a fantastic combination of subjects for his graduation, and so is his choice for masters.
I would also recommend him looking at behavioral finance.

From what little I know, I would highly suggest that he pursues his masters in his chosen field in the US. My knowledge is at least a decade old, but I think behavioral economics is still a developing field and I am not aware of a college/ university in India offering a decent course in this area. There is now an increasing demand by hedge funds and alternate finance firms in the US for people with behavioral economics/ finance skills.

[PGA]

Originally Posted by rrsteer

Hi PGA,

Firstly congratulations on your son's graduation. I believe he chose a fantastic combination of subjects for his graduation, and so is his choice for masters.
I would also recommend him looking at behavioral finance.

I would highly suggest that he pursues his masters in his chosen field in the US. There is now an increasing demand by hedge funds and alternate finance firms in the US for people with behavioral economics/ finance skills.

Thanks a lot for the felicitations and very prompt advice. I will certainly ask him to check out about behavioural finance option as well.

He is especially keen to pursue the course from LMU Germany, though I keep on telling him to check out US universities.

[Technocrat]

With Current US Visa regulation changes, I would recommend staying away from US till the current administration is in power.

[ninjatalli]

Folks,
How feasible is to look at a career option based out of Hong Kong? Have been given feelers of an opportunity; am trying to evaluate if the move to HK is a good one.

Has anyone worked out (or is working out) of HK recently/currently? Trying to get a flavor of the city as a future work location.

P.s. There was an immigration thread somewhere on the forum. Can't just find it; but I guess this thread will do.

[comfortablynumb]

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

P.s. There was an immigration thread somewhere on the forum. Can't just find it; but I guess this thread will do.

Here you go: https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shift...n-land-87.html (Emigrating to a Foreign Land!)