HI Mohamed
In your first post you ended with
I guess my Basis Knowledge will help if I wanna move to SAP again after several years.
But now you say
That's because i'm 1 year old in SAP. It's not about keeping the door open but will my Basis (technical) experience help in later time - I hope it will or I have to forget about it
Okay, what is your actual motivation here: your don't want a career in SAP or you want a more-fulfilling/future proofing career that gives you longevity and good prospects?
You mention that you would "forget about it" if you Basis experience no longer counts? Do you mean no longer counts for non-SAP development work or for a chance to re-enter SAP?
Things to consider in the SAP space (and by no means these should be reasons for you to stay)
- It is very hard to get a level entry position in SAP. You may have experienced a hard recruitment process with lots of competition amongst you peers. If you were fortunate to find a job immediately, considered yourself fortunate compared to some of the posts and questions we get from members in Careers, Training and Certification spaces
- First year in any job (SAP or other) will be "low hanging", repetitious work. It's all about learning and slowly stepping up to the difficult tasks. It is the same as you must crawl before your you walk and walk before you run. I suspect the same will be with development.
- SAP (as mentioned by others) does have an area of development and it is a growth market. HANA is a platform is and being marketed to be used with Non-SAP systems so it opens up a heap of other develop opportunities. Having a 1 year Basis could assist transition into SAP development as you understand system architecture and landscape. Also, monitoring performance logs and so on might help you appreciate why/how clean code should be written
- Leaving SAP market for a few years and returning later may be a bit difficult.Your training may become outdated and you will have competition. I am speculating here. You never know, your newly obtained skills may be complementary to a job back here (again, goes back to original question if you really want to work in SAP)
- SAP is changing quickly with new products all the time. Development is undergoing an overhaul and Integration of systems (including to non-sap) is challenging work. Basis is part of that.
But at the end of the day, if you do not want to work in SAP then your Basis experience is really work experience. You might be able to transition basis to other system administration roles in non-SAP products. However, if you truly want to become a developer then the focus should be on what language(s) you learn.
Why do you think SAP is "closed fenced" and what do you mean by this?
Regards
Colleen