I have many people reach out to me weekly asking for tips on how to break into SAP industry so I thought I would provide my top 10 tips on how to join the world of SAP and get rich while doing so:
- Make your #1 reason for choosing SAP career be about the money
- Focus on an SAP area that you “heard” was hot
- Have no relevant business experience in the SAP area you want to focus on
- Only work on projects where you can be on the implementation team as end user support will get you no where
- Spend as much time as you can getting SAP Certifications
- Make it know that you only work 9-5 as you have many other outside passions
- Don’t focus on time killers like social media, conferences, or the SAP Community Network as you have money to make
- Hoard your knowledge as last thing you want is for anyone else to get rich
- Make it known that travel is off limits and you ideally would like to work remotely
- Let everyone know your personal schedule up front so they can plan their SAP projects around it
As you can see you have to stay focused on a number of areas if you want a lucrative SAP career but why should it be difficult. Would be curious if each of you could provide some of your own "tips" to help spread the riches :smile:
I hope you can tell this article was in jest though unfortunately I have heard many of these at various points during my SAP career. In all seriousness if you do or expect the opposite of every one of these you will have a better chance of long-term success as it really takes a ton of hard work, dedication, sacrifice, luck and passion. On a side note I wrote Valuable Lessons to Make the Most of your SAP Career a few years ago with some real tips.
