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Over the last 4 years you've gained more than SAP-specific knowledge. You've developed a process, or methodology, for solving problems. This is very important,
by andr 18y ago
Over the last 4 years you've gained more than SAP-specific knowledge. You've developed a process, or methodology, for solving problems. This is very important, and smart employers will recognize it.
Also, use your spare time to code in one of those languages so you have something to show employers. I would suggest a more advanced language, such as Scala, because Java, C# and Python are all essentially subsets of Scala.
For what it's worth, I had pigeonholed myself into PHP/MySQL development and was getting sick of it. So I applied for a summer internship with a financial company and got to work on some much more interesting stuff. Of course, I was still in college, so your mileage may vary, but what I'm trying to say is that if you want to change courses just start applying.
- scorpioxy 18y agoI don't quite agree on the first statement. I've known programmers who have been working with COBOL for the past 15-20 years. And they're good at it. Except that it seems that they've been living in a cave for the past 15-20 years and know nothing about current programming paradigms or technology and definitely not languages. So yeah, those people have pretty much placed coded themselves into a hole. Of course, they might be good COBOL programmers, but that doesn't mean that they're good programmers. In my opinion, a good programmer would always be trying to enrich his knowledge by working on different ideas, different technology no matter what his day job is.
- iamelgringo 18y agoI would suggest a more advanced language, such as Scala, because Java, C# and Python are all essentially subsets of Scala. Python ⊄ Scala IMHO
- likpok 18y agoTechnically speaking, Scala is also a subset of Java, C# and Python. It may be easier to use in some ways, or have a different methodology, but still fundamentally the same.