Try to move across from BW/BI to Enterprise Portal-type work, anything on the Netweaver side will bring you closer to Java, PHP and Ruby etc. From there you'll

Try to move across from BW/BI to Enterprise Portal-type work, anything on the Netweaver side will bring you closer to Java, PHP and Ruby etc. From there you'll find it easier to migrate into a generic dev role. I got very heavily into SAP security a while back and I understand your situation completely. Your alternative would be to take the Database route, but then you're just swapping one hole for another.