Here I am with another entry to blog after a long time. When I joined IBM back in 2008 and landed into the world of SAP, I really thought is it something that’s gonna fancy me in a long run….I was in dilemma for sure.
I personally found ABAP quite boring and typical, I guess that’s a drawback of doing professional courses in Information Technology. Ever since I started my education + career path which involved languages like C++,C,Java,VB and C#, I have always been taking challenges. Challenges like Database connectivity, memory management etc.
But as they say there is a light at the end of every tunnel…..just pray its not a train!, and thanx heavens it wasn’t a train in my case. I was like asking everyone around, all my seniors, “is there any chance I can work on something better?”, like I always knew what is better than SAP ABAP in those days,but I only knew one thing for sure this (ABAP) is not something I would want to all my life.
One fine day my Team Lead walked upto me and said would you work in Java into SAP? wow that was a one day in IBM I felt like charged up. My reply was obviously yes, eventually as no one was opting for the path of being SAP ABAP + SAP J2EE developer, I was an easy pick for the opportunity.
“The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.”, I like this quote a lot. Cause I took this challenge of working as an SAP J2EE + SAP ABAP guy into a project. I felt really proud of my self until I realize I am into SAP and understanding of business processes and the functionalities you are no technocrat 
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So here I was left with bunch of problems to solve, with a very new application by SAP i.e. Internet Sales Application on top of their CRM solution.
I started learning this thing and was provided with mere 1 month of time to expert it. I mean working hard is something I love but with no partying harder it was hard!!
I survived that phase and now I am enjoying the fruits of it by working on applications like SAP ISA,IPC and UCES. Yes UCES is yet another J2EE based ready to use solution by SAP for paying utility bills online and stuff like that.
To I really feel working in SAP ABAP as well as its growing the way it should and problems like memory management, and database connectivity is no distant dream.
The best part is now a days its more Object Oriented, but having moved on, I wonder I will have a Team Lead now to request to for a better challenge……!! Inspired From This Developer Life!
