I have a cool Japanese painting that I keep in my office. It translates to “Reinvent yourself, time and time again”. Best advice ever. Here’s one of my first reinventions. After spending nearly 7 years with the same company doing SAP variant configuration, I inevitably moved on. I started with a small company that was late in the stages of implementing SAP. I was quickly thrown into the mix and become responsible for SD, SM, and development. Well, needless to say, SM was something brand new for me, and development up to this time was more of a hobby. I quickly learned how to deal with Smartforms, SAPScript, ALV reports, and of course user exits. More importantly, I learned how SAP handles the service world. Trial by fire quickly showed me that I liked service more than SD just because of the large amount of interaction in the system. It’s was also proof to myself that being flexible is invaluable in any career, and you never know what you’re going to enjoy doing. To this day, I spend the majority of my time consulting SM and VC, and my new SAP applications revolve around those 2 modules. Word of advise, stay flexible, you never know where it will take you.
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