Career Spotlight - SAP Developer

SAP Learning Insights

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Geert-Jan Klaps, SAP innovation architect at thevaluechain in Belgium. Geert-Jan gives insights in the work of an SAP developer such as experts for back-end, front-end or integration development and outlines the required skills and expertise. He shares experiences and good practices as well as general career opportunities as a developer within the SAP ecosystem. Additionally, David and Geert-Jan talk about the available learning and knowledge resource channels and how you can become an SAP developer. Of course, at the end of this episode, Geert-Jan shares some final words of wisdom with you.

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Chapters

1. Start (00:00:12)

2. Introduction Geert-Jan Klaps (00:00:39)

3. Why focus on SAP? (00:02:25)

4. thevaluechain (00:03:30)

5. What is an SAP developer? (00:05:31)

6. Learning programming languages (00:08:13)

7. Programming languages in the SAP ecosystem (00:10:23)

8. Different types of developers (00:13:30)

9. Compensation and travel (00:15:11)

10. Working hours (00:17:41)

11. Career mobility (00:19:25)

12. Is it the right thing to do? (00:22:01)

13. Learning channels and certification (00:26:09)

14. More resources (00:29:45)

15. Interesting things (00:31:39)

16. Final words of wisdom (00:34:24)

17. Good Bye (00:35:11)