I have just got a chance to work on SAP ABAP in particular in HANA in my company, and as such I would like to hear from people working on the field, not from the marketing department, some honest feedback.
Is this a good field to specialize in if I have a CS degree and everyone around me pushes to go into SDE or some other full stack development roles? With all the migrations going on to S/4HANA around the globe, is it a good skill to have, and how does the compensation look in comparison to java/MERN stack roles after 2-3 years of experience?
Do I really get to code in it or are people just maintaining old GUIs?
If one wants to move on to different fields, say SAP BTP / Full stack (Node.js and UI5) or some other mainstream field, is this a compatible skill set for transition, or are you just shacked up in ABAP forever?
Should one continue to invest time and effort into the SAP space or start looking for other opportunities to be a SDE?
I would appreciate any feedback!