kaamde, you're really in this man. you started this thread, right? anyway, i am glad you are serious about your career. what i want to emphasize is that, it's going to be pretty tough to get trained in something that you're not familiar with. i come from a business/IT background and work as a business analyst in orange county. i don't mean to brag about what i have achieved in my life but i have worked my way up. i've fallen flat on my interviews but i have learned something from it all. i stuck to my background and worked my way up. i don't think its wise to switch backgrounds because you've already spent so many yrs of your life in school. to answer your question :- i don't have much knowledge about SAP. you can google and find out. but as a business/systems analyst you don't code. you're a liasion between the business and developers. you work with project managers to get the application developed.