A career in SAP?

A good afternoon (to everyone from my timezone, a good day otherwise). This might be an oft' asked question: How do i begin a career in SAP? Well, let me explain a bit about my background and aptitude first, so that the community might be able give me a good opinion.
I work as a developer specializing in .net, sql server, ssis and ssrs (sql server integration services and reporting services). I currently am looking at trying to get into a career of SAP which i have heard from many people as an area which encompasses many lines of business and thus, i would like to get an opinion of which would be the one best suited for me. My expectations are mostly with regards to interest and a thirst to learn something new and hence, i am looking forward to adding something new to my portfolio.
My strengths are
Analytics
Problem Solving
Curiosity
Hence, i request fellow members to guide me on how and which area would be the most suitable for me. Please do go ahead and give me your ideas or pointers on how and what i must do in order to utilize my technical background and also my strengths in order to become an effective solutions provider in a suggested SAP module.

What do you like ?
Coding (technical) or Functional ?
There are many modules are in SAP. You can choose as per your interest.
SAP FI Module- FI stands for Financial Accounting
SAP CO Module- CO stands for Controlling
SAP PS Module – and PS is Project Systems
SAP HR Module – HR stands for Human Resources
SAP PM Module – where Plant Maintenance is the PM
SAP MM Module – MM is Materials Management -
SAP QM Module - QM stands for Quality Management
SAP PP Module – PP is Production Planning
SAP SD Module – SD is Sales and Distribution
SAP BW Module – where BW stands for Business (Data) Warehouse
SAP EC Module – where EC stands for Enterprise Controlling
SAP TR Module – where TR stands for Treasury
SAP IM Module – where IM stands for Investment Management
SAP QM Module – where QM stands for Quality Management
SAP – IS where IS stands for Industries specific solution
SAP – Basis
SAP – ABAP
SAP – Cross Application Components
SAP – CRM where CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management
SAP – SCM where SCM stands for Supply Chain Management
SAP – PLM where PLM stands for Product Life Cycle Management
SAP – SRM where SRM stands for Supplier Relationship Management
SAP – CS where CS stands for Customer Service
SAP – SEM where SEM stands for STRATEGIC ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
SAP – RE where RE stands for Real Estate

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