ABAP to Functional

Hello all,
Am an abaper with one and half yers of experience.
I have an opportunity to move into CRM/SD/SRM. Can somebody tell me if i learn these functional areas and become a functional consultant,my 'no domain' experience will be hurdle while finding another/next job or during client interview.
In other words, please tell me if no domain knowledge will be always hurdle in my SAP-Functional carrier.
Thanks.

Sandeep,
The answer for this is both Yes and No. It depends on how you boost up your knowledge.
Learning SD/CRM/SRM the system perspective is only 20-3-% of entire functional consulting.
You have to increase yoru process knowledge on various processes in multiple industries(it is another matter that some FCs dont have this knowledge,even then become good consultants). Also you should have a flair for client interactions, interacting with them assertively on various requirements, convincing them on why a particular configuration is not needed etc....
If you have these skills (process knowledge, system knowledge, client itnerfacing skills), it will not be hurdle at all to you.
All the best

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As i was going through the certification details of Financials , in Application professional certification ABAP programming was a part of the requirments for the same .
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