Career advise needed

Team,
I have got an opportunity to do distant education in MS.
Already iam working as oracle apps dba .
so here i was in confusion to choose which path whether to continue the work as oracle dba or study along with my regular work.
Also i dont know whether its worth doing MS and does it make any difference in salary perspectuive and onsite opportunities.
Please guide me and help me to choose a right track. I have got 2yrs of experience as oracle dba.
Aram

aram wrote:
Team,
I have got an opportunity to do distant education in MS.
Already iam working as oracle apps dba .
so here i was in confusion to choose which path whether to continue the work as oracle dba or study along with my regular work.
Also i dont know whether its worth doing MS and does it make any difference in salary perspectuive and onsite opportunities.
Please guide me and help me to choose a right track. I have got 2yrs of experience as oracle dba.
AramNo education/training is ever wasted. Don't think of your job/career so narrowly. The more you know about more subjects the better you are at everything and the more valuable you will be to your employer.

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2) Which is the best training center for this in Hyderabad area?
3) Where do i find the documentation very specific to Enterprise SOA Architect role?
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(ajaychandrareddi at hotmail.com)

Hi
The SAP modules like FI/CO, HR etc that you are referring to are part of SAP's flagship product SAP ERP (formerly R/3) which accounts for the majority of SAP's business. I would read up on [ERP systems|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning] to learn more about this and the idea of what exactly ERP is in general.
SAP's eSOA (Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture) is SAP's take on [SOA|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-oriented_architecture] using their [Netweaver|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWeaver] technology as the enabler. Since SOA is getting very popular many people see this as the next wave of big IT work to come (similar to ERP in the mid-late nineties).
Being an [Enterprise Architect|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_architect] requires a lot of work experience in implementing large scale business software solutions for a wide variety of customers. You can't simply take a course and become an Enterprise Architect, as that would like saying "What course do I take to become CEO of Microsoft?". It's a combination of both training and experience, with most of the weight being on experience.
Since you sound like somebody with little or no experience in IT I would suggest reading all the links I just gave in this article to start, and if you are still interested in becoming an Enterprise Architect you can enroll in your nearest university and begin by taking your Bachelors degree in IT/ Business. Being an Enterprise Architect requires you to have an open mind about your solutions and a deep understanding of business processes, and this isn't something you can just learn from a simple training course that SAP provides. You need to first learn the basics of business and IT and after you start working you'll have a much better understanding of what your career path needs to be.
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