Career in BPC

Hi,
I am having around 1 year experience in SEM BCS BPS and approx 3 years in SAP FI, now I would like to learn BPC.
Is it a right decision, kindly advise whether BPC will help me in career growth?
Regards,
Mohammed Kalim

Yes, it is the right choice for sure. BPC alongwith BW has a very good potential in terms of career growth. Some people believe BPC is getting saturated or already saturated. For that matter, any module is saturated, yet has openings. BPC, as a full timer is better as I believe that consulting projects are very small in duration and hence need to on look out all the time.

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