I had been an ABAP developer for 4 years (2 years in North American and 2 years in China). I came here 4 years ago. but 2 years ago I changed my career to SAP system admin. It is very hard for an experience ABAP to find a job now. How about the beginner? I have a friend who has been an ABAPer for 6 years (2 years in China, 4 years in Canada), he got lay off several month ago. he is now looking for job.

Don't wasting time and money for learning ABAP! No new system implementation again. All you need is some support. The ABAPers in the market is more than enough.