Salesforce coding lessons for the 99%Finally, Apex tutorials for point-and-click admins! Written by a self-taught Google engineer.
Salesforce coding lessons for the 99%
David’s note: There were just four people in the “5 Certs in 6 Weeks Club” before you joined. Two became Salesforce MVPs and one got a job at Google, to name just some of the success that followed. I can’t help but think you will achieve massive success too! Welcome to the club Richi and congratulations on becoming to first woman to join!
Hi David,
Adam Olshansky, Mayank Srivastava, Jeremiah Kofi, and Mike Fuchs’s success inspired me!
Here’s my story –
The positive side of Covid-19 and working from home was the time I gained not commuting to and from work. I decided to devote this time towards achieving my 2020 goal of getting Salesforce certified.
I’ve been working on the platform for nearly 5 years now through the various jobs held, where I got to learn and work with mature organizations that required lots of organization specific customizations. 50+ hour work weeks, working on and learning more on the platform, while useful, didn’t allow me to learn the theoretical & generic aspects of Salesforce that I believed future employers would like. Thus I had decided to get Salesforce certified. I knew employers will definitely appreciate knowing that I’m officially certified by the very company they’re purchasing products from!
I started my research to get certified and very quickly came across the gold mine you’ve created with SFDC99.com, where I came across the success stories of Adam, Mayank, Jeremiah and Mike.
My initial 2020 goal was to get 2 Salesforce Certs. (Admin and Advanced Admin). However, as Success inspires Success, I decided to go above and beyond my original goal and have now joined the 5 Certs in 6 Weeks Club! I want to thank you for inspiring me.
When preparing for each certification, Trailhead, Quizlet and SFDC99.com were my go-to resources. I have curated and noted new insights for future projects for personal use. I know it takes a lot to build content, especially that which can help a large number of people. Thank you for working hard to give back to the community. It is much appreciated.
Looking forward to doing <<insert awesome crazy objective here>> and sharing that success story with you and your readers in the near future.
Best,
Richi Baidwan
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I’ve seen people in the lowest possible positions rise up to make $500k+ a year.
These are my observations on how they work differently than everyone else.
Most importantly, I give you my #1 tip on how you can rise to the top, no matter what your industry.
My perspective on Salesforce’s secret sauce and why they could triple their pricing and still be #1.
David’s note: Narender I respect your hustle! I also respect your humility – this guy also happens to be a new Salesforce MVP and accomplished blogger at forcePanda! The dream is still alive folks, follow Narender’s lead! 18 months to change your life!
P.S. we will meet in person at the next Dreamforce!
Hi David,
I hope you are doing absolutely wonderful. :D
I am writing this to you to express how grateful I am to you. I have been following you since early 2018, that’s when I started my Salesforce journey and my professional career as well.
A bit of background:
I hail from New Delhi, India. I didn’t get any job from my college and was unemployed for the first six months after my graduation.
Then in Jan 2018, I got my first job where I was introduced to Salesforce and soon after I got to know about our Trailblazer Community. And that’s when I got to know about some super awesome folks like you in the community.
Since then it has been quite a journey for me, from starting out as an unemployed graduate (from a non-coding background which is not even remotely related to coding or Salesforce) to now a Salesforce Developer in Berlin in just approximately 1.5 years. I moved to Berlin for my new job as a Salesforce Developer recently.
So I would like to take a moment to thank you for all that you have done for the community and inspire folks like me, so thank you very much.
I wish you very well and also hope to meet you in person someday! :)
Best Regards,
Narender Singh
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It’s not easy breaking into a gold mine industry, but if you follow my steps you can do it too!
Hope you’re enjoying my YouTube content!! It’s something fresh and fun for me =)
David
The year is 2020.
Civilization is collapsing.
A deadly virus has spread to every corner of the planet. Millions of lives have been lost.
The worldwide economy has shut down leaving the majority of the population unemployed.
Governments, police forces, and communities have turned against each other.
The world is finally coming to an end…
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David: “It is time.” BLM
I’m starting a YouTube channel, blogging is so 2020 =)
In this video, I share all the juicy details about my pay at my first Salesforce developer job! It’s not a video just about Salesforce, but I hope you find it interesting anyway.
It’s a lot easier for me to give career advice over video, so that’ll be the focus of my YouTube channel. Coming soon is an analysis of my resume that got me job offers from many top companies!
If you like this kind of content, then uhhhh, subscribe to my channel and smash that like button!
David
P.S. go easy on me I’m new to this LOL!
Virtual Dreamin is this weekend!
If you’ve got any burning questions that I can help you with, join my session!
An open panel hosted by Amit Chaudhary to ask me anything!
How I got into Google, becoming an admin/dev/architect, certifications – anything!
But don’t just join because you want to talk to me on a Saturday night – join for the 24 straight hours of content that includes 10+ CTAs, many Salesforce MVPs, and more!
Register for the event here and hope to talk to you there!
David