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Dealing with doubt.

April 15, 2014

I still remember sitting at my desk, trying so hard to become a programmer, wondering if I’d ever learn enough to make a career out of it.

I had spent so much time trying to learn, getting nowhere. Dead end after dead end. I wasn’t learning quickly enough. I remember wondering if I just wasn’t smart enough to do it. Maybe it was too late. Transitioning to a developer career without formal training in school is impossible. Or so I thought.

There were two things that kept me going, even after days where I spent the entire day trying to solve one simple problem that would’ve taken a real developer twenty seconds to do:

I didn’t want to die one day knowing that I didn’t give every ounce of effort in my body to become a developer. I’d rather die trying than give up. The regret I’d have down the line would be unbearable.

The second thing that kept me going was this video. I watched it many, many times a week:

Become a Salesforce Developer:
https://www.sfdc99.com/beginner-tutorials/

6 Comments
Peter
August 21, 2014 @ 12:21 am

Thx David. this was exactly the doubt I had. I will start my journey today – and watch the video every morning.

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    David Liu
    August 21, 2014 @ 12:22 am

    I salute you sir!

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ES Walker
May 29, 2014 @ 12:18 pm

Great post! This has been one of my favorite YouTube videos ever. I still watch this video everyday before I get my SFDC Admin day started.

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    David Liu
    May 29, 2014 @ 5:06 pm

    I like you =)

    Never lose that hunger!

    David

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Jacob
April 17, 2014 @ 7:38 am

Good post. Very encouraging.

I remember when I was starting up a non-profit and was working on a project that required very simple Flash programming. It was so frustrating.

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    David Liu
    April 17, 2014 @ 8:53 pm

    You always look back on those days and smile =)

    Reply

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