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%
Thank you to Josh Birk, host of Salesforce’s official developer podcast, for having me on!
In this podcast we go deep into the psychology of how to find success in the Salesforce world. Josh asked me questions that no one has asked me before, and to this day I’m still pondering on them.
Check out the full podcast if you want an in-depth look into my mind!
00:07 – The biggest moment of my career
01:12 – How honest should you be in an interview?
05:08 – How do you personally like to interview people?
07:47 – What kind of backgrounds make for good Salesforce developers?
10:18 – What does the “99” represent in SFDC99?
11:47 – Why did you start SFDC99 even though your coding skills were weak?
13:25 – What was the secret to SFDC99’s success?
14:36 – What lessons did you learn while making SFDC99?
16:10 – Impostor syndrome. Your thoughts?
18:10 – How important is it to be smart?
20:45 – What is the role of failure in your career?
24:20 – How have you won so many Hackathons?
26:10 – Why do you plagiarize so much?
While you’re at it check out some of the 40 other podcasts on the official Salesforce developer blog (!) where Josh interviews people much smarter and more successful than me!
David
Loved the podcast. It’s wonderful to listen to you all the time.
Thank you!
Hey David, love the youtube videos you have been doing and one thing I noticed on those and the podcasts you feature on is the audio quality. Have you shared what the audio setup is like … other than the exorbitant amount you spent on acoustic panels that you must hide from your wife ;)
Ha ha ha thank you Andrew!
I am so glad you made this comment!! I have spent so much time and money on audio quality and I am so glad someone notices LOL. In fact I am going to tell my wife about this!
And since you’ve clearly done your homework I’ll tell you my full setup. I actually have two.
Podcast setup:
– Mic: Rode Procaster ($250)
– Acoustics: Kaotica Eyeball ($200)
– Processor: DBX 286s ($220)
– Preamp: Focusrite Scarlett Solo ($100)
– Plus the exorbitant acoustic foam of course! (~$200)
This setup is specifically for podcasting since dynamic mics are great when you can get really close to them – inches really – closer than you’d want to be if there is a video camera on you.
Video setup (audio components only):
– Mic: Rode VideoMic NTG ($250)
– Exorbitant acoustic foam (~$200)
– Processor: None. I tried the DBX 286s I use in my podcast setup and it made the sound worse, probably because by default they aren’t compatible, and I needed extra cables + adapters
– Preamp: None. I bought a Beachtek DXA-Micro Pro ($150) but I couldn’t tell the different in a blind test, so I returned it. The preamp built into my Sony a6400 camera had identical quality no matter how much I played with all the settings.
Video is something pretty new to me – I imagine if I started with video I would have used my full video setup for podcasting as well as it’s more versatile, but potentially slightly lower quality due to using a shotgun mic instead of a dynamic one with many accessories.
I’ve also made a ton of changes to my recording studio specifically to improve sound:
– Shag carpeting (floors are hardwood)
– Lots of furniture, couches, desks, etc to deflect sound
– Plants + Canvas paintings throughout
– I open the doors and windows when recording (if there’s not a lot of sound outside)
Hope this helps Andrew! If you’ve got any tips on further improving sound quality I think I can sneak a few more purchases without my wife knowing LOL!
David