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%
These personal achievement stories are the best gift a student could ever give their teacher =*)
These are stories submitted from SFDC99 readers just like you who’ve reached their dreams in their own unique ways:
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50+ years old and homeless. Now making $200,000+ a year “In 2016 I turned 50, lost my house, job, business, and marriage. I earned $17,000 that year and was homeless for the next 18 months, couch hopping for most of that time… Today, I have multiplied my 2016 salary by 12… Thoroughly debt free, new business, great career. No wasted days.” |
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Achieving the dream remote job! “But the biggest success came recently when I landed what feels like a unicorn opportunity… my total compensation has doubled since I started in working in Salesforce three years ago. Best of all, it’s a fully remote opportunity so my family and I can relocate back to our hometown.” |
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0 to 20 certs in 2020 “I’d hit up Trailhead, do some studying for maybe a day or two and then not do it for a while and not really feel like I was making any progress. I wasn’t committed to it and sort of winged it, which got me nowhere. I knew that if I was going to do it I’d need to commit to it.” |
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Never miss an opportunity because of certifications! “I never took any certifications because I honestly didn’t believe in them. For me, hands-on experience added more value than getting certifications. I know there are a lot of people out there who value hands on experience more! Believe me, I totally understand you! …So what changed?” |
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Laid off during COVID, then, 5 certs in 6 days. Another woman joins the club! “Then COVID happened and I was laid off mid June. Instead of feeling down, I saw it as a HUGE opportunity. I was going to treat continuing education like it was my full time job… I decided that there is no time like the present. Why not try to achieve the core 5 while I’m in quarantine and make the best of a bad situation?” |
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6 certs in 4 weeks in India! “I’ve been working across various products, but never really had the time to sit down and prep for the certs. And then COVID hit us… it did come as a blessing for me with travel restrictions across the board. It also gave me time to focus on my own personal learning & hence the certs.” |
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The first woman in the “5 Certs in 6 Weeks Club!” “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… I knew employers will definitely appreciate that I’m certified by the very company they’re purchasing products from!” |
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How to triple your salary through Salesforce certifications! “You don’t just climb a mountain or run a marathon without some training first. I continued to utilize Trailhead and soon became a Ranger, and then cemented my foundation with seven total certs… By about this time, I had been contacted by a job recruiter with another offer that I couldn’t refuse.” |
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Unemployed to Developer in 18 months! “I didn’t get any job from my college and was unemployed for the first six months after my graduation (I’m (from a non-coding background which is not even remotely related to coding or Salesforce)… Now I’m a Salesforce Developer in Berlin in just approximately 1.5 years!” |
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How to triple your salary through Salesforce certifications! “You don’t just climb a mountain or run a marathon without some training first. I continued to utilize Trailhead and soon became a Ranger, and then cemented my foundation with seven total certs… By about this time, I had been contacted by a job recruiter with another offer that I couldn’t refuse.” |
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She transitions from a Business Analyst to a certified Platform Developer! “I don’t have a college degree… I worked my way through different positions before finally moving into a Business Analyst role. I decided I wanted to learn how to code. I knew I had to try. It was just a matter of how to get started… now I’m very proud to say that I achieved my Platform Developer 1 certification!” |
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Mainframe developer to Salesforce developer in Ireland! “I always wanted to share my success stories on SFDC99.com, to inspire a few like me – but was shy thinking of myself of not achieving something big yet… I was able to get a job in Limerick, Ireland as a full time Salesforce developer in Jan 2017 with one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world.” |
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Struggling graduate gets 15 certs and multiplies his salary 11X! “With the certifications and ever-growing knowledge, I tried for a challenging senior role in another company and immediately got an onsite opportunity to work overseas in Malaysia with a much higher salary package (more than 11X of my monthly salary in previous company).” |
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Poker Player to Salesforce Developer! “I had never written code before the Apex Academy, so to do so in a year was amazing for me. With so many certifications I got another job offer for 33% more than I was then making. I was able to use that for ANOTHER RAISE at my current company, which brought me to DOUBLE my salary from only 1 year before!” |
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40 failed interviews to Salesforce developer star! “I completed my grad but didn’t get how to code. I gave around 30-40 interviews but eventually failed… Then after I started learning from Apex Academy. I watched all the videos many a times and practiced a lot… I got selected in one Salesforce firm as a Developer and recently I was awarded as a Star Performer.” |
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Coming back to Salesforce… after cancer “I often struggle with feeling like I truly belong in the room. Everyone tells you to “have confidence”…but it’s not always that simple. I not only have to just “catch up,” I also have to learn everything new that has happened since I have been gone, and it can all feel so overwhelming.” |
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The unstoppable force breaks into the Salesforce industry! “I came into the United States, just like another ordinary student with the hope of making it big someday… It took me more than 2.5 years and the boy who started his career knowing nothing about Salesforce merely, at the age of 22 has became a Certified Application Architect and a System Architect at the age of 25.” |
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60 year old CERTIFIED developer! “I got a job doing Salesforce full time and I got a big salary increase… I have told my older developer friends that if they want to renew their skills, stay productive, and work on a fun platform with a great community behind it, learn Salesforce! But sometimes it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Not this old dog.” |
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Unemployed to Salesforce MVP in 19 months! “That didn’t stop me from pursuing my career with Salesforce. On Halloween 2016, I started to drive for Uber during the nights and use the extra free time during the day to learn with Trailhead, get involved on the Success Community, attended user groups and anything else that would allow me to expand my network on Salesforce.” |
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From stay at home mom to six figure earning Salesforce consultant! “I am a stay at home Mom, homeschool Mom of 2… We lost our home and had to stay with relatives for many many months and still my path stayed clear… I got an email from my former company regarding a Salesforce Consulting position. I couldn’t believe it… I had three interviews and got the job earning six figures!” |
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May the “Force” be with you! “Yes, I’m one among that 99%. Over the next few weeks, I crammed your site for hours reading every topic that you put up, watched the Apex Academy videos, read the comments for clarifications, developed and executed code and that feeling you get when you finally see that your code works… You feel like God.” |
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51 year old sales rep achieves the Salesforce developer dream! “When it came time to learn Apex, I went to the Apex Academy, which is truly awesome. I then passed the Platform Developer 1 exam… I just got hired by a consultancy as a Developer/Consultant with a compensation package that was better than I ever expected… There are no obstacles that can not be overcome!” |
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Took a 50% pay cut to join the Salesforce industry… WORTH IT! “The first full-time Admin position was a immediate 50% pay cut from what I was making… This couldn’t have happened at a worse time, because my wife had just become pregnant with our first child… You have helped improve me and my family (now of 4!)’s standard of living as now I work for Salesforce.” |
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20 failed job interviews… Never Give Up! “It was one of the most humiliating moments of my life, and that’s no small feat as I was a pretty dorky teenager… Now my phone and my inbox have been blowing up for weeks with people wanting to interview me… My life will be forever changed because of this journey. I’m going to have more time for my kids, more money to do stuff with them, a job that challenges me mentally… thank you!” |
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From Salesperson to Salesforce Developer at 50 years old! “I was studying very hard and stubbornly at weekends, at night, during holidays… My message to all those people passionate about a Salesforce career: believe your passion! If a 50-year-old salesperson can become a Salesforce Developer with 6 certifications and write a Data Factory framework, then obviously you can, too!” |
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Salesforce Development Without Borders! “After a year of continuous development and administration of the org, while doing my original role, I needed to make a choice: continue with the stable job with dual roles or risk everything and focus solely on Salesforce. The entrepreneurial spirit demanded I do the latter… I went on to pass [5 certifications] in the space of 5 weeks!” |
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Rural business owner becomes a Salesforce developer! “I remember Dec-25, the whole world celebrated Christmas. But I was crying in my room. I am from a rural area in Karnataka. On that day I closed my business with a lot of losses… Today i got my first salary. After getting my salary my heart is remembers you.” |
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Journey from a Developer to a Vendor “It has only been 2 years since I started working in Salesforce, I have 4 certifications and I am the owner of an app. It won’t be wrong if I’ll give you the credit behind this. I have started learning Salesforce from SFDC99.com, and believe me, in a very short time I became an experienced Salesforce developer.” |
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Platform Developer I to Salesforce developer job! “I actually made your statement as my motto (and improvised it)… YOU EITHER PASS A CERTIFICATION, OR YOU LEARN! YOU EITHER PASS THE INTERVIEW, OR YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR A BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITY.✌” |
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Small Twin Towers at Salesforce! “I was struggling, I didn’t have a job, and I didn’t have any career goals… then someone close to me told me about Salesforce… I was totally surprised with my results… Now I’m working at AXTRIA as a Senior Salesforce Developer, and I’m Co-Leader of the Chandigarh Salesforce Developer Group!” |
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A dreamer from the Philippines gets certified! “I was brave enough to accept Salesforce as another challenge of my career. I learned and started from scratch… It has been a year now and I have all the pressure to do everything that a certified person can do… I registered for the exam and have passed it. I never been so proud of myself.” |
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Failing a certification to landing a job! “Failing my Salesforce certification was the first step towards landing me a job and it helped me increase my time towards Salesforce… Certifications matter but the thing that matters most is practical knowledge… Everything has a positive and negative side but it depends on how you can make the negative to positive.” |
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10 certifications in 10 days: How I did it! “That’s when it hit me. These tests were hard, but no more difficult than all the other Salesforce certifications. Even though they had ‘Architect’ in the name, the material was just as learnable as any other cert… It was at this moment I knew the only thing preventing me from succeeding would be lack of effort. All the resources I needed were available for free online. I had no excuse not to succeed.” |
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Ekalavya & Dronacharya: An “Average” Girl’s Success Story! “The people in my original job who did not consider me and my work before… came to me today and asked me to come back with an offer of double pay. You have inspired a girl from a very average academic background to someone who people are afraid of losing now. Thanks David, thank you for everything.” |
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Tarek making an impact in his company! “I took my time and made sure to work on it at least 15 minutes per day. I re-watched modules multiple times before moving on to following ones to ensure I had a thorough understanding of each concept. I did all practice assignments and homework problems. It was challenging and at times a little frustrating, but once I broke through and it “clicked”, the feeling was immensely rewarding!” |
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Salesforce dream job in 8 months! “Set an achievable goal that is realistic to you. The only person who I am competing with is myself from yesterday, because if you are comparing yourself to people with less experience, you will lose that drive and if you are comparing yourself with your role models, you may lose motivation when you are not progressing.” |
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From cashier to SFDC dev team lead! “My manager said ‘Nirav, I feel that I have made a wrong decision by giving you a chance’ but he also said that ‘I know you can prove me wrong and I will be so much happy by being proved wrong’. I was totally depressed due to this incidence. I talked to Sandeep and Nirdesh (My colleagues) regarding this but they suggested not to give up and start reading success stories from SFDC99.com.” |
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Overcoming tragedy and joining the 5 certs in 5 weeks club! “When I began preparation and started gathering study materials in September ’15, my beloved sister passed away leaving me crying. It was really hard time to come back from the situation and look after my family. I was forced by conditions to quit my job… At some point, I had another chance to live my dreams” |
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Nagen learns Salesforce, gets a dev job, and 5 certs in one year! “The clean look and simple language of SFDC99 made me feel like I wasn’t too dumb to learn Salesforce. After some time, I got a job at Salesforce.com Support. 6 months later, I was hired by a tiny startup looking for Salesforce developers. I finally get to write code. Wouldn’t say that I’m excellent at it, but it feels like a natural extension of my capability.” |
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How five certifications can change your Salesforce career! “Once I had those certs posted on my LinkedIn, I immediately began receiving unsolicited inquiries from recruiters wanting to place me in new positions, and I was truly astounded at the power of the certifications and at the demand for Salesforce professionals in the marketplace.” |
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28 failed job interviews and starving for food! “Now everyone had given up hope that I could get a job because it has been nine months and 28 interviews. But I knew that one day will be my day. That’s why I was still studying regularly… Finally that day came and I got selected for two companies. I never expected that I could get jobs in such big MNCs.” |
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Military veteran lands his dream job as a Salesforce developer! “But there came a point when I decided that I had enough and was determined to land a dream job. I remembered you talking about applying to Google over and over and somewhere along the line it clicked. I took on a mentality that I would just not be denied moving forward and so it began.” |
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Hamza passes 5 certifications in one day! “12 hours and 5 exams later… I had passed all 5 certs and was now very happily 10x certified! It wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t followed your blog back then in October 2014, so I would personally like to thank you for passing on the torch and showing us that it is possible to get certified if we put the time and effort in.” |
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How to get 6 certifications in just TWO WEEKS! “My career growth over the last few years hasn’t been keeping up with the previous years of growth. I knew there was only one way to jump-start that growth again, and that’s Technical Certifications… Two weeks later, after studying hard on the materials that David has helped us find… I passed them all on my first try.” |
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Intern to 7x certified developer in 7 months! “DEV401 is not the end but just the beginning… I read lots of motivating stories like the stories of Mayank, Adam Olshansky, Joshua, Ren, Jeremiah and many more. So I told myself to set a goal and get it over with. And so I did. Right now I’m a 7x Salesforce certified but this is not yet the end.” |
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More than a success story – must read if unemployed! “I was so demotivated and was at a stage where I felt like giving up. Then I mailed you and remember what you told me? ‘Who knows, maybe you will be posting your success story in a year!’ And here I am after getting a job, posting mine!” |
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Zero to senior software developer in 8 months! “I’ve seen a lot of high and lows in my career but my life stopped at one stage. No money, hungry, and everyone started moving away from me… While reading success stories I decided that day I have to write one. It took 8 months seriously no words, now I have three offers in hand from top mnc’s, this is Salesforce.” |
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5 certifications in 5 weeks… a new record! “I started studying for 4 – 5 hours every day after work. All day on Saturday and Sunday after church, I burnt the proverbial ends of the candle. I also used my commute to and from work to study. Every minute of my spare time was used for studies and practice.” |
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Philippines call center agent to Lead Salesforce Technical Architect! “Your story has been an inspiration for me. To make my story short, I don’t have a coding background. I’m a struggling call center agent that got into an outsource Salesforce Support account. We are those who answers and assist case submitted by Salesforce customers – you know when you go to Help & Training site.” |
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Historian turned Salesforce Architect in half a year! “The amazing part is that a year ago, I didn’t even know about Salesforce, and half a year ago, I just quit a job in the Humanities (as a trained Historian and PhD candidate) to join a German SFDC partner (die.interaktiven GmbH & Co. KG).” |
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French major to Salesforce Developer in less than a year! “After a few projects and accepting the challenge of “Can this be done?” with a response of “Hell Yea!” I had learned coding… My advice to those of you exploring coding, if I could do it in less than a year, you can too.” |
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Michael joins the “5 certifications in 6 weeks” club! “In the meantime, besides having 5 shiny new certifications on my LinkedIn Profile, I’ve actually used a lot of the material I learned in the last 6 weeks in my actual day job! Furthermore, when introducing myself to new customers, I mention my certifications, and it definitely brings about a sense of respect and credibility.” |
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From bartender to Salesforce #Dreamjob! “I don’t have a business background, and I don’t have a degree. I am a humble bartender, or at least I was until a couple friends of mine decided to push me into the world of Salesforce via Apex… and after some rather grueling interviews, this lowly bartender has been offered an SFDC #dreamjob!” |
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Adam ALSO gets 5 certifications in 6 weeks! “I began studying at the beginning of the year and after following your recommendations, utilizing the Salesforce Help, and also getting some inspiration from Mayank, I was able to get my first 5 certifications in just 6 weeks!” |
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Mayank gets 5 certifications in 6 weeks! “I attended your session at Dreamforce and was so inspired that I decided that I will go through your site and prepare. Trust me, I never expected to pass all five of these exams in the first attempt… I can’t express how fantastic it feels!” |
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SFDC99 and a success story of a different kind “More than anything I just wanted to let you know that your site isn’t just about creating new developers, it’s also great for people like me that need to understand what a developer can do, and talk to a developer, but don’t need to be in the code regularly.” |
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(Girly Geek) becomes a Salesforce developer in Korea! “My boss taught me Apex over and over again and I couldn’t grasp it at all. I thought he was speaking an alien language. He gave up after endless lectures and I was really desperate, starting to doubt if I was dumb. And then I found SFDC99.” |
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How Matthew defied all stereotypes and became a Salesforce developer! “I never graduated college, I got straight C’s in math all throughout school, I don’t particularly like sci-fi or puzzles or rubik’s cubes – all to say that I’m not the stereotypical programmer. I believe whole-heartedly that all it takes to learn to code is a desire and a love of learning.” |
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Heather conquers a life goal and becomes a Salesforce developer! “I went to one meeting of an organization that we had on campus that taught students Java. As soon as I walked in I realized I was the only girl. I remember when they made us go around the room and introduce ourselves and everyone was staring at me. I felt so uncomfortable that I wanted to cry. Even though it was a great opportunity, I never went back and I regret it every day.” |
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Viru forces himself to learn Apex and gets a job as a Salesforce developer in India! “And then I fully concentrated on learning Apex. I deactivated all my social media accounts Facebook, WhatsApp, because I was active 24/7 on it. So now only one goal. And that is to learn Apex.” |
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An electrical engineer switches careers and gets an SFDC developer job in Canada! “I did get hired last week as a Jr Salesforce Developer for a marketing agency here. Yesterday, my boss-to-be set me up with a Full Copy Sandbox of our org – it was probably my best Diwali gift ever! What can I say? I’m nervous and excited, and I know I have a long way to go as a Salesforce Developer. But hey, I’d rather make the mistake of failure than the mistake of sloth.” |
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Orchestra Player to big-time Salesforce Architect! “Learning to code definitely changed my life and made a huge impact on our company (and our customers)! Not only that, it was the most fun I’d ever had at work. I was both a Salesforce developer and manager of a small business inside a very large company.” |
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SFDC99 helps Jan become an Apex programmer! “Why haven’t I ever learnt to program? – Wouldn’t it be nice if I could do this myself? Sometimes I used to envy those who knew how to program!” |
…Anyone can Code!
P.S. is there a brave lady out there willing to share her story and inspire the next Girly Geek? =)
BOOM, GO HEATHER!! The world needs more stories from women coders still, keep em coming!
Want to tell the world your story too?
Email it to sfdc99.mailbag@gmail.com!
Hi David, For a UX designer what is the role in the Salesforce especially when it has lightning design system and how can I learn more about it. kindly advise.
Hi David,
I am working as salesforce Admin, In my current org layoff is going on.
I am struggling with job search, I have 2 months time to get good job.
I am only getting call for development, but I don’t have an experience in development. could you please help me to know can I go for development interview with admin knowledge? if not then from where should I start?
I am not able to focus on my study. please guide me.
Thanks,
Sonal
Hi David,
I want to learn salesforce development, could you please help me where should start learning, Currently I am working as salesforce Admin I want to change my job but I am not getting any opportunity in Admin.
Thanks,
Sonal
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I just finished my admin certification and would like to go the consultant direction . Should I do sales cloud consultant certification next or should I do advanced admin and then do consultant certification ?
Will I get hired as a consultant without advanced admin cert and no Salesforce experience?
Hello David, this probably going to be a huge message but I really had to post this (atleast for my accountability and) to tell you how much you can/& are inspiring people all over the world.
I was just “pushed” in to Salesforce because I had to change jobs soon or risk being laid off.Now, I am interested in this technology and want to learn from ground up.
Though I am from the Computer Science background, I have absolutely no ounce of coding ability (I am terrible with my basics and in general coding).
I survived 5 years with different Jobs and different roles (in the IT industry. I know.. I am still surprised I survived). Every time I think of doing things in the right way (learn/understand and do the job), I find some excuse or the other to not do it (and live in fear each day that I might loose my job). I have always been feeling low that I cannot compete with my peers/friends or even family in any aspect of my life.
The jobs I find in the market require a lot of technical acumen and understanding of the basic concepts. (As Atul said in his post/story [Aug 20, 2018]- “How do these guys do coding?” . That is my reaction every time some one opens their mouth).
I have finally sucked it up and decided today that I will learn (for myself) and understand what I am doing.
I want to find my “dream job” at CRM. I want to see myself at Salesforce and working for Salesforce.
Till today I have been ashamed to even say that its my dream job, lest people start laughing at me for even thinking I can land a job there. Even I have been laughing at myself for even thinking that its possible.
Reading through all the stories you have posted and seeing that I am not alone in this process has given me immense courage to start my journey.
Also, finding the right place to start learning and having a great teacher is something of a rarity.
You have given me all the tools. It is up to me as to how I use them.
Thank you so much David!
You are one true inspiration and I am pretty sure everyone agrees!
I’m cheering for you Aswini =) I believe you can do it.
Who knows, maybe one day you’ll be writing your success story and you’ll look back on this comment and smile =)
Go get em =)
David
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HI David
Thanks for your information, and motivation I had from your website, so far I have 2 certifications, admin and advance your site help me lots to get inspired, I just want to thank you my goal to get 5 certifications by January 30 and 10 certifications by April 30
do you have any suggestions on how to land in the first job as an admin, I live in San Francisco and do have 2 years experience with salesforce ORG, any suggestions will be helpful, thanks again
I am having Experience of 16 yrs in IT & working as PM. Can I switch to Salesforce at this point of time in my career? And if I choose Salesforce path, what type of opportunities I will get. Because I don’t want to again go for entry level position.
Hi David,
Someone pointed me to this awesome site of yours. Thank you for inspiring so many. I have had a very long career break and I would really like to get started with the Salesforce Admin certification prep. I have looked at your certification guide. I am not sure which trails need to be done on Trailhead. Is there a guideline for that? Thank you, appreciate your time to help many of us.
Thank you SS! There are a lot of trails it’s kinda hard to know where to start now to be honest. Filter by beginner admin and do what sounds interesting to you! Make sure to focus on Lightning and reports =)
Hi David, I just bumped into this inspiring blog…
I worked for 12 yrs but currently I am a jobless since past 2 yrs , and bit depress about my career, I got inspired after reading this blog and decided to start journey of salesforce but still confuse…I know its long way to go but still I need your valuable comments to inspire me. Thanks !!
Coming soon: your success story on this page!
hahaha.. Great words of inspiration.. Amazing!!
I just bumped into this inspiring blog. Thanks David. I have a very long break of 10+ years after working in the software industry. I need to get some certification to relaunch my career. Where I do start with Saleforce, I have no knowledge about anything. Once I start, is there a path that I can target. Appreciate your input.
You sure can do it! Just don’t take your time, the window won’t be open forever.
Check out this page for more info:
https://www.sfdc99.com/how-to-get-a-salesforce-developer-job/
David,
You are the hope.Every time I fail a certification I read your blog..read all these stories and get a hope to pass this certification journey.I recently failed Integration Designer exam and passed Deployment Lifecycle exam after 1 failure.I have scheduled all remaining designer certifications in coming 2 months.Please guide if any of the material you have and Carry on your good work!!
Thank you! Much credit goes out to the folks who worked their butt off to become success stories as well!
If you haven’t already checked this page out, here’s my brand new certifications guide:
https://www.sfdc99.com/ultimate-salesforce-certifications-guide/
Good luck!
Hi..i was in IT from 2007 to 2010.But after 6 months post marriage lost my Job..was not fortunate enough to get a breakthrough in IT industry again…Time was difficult and big hurdle to get a job in the competitive environment. i had to struggle to support my family…I took up different Jobs in Call centre, e-commerce and IT Harware Sales with less salary but the jobs didn’t support me for long time. I quitted them after much research, finally decided to learn Salesforce course …i studied hard and passed by Dev 401 certification in 10th Sep 2015….I too gained lot of knowledge during my exam preparation from http://www.sfdc99.com website.i am on my learning path looking out for a decent Job in SFDC Skills. I am happy that i am in the right track…
I was a sales rep updating my opportunities and forecast data when I realized I liked working in Salesforce better than Sales. It was a true awakening for me..sure I loved my customers but I really LIKED the Salesforce work much more than product positioning. That’s when I said, I’m going to learn to administer and code. A year later I had 3 certifications and I am actively now learning to code…and loving it! David, your blog helped me countless times…and continues to help me along my journey.
I wish you best of luck on your journey Viv! =) Thank you!
Don’t know if its a success story. Its definitely not (yet!!).
You always inspire me David. I am following your website since this years starting.Got motivated to learn salesforce.
Felt really bad and demoted as well when you left sfdc99(as you are really an inspiation), however I continued.
Last week I passed ADM201 and today Dev401.
Would like to know what lies ahead after this (definitely triggers and APEX)?but what about Lightning and Visualforce.
Also I dont want to pursue more certifications as of now(definitely later) as I want to focus more towards development (learning APEX and maybe Lightning and Visual force) and not just for the certifications sake .
Anyways It was great to see you back and looking forward for your live sessions :) :)