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Kanav Khurana - How to start with why in Salesforce Development?
In this podcast episode, I talk with Kanav Khurana - Pre-Sales Salesforce Architect from the Netherlands. We talked through his 10 years of journey in the Salesforce ecosystem, how to get better at Development, and how to start with "Why?"
I hope you enjoy it!
Connect with Kanav Khurana: Kanav Khurana | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanavkhurana/)
Declutter Newsletter: Declutter Salesforce | Kanav Khurana | Substack (https://decluttersalesforce.substack.com/)
Demo Script Preparation template: The Ultimate Salesforce Demo Script Preparation Template (https://decluttertech.gumroad.com/l/ultimatedemo)
20 Dec 2023
Nishit Sardessai - From India to San Francisco by working as a Salesforce Developer
In this episode, I speak with Nishit Sardessai (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishitsardessai/overlay/about-this-profile/), a Senior Salesforce Developer. He went from working in India to starting his own marketing company to moving to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Connect with Nishit on LinkedIn: Nishit Sardessai | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishitsardessai/)
30 Nov 2023
Artūras Sedleckas - Pivoting from 10 years in music to Salesforce Administration
In this episode, I am talking with Artūras - Senior Salesforce Admin and Developer. He worked 10 years in the music industry, taught kids, and at some point decided to pivot his career dramatically into Salesforce.
Hope you enjoy this episode!
Connect to Artūras: https://www.linkedin.com/in/art%C5%ABras-sedleckas-%F0%9F%92%BB%F0%9F%91%8B-a58b71171/
23 Nov 2023
Alon Waisman - 8 years of developing & teaching Salesforce
In this podcast episode I talk to Alon Waisman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alonwaisman/overlay/about-this-profile/), an experienced Salesforce Developer and Architect with 8 years of Salesforce experience.
You remember the new Integration user license that was introduced? That's Alon who initiated this idea in the ecosystem.
We also both share the passion for teaching Salesforce Development and we talked quite a lot about behind-the-scenes of teaching.
Here is if you want to connect with Alon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alonwaisman/
Here is Alon's GitHub: https://github.com/MowAlon
21 Nov 2023
From zero to Salesforce Developer in 10 month - Story of Tsenko
In this episode I walk with Tsenko Aleksiev that works as a Salesforce Developer for valuent and has over 2 years experience as a Salesforce Developer.
However, his story is one of the most inspiring story I've seen and I want to share it with you! If you want to contact or connect to Tsenko, here are contacts:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsenko-aleksiev-salesforce/
Valuent: www.valuent.io
Timestamps:
00:00 - Giving up on Coding twice
01:36 - Losing a job
08:26 - CodeGym
10:17 - How much practice you need
15:55 - Sending over 200 application
27:02 - Why keep pushing?
28:46 - Do you Love coding?
31:04 - From Java to Salesforce
34:38 - Email to David Liu
38:42 - Can anyone be a developer?
41:15 - How long until finishing the first task?
46:02 - Worst & best part of being a Salesforce Developer?
52:24 - Not knowing something
56:15 - What should we improve in the Salesforce industry?
57:30 - How to start with Apex?
18 Nov 2023
Sam Hamid - From Chef to Salesforce Admin & Leading Sales Teams
In this episode, Sam Hamid tells us how he went from being a Chef to leading a Sales Team, to working as a Salesforce Admin.
If you have any questions, wants to chat more, or contact Sam, here is the email: Salesforce@hey.com
He mentioned this website for learning Apex:
https://www.apexsandbox.io/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVM3VlhIZFlGVVRYWWZFaUt6NXItcFo3TnYxQXxBQ3Jtc0tuY1Mwd1l0UWlxeHlHRGZTejhDbGpodmROQ1IyTG1rSjJxMDJVNjJXVVI2WEM3S0dtZzZnZ1p1M0JPSHk1Vk92VDByTHRDbGNYQ3Nhb2liNTNTa0ZVamVUalhnaV9TYnQ2NG9wdUY3TEN1M1d6QmtGWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apexsandbox.io%2F&v=7spQ3H_WACU)
Timestemps:
00:00 - Learning C++ at the age of 14
04:08 - First time seeing Salesforce
07:59 - From Sales Lead to Admin
10:24 - Why switching to Admin?
12:01 - How long does it take to take the first task?
16:37 - How to progress quickly?
19:56 - How to find volunteer projects?
21:53 - Do what others don’t want to do
23:32 - Learning Apex as an Admin
25:07 - Difference between Apex and Administration
31:26 - How important are certifications?
35:14 - Do you need a degree?
36:42 - “I don’t know”
42:04 - How being Chef helps with Salesforce career
47:19 - The Bear
50:23 - Meetings
11 Nov 2023
How to switch from Admin to Salesforce developer?
In this podcast I am sitting down with one of my best students - John Barry. We answer the question of how much you can learn in just one year of studying Salesforce Development by staying consistent.
John also tells how he end up being and admin and how he could started doing simple tasks just in 1.5 months after first hearing about Salesforce.
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