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How I Made Myself a More Valuable Programmer in 6 Months (and How You Can Too)
Set goals, manage your time, learn quickly, and apply immediately
I came into the Salesforce development industry knowing nothing, absolutely nothing, about Salesforce: how it was used in business nor how to even develop on it. I was as clueless as a newborn baby seeing the light for the first time — I suppose most of you understand this feeling when tackling a new programming language or framework.
That being said, I was very uncomfortable starting and was afraid that I wouldn’t fare well in this uncharted territory of cloud development.
Boy, was I wrong.
Come my first week of training and I fell in love with this technology almost immediately. I was baffled and bummed that I wasn’t able to cross paths with this powerful tech sooner.
I started setting long-term goals early on. I spent time outside of work relentlessly trying to learn and understand everything I possibly could about the platform, and I started teaching, mentoring, and inspiring everyone around me with my quick accomplishments and gained knowledge.
I found my niche. I found an opportunity where I had the potential to provide an extraordinary amount of value to businesses, my…
