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

Declutter Newsletter: Declutter Salesforce | Kanav Khurana | Substack

Demo Script Preparation template: The Ultimate Salesforce Demo Script Preparation Template

In this episode, I speak with Nishit Sardessai, 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

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/

In this podcast episode I talk to Alon Waisman, 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

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?

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.

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

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.