DO YOU HAVE SKILLS TO BECOME SALESFORCE DEVELOPER?

Publish date:

• 14th August, 2021

Salesforce developers are professionals who build functionalities in a sandbox with Visualforce or Apex before handing it over to the Salesforce Administrator for deployment or execution. Salesforce developers develop functionality by creating Salesforce triggers and creating Visualforce pages as per the needs of the client. In computing parlance, Sandbox refers to a testing environment in a computer system in which new or untested software or coding can be run safely, without impact on other stuff.

In order to be a good developer besides having ample certifications from Salesforce, there are some other skills that are required for being a great developer. These are non - technical skills. You may call them soft skills. In today's blog, we list some skills that enable a developer to be a great developer.  These are skills that help developers get jobs and retain them. So, let's see which ones you have?

• Communicating with lay people. The ability to communicate (clearly and effectively) with laypeople (people who are not familiar with a specific or technical domain) so that they understand what has been conveyed. It means being able to keep tech jargon aside and dumb down information for all to understand. Jargon free language is the new buzzword.

• You are open to gaining knowledge of others. No one is an expert in all topics. It's simply not possible. It is vital to use the knowledge basis of others in your company or via online communities. This means you are more efficient in your job. Find quick or innovative remedies via the knowledge basis of others. make knowledge sharing an integral part of the company's culture.

• Collaboration skills. You are not a solo person and thrive in a collaborative environment. You can say you are a team player. Being open to working with others help you and your company to grow. All companies are looking for team players. Are you one?

• Time management skills. The higher in life you rise, the more responsibilities land on your shoulders. This means that it's time to live life with effective time management. If you don't lack this skill so far,  no worry, it's not too late. Start by waking up 30 minutes early every day and prioritizing tasks and making checklists.

• Priority to goals/objectives. However busy you are with coding etc, at the end of the day, keep the business goals/objectives at the front to ensure everything that is done is to achieve these goals.

• Be vocal as well solution focussed. If something needs to be fixed etc, speak up. Don't be nasty, rude etc but have an opinion and solution, speak up. Don't remain mum on important issues whether on micro or major issues confronting you.

• You are social and fit well into a company. Companies want staff that is social, gel well with company's culture & values. No one want an employee who is antagonistic and possessing outdated values such as racism, sexism or homophobia.

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About the Author

Anand Sharma

Anand is a Salesforce Evangelist, joined the Salesforce ecosystem in 2014 helping customers to be successful with Salesforce, and joined Codleo to share the goodness with even more developers all around the world. He is based in New Delhi, with his wife, and he tries to escape summers every chance he gets.