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Starting in an analyst, support, or end-user role is a good way to get exposure. Or try working with a small boutique consulting firm as an alternative to the
by jlj 10y ago
Starting in an analyst, support, or end-user role is a good way to get exposure. Or try working with a small boutique consulting firm as an alternative to the big guys, you may get more variety of experience.
Understanding the business processes supported by the application will set you apart from other developers. It is common to find developers without business process or functional experience, and visa versa. If you have some of both types of experience it will set you apart.
Source: I started as an accountant and ERP end-user, moved to a functional analyst role, and am currently working as a data engineer.
- snuxoll 10y agoThis is pretty good advice, this is how I ended up getting into Salesforce stuff. Started at a company that used Salesforce heavily on the help desk (which used it as a ticketing system), after 4-5 months I managed to get into a Jr. Salesforce Developer role. I no longer work there, nor do I work full-time on Salesforce projects, but I do maintain our small Salesforce org at my current employer as an additional responsibility and if I ever decide to move back into it full-time I'll have the experience to do so (I can't really see it, Salesforce is a great tool but not something I enjoyed having 100% of my time consumed by, I'm much happier in my current DevOps role).