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Yes. You have to learn a skill with demand that cannot be met. That is the easiest way to get side work. Learn Salesforce development. I've accepted a new cont
by TbobbyZ 7y ago
Yes. You have to learn a skill with demand that cannot be met. That is the easiest way to get side work.
Learn Salesforce development. I've accepted a new contract role that is full time hours and my older employer straight up told me, "We cannot match your new hourly rate, but here is still a raise. Feel free to work on things for us whenever you want, whenever you have time, remotely."
I'm nothing special, an average developer. But businesses cannot find enough Salesforce developers, so some take what they can get, even if it's part-time.
- teeeg 7y agowhat kind of stuff are you doing? is it mostly Apex development?
- TbobbyZ 7y agofull life cycle development. pretty much anything to get something launched. integrations, front-end, apex back-end. Right now I'm learning about SQL server and DDL stuff to get a feature launched cause the integration doesn't have a REST or SOAP API, so I need to build the API myself.
- jamiepenney 7y agoWhat's the easiest way to get started with SF dev? I'm part of a contracting team and having another arrow in our quiver would be pretty useful.
- TbobbyZ 7y agotrailhead.salesforce.com Focus on getting certified to really stand out.
- tempay 7y agoHow much time and cost is involved in doing?
- TbobbyZ 7y agoCan’t really give you a quantifiable answer time wise. It really depends on how much time you put in and how good of a developer you already are. It took me 4 years working full time to get to the point I’m at now. But I also worked Uber, Postmates, and fast food jobs to support my family at night till I got side gig developer work. In my 3rd year things really started to take off. I now have 8 certifications. Cert tests are only $200-400 a piece to take.
- akudha 7y agoCan you talk a bit about the kind of projects you do? Also, where do you find clients?
- jetti 7y agoI would imagine that clients that would want to get contractors for Salesforce development would want those individuals working during normal business hours, which would conflict with an existing job. Have you found clients are more flexible in hours?
- TbobbyZ 7y agoMore flexible indeed.
- lvkleis 7y agoHow did you find your sales force dev clients?