How I really feel about Salesforce (+LIVESTREAM info)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- A deep dive into the state of the Salesforce industry in 2021, such as:
- Is Salesforce going to crash in the foreseeable future?
- Are admin jobs really disappearing
- ...and more!
LIVESTREAM info: Salesforce industry / careers “Ask me anything” session
• 229 Salesforce career ...
Saturday August 14, 2021 @ 7PM PT
(Set a reminder in the link above)
0:00 Introduction
1:59 Will Salesforce crash in the next 20 years?
7:16 Are admin jobs really disappearing?
15:19 Free coding courses, forever
16:33 Why I created this channel
Your “Which Certification” video was my intro into Salesforce on May 21st and yesterday I passed my 4th cert (following your advice Admin, App Builder, Adv. Admin, Sales Cloud). I’m beyond grateful for all the advice you’ve so generously shared. Seriously, thank you so much for your videos! The perspective that you bring and the way you do it with such sincerity and humor is hard to come by. Looking forward to your Livestream and picking your brain about different approaches to becoming a Dev. Keep it up, man!
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Are you already working in the field Or just getting certifications at this time and applying for a Salesforce job in the future?
@@nphotodotorg2690 going after certs trying to position myself to break into Salesforce. Hoping to add Service and PD1 before I start really applying to positions.
@@traceykeitt5323 Thank you and all the best to you!
@@traceykeitt5323 how'd it go? Did you break into Salesforce?
David - You're spot on. Thanks for sharing your insights in this video. I'm hoping to join the livestream this weekend! Also, I couldn't agree more...to be successful as a Salesforce Admin, folks need to have strong communication skills, presentation skills, process simplification skills, business requirements gathering skills, change management skills, negotiation skills and more.
Thanks David!!
Pure facts! I love your honesty and advice. Been following you on different platforms and watching your videos ever since I wanted to start learning how to code. I hope you never get tired of making more videos.
Thank you Klyde 😭😭😭
I bet on Salesforce 7 years ago as a career, but it was you who inspired me to take it to the next level with coding and pursuing my architect cert. I shared this with my younger coworkers who have only known Salesforce as a suggestion for growth and the future. Impacting and improving someone's career/life is incredibly rewarding. I hope you feel the same way David on all the lives you have touched. Thank you for this video.
😭😭😭😭 Thank you for the very nice words Benjamin!!!
David I appreciate you. Your not sneaky and your a man of your word. Thanks for everything
Thank you Donovan!!
Thank you for everything you do my man ! I really honestly wouldn't be anywhere in Salesforce without the apex academy ! Really helped me a lot and showed me a way to study coding.
Thank you!!!!
You have helped so many people. I see many people in these comments, linkedin etc thank you for your efforts. Your coding course was got me into coding (before I had never written a line of code). Now I love writing code and I'm so close to my Dev II cert. I owe you one for the positive impact you've had on my life. Don't listen to the minority of people who want to find issues & hate on others.
Thank you brother 👊👊
Your videos are inspirational! Anyone who think the opposite are negative, sad people, you know, those bad apple coworkers.. Thank you David! Your courses are worth thousands plus, thank you for your generosity.
Thank you!!! 😭😭😭
Great video as usual. You covered a lot of points that were important to those just joining Salesforce like myself. I hope I run into you whether at Dreamforce or working together in the future !
Cheers Dan hope to meet you too!
I can't agree more. I've been following you for almost 5 years. Started following your SFDC99 and afterwards Pluralsight. You inspired me more than anyone else. You are a mentor for me, even if we haven't met once. Your knowledge allowed me to quickly transition from an entry consultant job to a Salesforce Solutions Architect role at IBM and now getting more experience elsewhere. You are a really good human David, an inspiring one. Keep it up. See you soon, I hope!
Proud of you Nicolo'!!! 😭😭😭
Sir, Your are an inspiration for all the Salesforce professional.! Nothing comes for free! You are right in your own place! I sincerely watch your all videos and you are the reason i came to know about this booming carrer🙏
Thank you Yusuf!!!
Don't stop making these videos, they are very helpful. 🚀
Thanks!!
Good stuff. With your background, I definitely place a lot of weight on your thoughts about Salesforce. Thanks 🙏🏽
Thank you Scott!
David, this was a great video. Hope to be on the livestream this Saturday.
Cheers D A!
David, thank you as always for keeping it real. As an admin, I know how important it is to keep relevant and keep learning beyond the standard declarative tools. For admins who don't think they can handle coding, they should be ready to wear sales/operations/analytics hats as well.
Cheers Rob 🍻
Agreed, good point Rob!
Thanks for one more video with good quality info , David. Keep it up! ;-)
Thank you Cicero!!
Great video David as always! I do not know, but I believe in you when you say that you are not trying to sell more courses :)
Thank you for always sharing great content.
Thank you Alberto 😁😁
This is why I'm trying to build my skills as fast as possible, thanks David!!
Cheers!
How's it going so far
When finish the video, I just have to post something. I like your video and thank you so much for sharing your vision! Hope you can get more subscriptions! Your videos are good and helpful!
Thank you Brian ♥️♥️♥️
I have my Admin cert and have just started looking into getting my Dev cert. I think the two certs together will give me a better understanding of Salesforce - and future-proofing my position in my company
Yes! Wish you the best!
We were just talking about you today! You have us all nervous! Thanks for being real though.
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Loved the 1 month free offer 😉 - I see what you did there, you cute smart adorable human being!!! Keep these youtube videos coming. We all wait for it and love to hear you.
Anyways I want to say something over the 20 yrs from now thing - The way sf has been acquiring new customers and innovating new features each quarter and retaining almost all of the customers every year - if we maintain this pace for coming 80 quarters there wont be many companies left who wont use our products/services in some form. Therefore stagnation will be imminent in future but we will still be better than most of the honouralble competitve giants.
But hey, why predict something - lets just enjoy what we love to do.
I didn't know you had a TH-cam channel! So glad I found it. I really appreciate your transparency. As an admin I've wondered where I want to take my career next. Should I learn to code, what language should I learn, etc. I'm glad to see that I'm not imagining that the admin role is transitioning heavily towards dev. I'm subscribed and looking forward to making my way through your content!
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Hi Davis, thank you very much for this very valuable information! I guess you are talking about the market in USA? Just wanted to mention that I´m based in Berlin and I just started doing a course about Salesforce Consultancy which will keep me fully occupied the rest of the year. I have a background on Sales and Customer Service and having worked for several Saas companies, I´m quite sure Salesforce will still be relevant in 20 years from now, at least in Germany. Best regards!
Do you have to pay for those courses? Of does the employer provide them because they get the benefit?
Thanks for the clarification,especially for those who perceived the initial video on the negative. As for me, you are a saint. 😀😀😀
Thank you Ivie 😍
Hey David! Thanks for making my Saturday productive. lol. Will be tuning in to your 7pm live stream :-)
12:00-12:28 * skill stacker
See ya there Natasha!!!
David, as I said in other videos I really enjoy your videos and this one is super great too :) I just have a question, it's not necessarily related to Salesforce but to IT in general. I'm a Salesforce consultant and do both admin and development tasks, and now I'm thinking in get more involved in marketing and CX in general. Do you think it's better to focus 1000% on my development skills or it's great to have a broader view?
Thank you Ana! Personally I am trying to broaden myself too. Mainly because of aging, reaching my technical ceiling mentally, kids / hobbies, etc. It's harder for me to keep up. This is what I would recommend to most as they age and progress, UNLESS they are just in love and want to be coding long term. Good luck!
I like your videos, it feels like you can create any content and you will have lot of followers.
Thank you!!
Wow! Great content David as always. See you at the weekend! I see a ton of emails coming your way :D
See you there!!
Hi David,
I have been a dev for over 20 years. I will be starting my salesforce journey in my company. I transferred to a new team and will work on CPQ however I do not have any certs yet. Thankfully I am in a better position since I can gain experience at my current job. I plan to get the certs that you suggested: admin, adv admin, platf app, cpq, sales cloud, platf dev.
Go get em Jade!
Ahh. Saturday. I will be on the road otherwise would love to join. You are a lot of inspiration.
Thank you Boris! Have a safe one
Please record it and I will watch it
Here are my questions. 1. Get dev 2 first vs going for architect certs. 2. What other tech that goes with Salesforce that is a best compliment. I my opinion it is dev ops and data analytics or data engineering. Thank you
Alright if it gets slow I'm answering those questions! Recording will be up
Today, I had my first salesforce cert. exam(pd1) and I failed the exam. after a lot of sleepless nights of preparation, it really hurts.
My first goal is to become Salesforce Application Architect, this failure will spice up my success story😉😂
btw you are my Inspiration David😃
Thank you and good luck Arjun!!
I failed my marketing cloud developer exam twice lol. I passed on the third try.
I’m studying the PD1 now.
Hi David You are an inspiration for newbies like me. Thanks for such an amazing stuff. I have one query, I am new to javascript, should I learn Aura first or skip Aura altogether and start with learning LWC?
Your response will be highly appreciated. Thank you once again.
Thanks!!! Skip Aura!
Much better video I think. More clear and nuanced.
Still data is king, like to have sample size and raw numbers. Trends are certainly important to keep an eye on, so I appreciate your insights.
Thanks!!
You gotta read the book "how to lie with statistics" or watch my video "all numbers are lies" btw. Way too easy to cherrypick data to prove any conclusion, even opposite conclusions.
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Well sure, yet having a data set provided at all is always better then … “trust me on this…” I don’t want to discredit you statements since I think you are painting a probable picture.
I just being a fan of data since it give solid baseline to a discussion and opens up a more meaningful dialogue potentially.
And yes I see where you come from when you say numbers can lie. But it is also not that easy to lie convincingly if you audience is knowledgeable enough to have such a deep dive to beginn with.
Hope I can make it to your stream. :) looking forward to it.
You got your head on straight buddy 👊👊 Def more knowledgeable than the average person!
You are the best!!!!
Thx!!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 keep it up buddy
Thanks!!
Thank you for sharing harsh truth of the industry.
Thanks!
A salesforce developer has a strong insight into all aspects of full-stack development, plus with additional opportunities such as cloud computing and even AI/ML. If SF is dead in 20 years time, so are all current jobs in tech.
SOS EL MEJOR DAVID
Thank you Mauro!!!
How about I subscribe instead!
You are awesome! I am starting my journey to become a Salesforce Dev at almost 37. I will do whatever it takes to get there for my kids and wife. Thank you for your awesome content!
Cheers buddy wish you all the success!!
Thank you!
@@codecat8430 how'd it go?
Hi Dave. Can you recommend what coding courses to do that will go well with SF? I have been learning JavaScript and I'm not quite there yet in terms of understanding it truly well. I Plan to do SF as well. I'm 40 and I want to start a new career your advice on top of this video would be great for best direction to go for the next 20 years.
I take about this on the last chapter of the video, check it out
I will argue that the core message should wrap around becoming well rounded in DBMS, whatever your career path is. I found no problem using my mainframe DBMS Applications Programmer Full Lifecycle experience to easily become a Salesforce Developer, performing Release Lead responsibilities, working on Applications Architect. A CRM is a DBMS.
I generally agree with this. Salesforce is just a database with a UI
@@dvdkliu some things have improved but have been around a long time.. platforms, synchronous and asynchronous processing, automation (think screen scraping), external databases, keys, indexes, list goes on...
Hey just came across some of your content I love it!!!! Also does the offer still stands about the coding course
Yup email me !
I don’t see it
My apologies
Np on my about page
Its taking me to an email but it’s doesn’t show it
Hi David! Can you please keep making videos, because you are a guy who wants to genuinely help people. There are lot of people who are lost in their lives with no direction, no purpose and low self respect, and I believe your videos can bring a change in their lives. Maybe it is too much to ask from you because none of us are paying you for your efforts. But please make videos even if it is one video per 3-6 months :P .
Hope you are in good health. Bye!
Thank you Galaina don't worry I have big plans for the channel! Just need to wrap up a couple projects first 😁 I do this for fun so the money is not a factor for me !
@@dvdkliu 🤗🤗🤗 Thank you
Hi David, I am thinking of switching from Salesforce development to more general software engineering, probably web development. I found that Salesforce development was much too proprietary and limited. What do you think?
Personally I would've done the same if I was smart enough, but I was never that good a coder 🤣🤣🤣 I'd also say if you want to be further away from the business that general software development is better
@@dvdkliu Haha thank you!! Appreciate your insight :)
I am getting the exact different push back from clients. Far too many hire dev and having horrible experience with them, the issue is so many dev's just come in from other tech and have jumped into Salesforce. And many people are getting burned from these dev's.
Lotta new people in the industry these days and companies don't know how to evaluate candidates. I get a lot of random people asking me for developer interview questions. It's especially bad with devs
I've noticed that Admin jobs are getting rolled into Operations roles. Basically, operations analysts and managers need to also be an Admin. The employers get two for one that way but still pay you a lot more than a non admin operations analyst/manager.
Same goes for project managers as well. You are in high demand if you are also an admin.
I'm pretty sure this video will be recommended by TH-cam algo after 10/20 years. People will be commenting this guy warned us, damn
🤣🤣🤣 Great comment! For the record I hope my predictions are wrong. I just want us all to succeed
Coming from a full stack java background I'm currently studying to get my PD1 cert, and plan to follow up with PD2 and JavaScript cert. I'm hoping to get these 3 within a year and get a job in Salesforce. I currently work in IT infrastructure in a completely unrelated role
Wish you the best Liam!
@@dvdkliu Thank you, I like the idea that I can prove myself to employers by getting certain certifications, though I know there is more to it than that. In the past I have had difficulty impressing potential employers with credentials.
Got a great video that goes down this rabbit hole and explains why certs are so important. I think it's called "are certs still important" or something like that. Some unexpected reasons you'll find
@@dvdkliu I watched that one and it influenced my decision. Initially I had a relative who worked in the field and he told me that pretty much anyone with a pd2 can get a job pretty easily and I wanted to research and check that.
Your relative is right, PD2 is the fast track these days. Depending on your location you could get multiple recruiters reaching out to you everyday
Hey David, First of all thank you very much. Everytime you come, you give great advice.
I just had one issue, can't find your email anywhere.. it just might be me who is not able to find it may be😅
Ha ha ha, go to TH-cam.com/dvdkliu, navigate to the About tab, then you'll see a button to get my email 👍
@@dvdkliu Thank you so much😊
Do you have any suggestions or tips for a salesforce dev who is in their 20s currently ? Would you say it's better to stick to/learn general software development (java,js) rather than Salesforce development exclusively in order to be more well rounded and easily switch between technologies ..you know in case we need to 20 years down the line 😐 ?
General SWE is better / safer with a few downsides. First is you gotta be a lot smarter. Second is you are further from business decisions which is a pro or con depending on your goals. For me I was never smart enough to go all in on general software so Salesforce made more sense
@@dvdkliu cheers David thank you so much for the insight! This really made me think. I will try more for general SWE even though I'm working on salesforce. Thank you !
Thanks David, I am 38 YO and experienced software testing professional, would you recommend me starting SF career regardless of me being 38 years old?
Lot of other factors I'd need to consider before making that call ! Location, why the change, current pay, which Salesforce career, etc
David, that is totally unfair criticism of your selling your course. People have their eyes wide open before they decide. They still get the course. I work in the construction industry where we have too many dodgy operators so many customers end up with houses full of defects. The ceiling of my garage collapsed and there is nothing I can do as it is out of the warranty period So don't be affected by unfair criticism. You are a good guy that care about people by telling us what is actually happening in your field.
Thank you Chin !!!
Hi David. How will I learn to be a Salesforce Developer or Admin? I tried signing up in Trailhead, but I prefer to have a human teacher instead...is there a course that I can enroll? Thanks
How to become a dev: www.sfdc99.com/2020/03/01/step-by-step-guide-to-becoming-a-salesforce-developer-in-2020/
Thank you
How hard is it to become a Salesforce Developer, if one has never done programming? Or is it good idea to start as an Admin and then slowly move to Developer? I had taken Java 20 years ago and hated it. I have been in the IT field (Sys Admin, Business Analyst, Application Support etc) for the past 20 years, but never done programming after that Java experience :).
Literally know hundreds of people who have done it. Just a few here: www.sfdc99.com/sfdc99-reader-success-stories/
People in their 50s and 60s as well.
I've personally also done it myself!
@@dvdkliu Thank you so much! You are amazing!
Apex, SFDC language, is basically Java
Negative Talk from Positive Man ! Though I Agree With You, I want to know what is the future of Low Code /No code and Your View on this because Salesforce itself promote this
I don't think no code is possible for most orgs!
Most ppl say sales force will peak around 2030 an Start the decline from there as a person who only sees myself working in it for 5 to 6 years while building side projects do you think sales force salaries will maintain or increase for just the next 5 years or do you see signs slowing already now
Definitely still growing but I agree it will peak within the next 10 years!
@@dvdkliu ok probably best time to get I the next 2 years to have time to milk the earning potential while salaries are still high for the next 7 years max
Yup!
I just read that they canned a bunch of people recently.
Feels like David is only gonna make his own company , hire developers , be the manager / CEO of this new company which will compete amd overtake Salesforce in next 10 years . Bet on this , this is gonna be true ! 😂 And if this gonna be your plan David , then do hire full stack developers like us into your team , we freshers have all the energy to learn and apply all hands-on skills ! 😀✌️
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I TOTALLY agree with Salesforce in 20 years. BUT Rather than saying it will cease to exist it will still exist it's just the rates will be so bad you wouldn't bother. I found exactly the same during the first dot com boom. I came out of Uni knowing HTML, I was the hottest commodity in the country. I could write my own cheques. Now it's a totally different story, an HTML developer just doesn't exist anymore... But Devs vs Admin... Code is being pushed further and further away in the stack with Flow etc... therefore I think the boundary between devs and admins is going to be a lot more blury.
Great take Francis!!
@@dvdkliu TBH Before I went to uni I was a network support / desktop support engineer and those rates were great too... now there are loads of competition. I see everything in waves, you just need to catch the next wave and start learning it to slowly transition yourself into the next latest and greatest. Just look at Salesforce Functions... hey I don't even need to learn Apex now! (kinda).
I need someone to help me with salesforce I need to make some changes but I cannot find anyone to help.
any recommendations?
Are you still offering a free month of your coding courses? :) I'm very late to the salesforce game! 🤪
That 4500$ setup is worth it 😂😂
Thanks!!
Hey @David - I’m 3x certified (Admin, Advanced Admin, App Builder) and I’ll take you up on your offer here for a month’s free coding from you - when I secure a dev position I will pay you the value of / purchase the course. Is this offer still live? Thanks
Yes email me at dvdkliu@gmail.com !
@@dvdkliu emailed you. Thanks
Don't see anything ! Checked spam
@@dvdkliu that’s very odd! Just re-sent it to you. Is there an alternative email address to copy in just in case?
@@dvdkliu Re-sent again, not sure what's going on there. I've triple-checked the email address you posted above and your gmail profile pic checks out so... yeah.
All SF has done is made my job more difficult. No one I know that actually uses it cares for it. Nothing against you. It's really terrible to use at least in our industry.
I’m looking for your email everywhere. Omg what am I missing? Lol
Lol on my channel about me page! Dee vee Dee Kay ell eye you at Gmail dot com
Hi David people who comment ur pushing courses are they working for free??? David=royalty helps society
Sarcastic people=beggers who want everything free
Ethical Business is good..
Thanks lol
So then why did you produce a video saying DON'T LEARN TO CODE!
Just trying to show both sides and let you decide what's best
Smh another video about selling more coding courses. Such a villain >:)
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Ah, that's not true as he said in his video to ping him...and he'll provide free learning...I am proof of it... I pinged him twice and both times he replied with a voucher and a lot of good wishes to learn.
Yes, He is selling courses, but not just for the sake of making money.
Thank you for your support Rishabh. I am so happy I was always nice to you LOL.
Romeo is just joking around so it's all good ✌️✌️
@@dvdkliu Thanks to you for helping me at that time.
My pleasure buddy 👊👊