011: Getting Dev Certified with Julia Doctoroff

Today’s episode features Julia Doctoroff, a Managing Implementation Consultant at makepositive. She is a San Francisco native who made the move to London several years ago.  

After moving to London, she soon realized she wanted to have a deeper understanding and better communication with the development teams at her organization. So, she decided to get Dev Certified. 

Together we discuss her experiences in getting a developer certification from the perspective of a Salesforce Admin. Julia also talks about the importance of getting support and how she found support for her goal from a group known as RAD Women. She shares her experience with learning to code; including the most frustrating and most rewarding aspects of getting Dev Certified.  

 

Show Highlights:

How she discovered RAD Women and getting her Salesforce Application Architect. certification Her first hands-on coding experience with RAD Women, including DML statements  The importance of having a safe place to experiment, practice, hone your developer skills and be outside of your comfort zone Demystifying the concept of programming and how it's a lot like learning a new language What it’s like being a Salesforce Admin with a Dev Certification

 

Resources:

Julia on Twitter

Julia on LinkedIn

Beginner Developer Trial on Trailhead

RAD Women

LadiesBeArchitects on Twitter

 

Shout Outs:

Heather Dykstra

Bonnie Hinners

Gemma Emmett

 

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