011: Getting Dev Certified with Julia Doctoroff

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">her</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">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.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Highlights:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she discovered RAD Women and getting her Salesforce Application Architect. certification</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her first hands-on coding experience with RAD Women, including DML statements </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of having a safe place to experiment, practice, hone your developer skills and be outside of your comfort zone</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Demystifying the concept of programming and how it's a lot like learning a new language</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What it’s like being a Salesforce Admin with a Dev Certification</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/juliadoctoroff"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Julia on Twitter</span></a></p> <p><a hr