116: Bulk API 2.0 with Abhi Samantapudi

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, we sit down and talk with Abhi Samantapudi, Associate Product Manager here at Salesforce, about Bulk API 2.0 – what it means for developers, what's in pilot, and what's on the roadmap. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bulk API 2.0 is not just an iteration on an old friend, the original Bulk API. Abhi discusses the advantages of moving to the 2.0 version being the optimal way to perform asynchronous, large-scale CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) operations with Salesforce. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also talk about the Associate Product Manager (APM) program at Salesforce, which allows new graduates in fields related to STEM and business to join Salesforce as Associate Product Managers.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The benefits of the</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Associate Product Manager program</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New features of the Bulk API 2.0</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What is PK Chunking?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Developing with Bulk API vs. Bulk API 2.0</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tips for developing queries that go against large datasets</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to figure out the right tool for the job</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Other things on the Bulk API 2.0 roadmap</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How the composite graph payload works (now in pilot)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Examples of where you mig