Junior Salesforce developers have a tough time these days as AIs have become good enough to replace them.
In the past, it was common for a small development team to have 4 junior devs for each senior dev. Today, a senior dev with an AI can accomplish the same results. In the near future, a senior dev with an AI will be able to accomplish what an entire company can achieve today.
This begs the question, how do you become a senior dev when there’s less and less work available?
One approach is what my colleague did. No one took his junior dev skills seriously, so he built a Salesforce app for the AppExchange.
This resulted in
- Becoming knowledgeable of the very technical elements of Salesforce
- Building an income revenue stream
- Being in demand as a developer
The takeaway
Experience is more important than certifications, so build something. It doesn’t need to be an app, but the more “real-world” dev experience you have, the more attractive you become.