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Building a Rockstar Salesforce Development Team
Kevin Shuk, Palantir, Salesforce Architect@surfous
Derek Lansing, Palantir, Salesforce Developer@dereklansing
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All about Palantir
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What obstacles are you facing?Tweet your biggest hiring obstacle with the hashtag #DF13Rockstar
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Agenda• Where to look for talent• Who to look for• How to interview• Additional Resources• Q&A
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Where to look for talent• Job description on website alone doesn’t work
• Social Networks – OK• Community Engagement – Better• Referrals – Best
• Bonus: People who already work for you
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Who to look for• Developer
• At scale, software design matters• Existing developers who enjoy building
business applications• Java/C#/other OOP languages are
beneficial• The same tools that make a good
developer make a good SFDC developer
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Who to look for• Administrator
• Power user turned admin• Problem solving mentality• Enjoys helping people• “Renaissance Man”
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Interviewing
• Treat salesforce developers like any other dev in your organization
• Utilize DE/Training Orgs to create real world scenarios• Code in the interview • Use problems you’ve encountered as interview questions (but be
realistic in your expectations)
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Other resources
• Top #DF13Rockstar hits• Example interviews will be posted in the chatter group
for this session
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Kevin Shuk
Salesforce Architect, Palantir@surfous
Derek Lansing
Salesforce Developer, Palantir
@dereklansing
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