Set goals, manage your time, learn quickly, and apply immediately — I came into the Salesforce development industry knowing nothing, absolutely nothing, about Salesforce: how it was used in business nor how to even develop on it. …

What psychology tells us about the world’s highest achievers. Here’s what that means for developers. — A Myth Debunked It’s easy to chalk up the most successful and elite people in a given field to be ‘gifted’, ‘talented’, or insanely ‘lucky’. Perhaps they’ve just had more “skin in the game”. Maybe they are just paragons of hard work and live life grinding their way towards success. …

Mindfully implement these ideas to become a developer that consistently shows results — What separates successful tech founders and revered development gurus from failed entrepreneurs and your average, run-of-the-mill developer? One thing I know for sure. Focus. Believing otherwise can be easy, though. You might just chalk their accomplishments up as the fruits of gifted geniuses whose skill sets are far out of…

There are so many opportunities to advance your career — The Hurricane At the height of his boxing career, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s life took a straight nosedive into a pit of despair after being wrongly accused of a heinous crime he didn’t commit: triple homicide. Most people would crumble underneath the pressure of such an unfortunate situation, but not Carter. Upon arriving…

The disastrous consequences of planning for success — “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” — Murphy’s Law As developers, it’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that everything we develop will have its intended effect. We like to believe that what we make will be a success, so we plan for a project with…

The illuminating act of death and what it’s taught me about living. — There I sit, in the chair across from the hospital bed, on the night of my senior high-school homecoming dance. Never would have I thought I’d be in this position. Yet…here I am. Barely able to wrap my adolescent head around what was going on. The next thing I know…

And how to survive the test of time — In college, I would ask several of my classmates why they chose to pursue a Computer Science degree. I would hear things like: “I loved video games, so it seemed like the right thing to do” “Programming is one of the most in-demand skills in the job market, why wouldn’t…

It all just fell into place. — I never intended to be a writer. At one point in my life, I hated reading so much that I refused to pick up a book. Funny thing is, all my teachers growing up hinted at the fact that I had a natural talent for writing. …

Resolve these problems with your mindset and you’ll be one step closer to happiness — You are the most malicious villain in the story of “you”. You stand in your own way. You create your own roadblocks. You are the reason that you’re not happy. Why? The way you perceive and react to reality and its entropic nature are what either make you or break…