How Was Applying For Salesforce Dev Jobs So Far
It has been about a month or less of searching. At this point, I'm not sure I'm going anywhere with this. I was optimistic about it, but I just couldn't land any interviews. I only got like 1 interview and the company didn't reach out again for the technical interview. I even studied flashcards on Remnote every day to prepare for my Salesforce certification exam and interviews.
Market for Salesforce Developers
I've been up most nights reading on Reddit how to even land a job on Salesforce. Tech as a whole, people said that the market is shit right now. I didn't know what it meant honestly because I was thinking Salesforce is a different market and it's so niche and cool that only a few people know about it. Either with admin or dev roles, even for at least entry-level positions, which there aren't. It's like everyone wants to hire at least 3 years of experience. They say it's a numbers game but I don't really see how when there's like only very few listings out there. I think I've applied to all of them and received a few rejection responses, but mostly ignores. Like what else do I have to do to get in?
Will I Still Pursue Salesforce?
I have been contemplating about this for a while now. And it has come to me that I am not going to be able to learn Salesforce and keep up with the market. I am going to have to pivot to a different tech stack. What I need right now, is a remote, or freelance work. I have been scanning and evaluating every possible tech stack that could be a low hanging fruit yet still very much in demand. Something that must be in almost in the same line of expertise and yet has more demand than Salesforce.
What's Next
I think I might be able to break through and do some WFH work and grow. For the past few weeks, I have been so depressed and exhausted applying for Salesforce jobs and wondering if I am even amenable to working in office outside of my hometown. I'm just trying to figure out what's next. It became clear to me also that I shouldn't quit my current position or at least I have to show up in our family businesses although it's not a significant role or the role I would even dream of having, but I do have some interests to protect, so might as well only consider roles that are remote and flexible. And Salesforce jobs do not offer that kind of flexibility. Although, hopefully I get extremely skilled and lucky in the area of development.