Building a Rockstar Salesforce Development Team

Kevin Shuk, Palantir, Salesforce Architect@surfous

Derek Lansing, Palantir, Salesforce Developer@dereklansing

All about Palantir

What obstacles are you facing?Tweet your biggest hiring obstacle with the hashtag #DF13Rockstar

Agenda• Where to look for talent• Who to look for• How to interview• Additional Resources• Q&A

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

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

Who to look for• Administrator

• Power user turned admin• Problem solving mentality• Enjoys helping people• “Renaissance Man”

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)

Other resources

• Top #DF13Rockstar hits• Example interviews will be posted in the chatter group

for this session

Kevin Shuk

Salesforce Architect, Palantir@surfous

Derek Lansing

Salesforce Developer, Palantir

@dereklansing