I am too slow

A student recently got a new Salesforce Developer job in Boston

After the first sprint he reached out back to me: “I write code too slowly on the job. I am afraid they will fire me.”

They won’t. Don’t worry.

If you are in the same situation - keep your cool.

First, no one expects a Junior Developer to be lightning-fast

I asked him one question “How many questions did you ask in this sprint your colleagues?”

“None, I am afraid to look incompetent”

I get this. I was exactly like him.

Here is a thing:
→ Coding follows a non-linear progression

→ You see those plateaus?
→ That’s you hitting the wall

It will happen on any level, especially when you are at the beginning of your developer career

So what to do about it?

Two options:

→ Ask for help
→ Go on a walk, and come back

If you ask for help, you can reduce your time with no progress to something like this:

You still going to feel lost sometimes

… and will need to come up with ideas on your own

But you will move 3x faster

And the saved time?

You can use it to chill with your family :)

So go ask for some help!

Don’t waste time :)

P.S. If you don’t have someone to ask for help on development - I have one mentoring slot for July. Would you like to join?