RAD Women

In mid-September, I was accepted into RAD Women Intro to Coding (Part II) course. This is a 10-week course covering Salesforce Apex coding. The course started the week of October 1 & runs until December 10. The cohort I am in has class on Saturday's at 11 AM. There are 8 individuals in my cohort. We meet weekly for lecture, homework & any questions. There are also office hours available during the week in case anyone gets stuck or would like to have a different coaches perspective. Each week we have a set of Trailhead modules to do, several articles to read and/or videos to watch & an Apex class or trigger to write. Each week's homework gets more advanced/challenging to do. Closer to the end of the course, we will be paired up with a partner to work on the final coding project together. The coding project is required to graduate & is presented on the final day of the course.

I had taken their Part I course in October 2021. I was waitlisted twice to get into the Part II course. I am thankful to have gotten into the course on the third try! I was concerned about it being two years between courses, but am finding that I remember more about Apex than I thought I would. I have been trying to work on it every day, so the syntax becomes more natural to me. The Salesforce Developer side seems to align more with my past SQL Server experience than the Salesforce Admin side does re: SOQL versus SQL, Apex classes versus SQL stored procedures.

My goal with taking this course is to become more proficient in Apex programming. I realize more time will be needed to fully learn Apex, but this course should compliment my existing knowledge well & get me on the right path. I hope to take the Salesforce Platform Developer I certification in 2024. This course is a great stepping stone to help with that goal. It will be an intense 10-weeks, but looking forward to all the new things learned!