This was presented in the Hyderabad Salesforce Student Developer Group. This presentation is a starter to explain how salesforce development can be the right boost for you when you are out of your college.

1. Hyderabad Students Developer
Group
Shivanath Devinarayanan
Salesforce.com MVP
@shivanathd

2. What is Salesforce?
 Salesforce.com is CRM Platform
 Underlying platform is called force.com which is highly customizable
 Customer and Developer Oriented

3. Why Salesforce?
 Cloud Computing is the Latest technology
 Salesforce Architects are the highest paid
 Salesforce.com is Forbes #1 innovator 3 years in a row
 Lot of job opportunities in a niche market

4. Intro to
 Platform as a Service and Multi-tenant
 Apex - world’s 1st on demand language
 5X faster Development and 1/2th cost !
 Compilation on the cloud
 All you need is a browser
 Salesforce.com v/s Force.com

5. Point and Click Development
 Objects & Tabs
 Schema Builder
 Formula fields
 Validation Rules
 Workflow Rules & Approval Processes
 Email Alerts
 Outbound Messages
 Field Updates
 Chatter
 Flows

6. Sign Up for Dev Account
 http://developer.force.com/join
Login to salesforce
 http://login.salesforce.com

7. Certifications
 Administrator 201
 Advanced ADM 301
 Developer 401
 Advanced Developer 501
 http://certification.salesforce.com
 Study Group in Success community

8. I need help !!
 Developer Force forum : http://developer.force.com
 Answers Community : http://success.salesforce.com
 Twitter #askforce
 StackExchange : salesforce.stackexchange.com

9. shivanathd @shivanathd shivanathd mail@shivanathd.com
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