Farewell SFDC99
Summary
David, the creator of SFDC99, shares a heartfelt farewell after dedicating 10 years to helping Salesforce professionals grow their careers. He reflects on how his life priorities have shifted toward family and expresses mixed feelings about moving on from the site. While stepping back from active teaching, he remains passionate about the Salesforce community and hopes to reconnect with fulfilling work in the future.
Takeaways
- Long-term dedication to mentoring Salesforce professionals builds a valuable community.
- Personal priorities can evolve, impacting career and community involvement.
- It’s okay to move on when a project no longer fulfills you.
- Continued support of the Salesforce ecosystem can happen even from the sidelines.
- Cherishing past contributions motivates future growth and ambition.
It has been a minute, I hope everyone reading this has found their own version of success. It’s wild to me to post again here after what feels like so many years. SFDC99 was such a big part of my daily life, my every thought. I poured everything I had into this. Life is so different for me now. I have three kids: 8, 5, and 1 years old. Life revolves around them, as so many of you may know. My perspectives and my priorities are all changed. My hair is a lot grayer. I’ve had to reprioritize so many things in my life since. And after working so hard on this site for 10 years, I really needed to do something new. I hope you understand why I left. A part of me went lost when I stopped helping people through SFDC99. Nothing else I’ve done since has really filled that void, and I’m worried nothing I ever do will. But I’ve always been really ambitious, and I hope one day I can do something fulfilling like this again. Maybe when the kids no longer want to hang out with me, ha ha ha.