Feeling lost as a fresher in an SBC!
So I’m writing this out of pure frustration and anxiety.
Last year after struggling a lot, I finally got placed into one of the reputed SBCs. Initially things seemed good. I was trained in Salesforce for around 4 months and honestly the training structure was pretty decent. We even built a hands-on project during training, so I thought things were finally moving in the right direction.
But now it’s been more than 2 months since the training ended and I still haven’t been allocated to any actual project.
Earlier we were told that after training we would gradually get pulled into projects, but whenever I ask the POCs/managers now, they just say things like “keep upskilling”, “do certifications”, “it takes time”, etc.
What scared me even more is that I got to know there are people in the company with 10–12 months tenure who are STILL on bench without any real project exposure. From what I’m seeing, it genuinely feels like I’m heading in the same direction.
My biggest fear is ending up with “1 year of experience” on paper but almost no real industry experience practically. I feel like that would make switching extremely difficult later.
Recently they asked me to start learning Salesforce DevOps, especially Copado, and now they’re also mentioning Azure DevOps. The problem is they aren’t providing any proper KT/training for it. Whatever material they shared is very inadequate, and honestly there aren’t many good beginner-friendly resources online either.
Right now I just feel confused about where things are going. One day it’s Salesforce Admin, then DevOps, then Copado, then Azure DevOps. I’m trying to learn everything but without actual work exposure it’s becoming mentally exhausting.
Is this normal in SBCs for freshers? Has anyone gone through something similar and still managed to recover career-wise later?