Hi Brezina!
Welcome to the SailPoint Developer Community; it’s wonderful to have you here. First things first, I need to point out that you are absolutely on the right track by asking this question and opening yourself up to feedback from the community. That act alone displays humility, desire for knowledge, and a hunger for growth. Keep going down that path and keep those traits throughout your journey and I’m sure you will be a force to contend with.
Second, I have to echo the excellent response @bburrell provided. “Experience is the best teacher” is such a great quote and I whole-heartedly agree. It sounds like you already have one year of experience under your belt and have an upward trajectory toward the goal you have already established. One day at a time may seem slow, but over the course of years, days add up and before you know it, you’re in a completely different position and are transformed intellectually compared to where you were just a few short months prior. I also want to echo more advice Bakhari provided combined with some of my own below.
You are in the right place. One of the best ways to learn is to help others. Browse the developer community and look for both solved and unsolved questions. Some of the questions in this community can be regarding a simple UI issue or they can be regarding a complex issue with rules and connector configurations. Both can teach many valuable lessons.
Resolved Questions - Expand Your Knowledge
By browsing the community’s resolved questions, you can see suggestions made by other developers and Ambassadors within the Developer Community. This can expose you to new techniques, solutions, development approaches and methodologies, and tools that are available for your use to interact more intricately and effectively with SailPoint solutions and products.
Unresolved Questions - Helping Others
One of the absolute best ways to learn is to help others succeed. By browsing unresolved questions, you may be able to explore solutions on your own and potentially provide answers to others’ questions while also learning those solutions yourself. No matter how far one is in their career, there is always the opportunity to learn more and to grow more. Helping others will always be mutually beneficial.
Important Note: It is okay to be wrong. This is a community of individuals with a varying degree of experience and knowledge, but we all share the common goal of supporting one another and each other’s success. Don’t be afraid to not know something. Some of the most important phrases one should be able to openly say to others–and be comfortable with saying to others–are the following:
- “I don’t know.”
- “I was wrong.”
- “I’m sorry.”
- “I can learn something from this person.”
If you approach any interaction in life with the capability of saying these phrases honestly and comfortably, you will be training yourself to be one of the most open, humble, and honorable people with whom others want to interact. Be comfortable with not knowing answers, but then utilize the hunger you currently have to push yourself to work through problems and find the answers.
Your Questions
Do not be afraid to post a question you have to this community. This community is full of knowledgeable individuals eager to expand their own knowledge while simultaneously helping others. There is no question that is too simple to ask.
SailPoint offers the SailPoint Identity University which includes various E-Learning and QuickLearn series, along with instructor-led courses that allow individuals to enhance their knowledge of SailPoint products and solutions. Consider exploring the courses available on this site.
Free Resources
Although there are many, many training resources available for purchase, I imagine there are exponentially more resources available at no cost to you. If you want to learn how to write in Java, PowerShell, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, etc., there are an unbelievable amount of resources out there for you to learn. Great places to start are YouTube and GitHub.
Summary
You are on the right path. Continue growing your hunger to learn. Don’t be afraid to take on additional projects at work. Put your organization’s success and full utilization of the tools you want to learn as your primary responsibility. Seek opportunity and chase it; far too often we wait for the “right time” or the “right opportunity” to land at our feet. Although we can come across luck and blessings from time to time, the best method is to take responsibility and ownership of your growth and development and chase down the opportunities yourself. Give yourself time and grace. Continue gaining experience, and continue pursuing your goals for expanding your knowledge. Before you know it, you will be completely transformed.
Once again, welcome to the community, and I’m excited to see how far you go. Opportunities are endless.
