Discussion Topic: Getting Started as a ServiceNow Developer

[dlivingston]

Hello,

I have been a ServiceNow System Administrator for the past 2 years (Certified for a year). I have experience modifying and customizing our environment for the end users using business rules, UI Policies, Form Layout, etc. I have since left the company I was working at and have looked for other opportunities within ServiceNow and I want to get into the Developer roles. I am studying the "Application Creation in ServiceNow" from Knowledge16, and building up my Developer Instance with examples like a portfolio, I will be taking the Certified Application Developer exam in the coming month but I am looking for real world advice on how to become and present myself as a Developer to future potential employers.

Looking at the career pages most companies are looking for ITIL certifications, and what I would consider Senior Developer experience. For those developers out there what would you think is a nice progression road map from Administrator to Developer?

My thoughts are find a recruiting company that will take me on as a Junior to Mid-Level Developer role, show them what I have and move up like in any job/company but that is not specific enough for a plan. I am looking for something like:

1.) Build the development instance

2.) Learn more AngularJS / JavaScript

3.) Get ITIL certified (Or any certification specific to growth in ServiceNow)

4.) etc.

5.) etc.

6.) etc.

I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction?

Thank you,

David

[Steven1]

Acorio Careers - Associate Consultant/ Jr. Developer

[dlivingston]

Thank you Steven, I have looked at the link, and applied.

I was hoping more for a general discussion on what individual consultants/developers have done to get to where they are now so others, like myself, when searching can have a good jumping off point as well.

I changed the topic to reflect that I am looking for a discussion.

So taking from the link a Junior Developer would:

- work alongside and learn from experienced Consultants (Mentors) and team members and contribute to developing solutions

- work as a member of project teams performing basic Service Management configuration, testing and documentation as they learn to use the ServiceNow platform.

- As they gain more skills, they would be increasingly involved in more activities

Also, as a side topic. Most ServiceNow jobs are in larger cities... Do people pick up and move for a 2 month, or 6 month to a year contract? Do you negotiate it as remote? Or do you only look for jobs in your area? - for example, where I am there isn't a lot of ServiceNow work. The closest thing would an hour to an hour and a half away commute. But there is work in Texas, Colorado, California, Washington (both state and DC)

These are discussion points I believe people starting out would like to know. If there are other things please add them to this discussion.

Thank you again Steven for the link and joining in.

David

[dlivingston]

Just a Bump to see if anyone has more information or thoughts on this topic. If not I will just kill it.

[warrenjones_ser]

Hey David,

I just created a post on how does one get their start in SN? I was wondering, although currently you are looking to be a junior dev in SN, how did you get your start as an administrator?