The power of Microsoft Power Platform is that it enables us all to become citizen developers. Utilizing no-code or low-code techniques, employees are now able take control of their data and put it to work for them exactly as they need it. It’s an exciting new era, and our employees are eagerly learning how to get the most out of the platform.
Steve Carson is a senior business program manager with Microsoft Digital Employee Experience who has seen great success developing useful Microsoft Power Apps and Power BI dashboards for his team. In this Spotlight interview, we learn from his experience and hear his recommendations and best practices for upping your game to develop your own applications.
“There are four skills that are essential for the citizen developer,” Carson says. “In terms of those, there are lots of resources where you can find help and upskill: LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft community forums, YouTube videos, and your peers. Make sure you have access to a peer network because they’ll be a huge help.”
The four key citizen developer skills identified by Steve Carson. Carson also recommends that you create a record of what you’ve learned so that you can share with your peers and save time when you need to solve a similar problem.
“You might learn something and use it, and you may never use it again until six, 12, 18 months later,” Carson says. “But if you took the time to slow down and write it down, just notes for yourself about what you were doing, how you solved the problem, and paste in the code, [you’ll have an important resource to refer back to.]”
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