Salesforce coding lessons for the 99%Finally, Apex tutorials for point-and-click admins! Written by a self-taught Google engineer.
Salesforce coding lessons for the 99%
Love it or hate it, certifications are an inevitable part of your Salesforce career.
And for 2021, here’s my analysis of how many certs you need these days to stand out.
I’ll cover this topic for each experience category – entry, mid, and senior level professionals. I’ll also cover what order to take your certifications in for admin, developer, and architect job paths.
Enjoy!
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I have Certified Admin, Certified Platform App Builder, and Certified Platform Dev 1. Should I go Platform Dev 2 or pursue the other 2 certs and go for Application Architect? I’m trying to break into Salesforce ecosystem but I have 20+ years of IT dev in Java/.Net and Project Management.
PD2 will give you the most bang for the buck, but only if you actually want to look for hybrid or development jobs
Hey David, thank you for the inspiration! I passed the Platform Developer 1 exam yesterday.
This is my only certification and I currently work as a Salesforce Administrator. I would like your thoughts on if I should bother with the Admin certs or should I focus on the A-tier certs?
Appreciate your wisdom!
Congrats! Go PD2! If that seems like a big mountain go Admin certs (Adv Admin eventually)
Hi David,
Thank you for this video! I’d like to know your thoughts regarding the new cert for B2C Solution Architect. I’m wondering if I should go for that instead of Application Architect, since I’m interested in multi-cloud.
Not sure what that niche is yet to be honest. I initially thought it was related to their B2C commerce area which IMO is low value. Most Salesforce orgs are B2B so I wouldn’t invest a ton into B2C unless you’re already part of that niche
David, well thought out video again I loved it and enjoyed it throughly. So the magic number of certs to impress in 12?
12 for F U count. But only 7 to be above the curve
seriously thank you David!
How do you get the two free certs David I’m so confused loved the videos. If I got cta cert could I get a job at salesforce?
You get the certs just by achieving the certs under them. No test required!
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I should say it worked for me initially but I was unable to complete the transaction.
the certs coupon doesn’t work
Did you purchase 2 or more items? I believe that is a requirement. I will make this more clear!
I put 3 exams and 3 guides. I never successfully checked out, I wonder if their system cached my session and once the redirect went to paypal, it wouldn’t apply it again (even though I didn’t complete the transaction). It says I’ve reached my max coupons even though I didn’t complete the transaction so I guess I will have to email their support directly.
I think the coupon only work once/account. It worked for me when I purchased 2. I later purchased another pair but the coupon doesn’t work.