I hate to say it, but Salesforce is gonna die sometime during your career. Certainly if you’re under 45.
No matter how great things are going now, or how much money you’re making, you need to plan for the inevitable. It’s something I’m paranoid about and I’ve very consciously made recent strategic career moves because of it.
In this video I walk you through the best and most likely long-term career options for admins, developers, and technical architects.
Stick around and I’ll tell you what I’ve been up to too. =)
David
15 Comments
Naresh Kadam
September 20, 2022 @ 10:06 pm
Hey David thank you for the insights.
What do you think how long do we have to make money in salesforce, I came here to learn apex and now I am scared.
I am 31 year old based in India wishing to make career change to IT and found salesforce as easy way to get into IT hence done with SF admin , completed 50% of your trail on trailhead, ranger badge.
This is questions of many here, really appreciate your response.
I have been following you since a year and really like your content even after watching your caution videos i decided to go for Salesforce, completed my SF Admin 3 Months back then i did HTML, CSS & SQL and just last week finished a course on Core Java.
Soon i shall be enrolling in a class here in India for SF Development(Apex + LWC + Vlocity) fees for the class are quite a investment, as i see many guys getting a decent salary packages in India i decided to go in.
Really i need a answer from you in order for me to proceed with these classes.
P.S – I am 33 Year Old struggling in non-IT sector planning to make career change to IT using Salesforce as a first Step in.
You are spot on David. I can tell you from personal experience, as a Lotus Notes Developer, I moved over to Salesforce when the Lotus Notes industry died. I started down the management path and ended up playing politics too much and wasn’t adding much value.
I lucky to find a company that was transitioning from Lotus Notes to Salesforce and jumped at the chance to skill up as a developer on a new platform.
THIS is the truth someone need to say and no one better than DAVID said it. I completely agree and i always told people who ask me that they want to move to salesforce tech area. Don’t make it as your career path. Make it as an option and build your career on a core stack. If you know core tech then you can work on any technology and as far as technology, it will come and go.
Thanks for the insights.
Which non-Salesforce technology / product skills do you recommend for Technical architects ? – You mentioned AI, cloud and web-based technologies. Please provide some details so that we can prepare accordingly.
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Hey David thank you for the insights.
What do you think how long do we have to make money in salesforce, I came here to learn apex and now I am scared.
I am 31 year old based in India wishing to make career change to IT and found salesforce as easy way to get into IT hence done with SF admin , completed 50% of your trail on trailhead, ranger badge.
Now having doubts. Please advise.
Hey David ,
This is questions of many here, really appreciate your response.
I have been following you since a year and really like your content even after watching your caution videos i decided to go for Salesforce, completed my SF Admin 3 Months back then i did HTML, CSS & SQL and just last week finished a course on Core Java.
Soon i shall be enrolling in a class here in India for SF Development(Apex + LWC + Vlocity) fees for the class are quite a investment, as i see many guys getting a decent salary packages in India i decided to go in.
Really i need a answer from you in order for me to proceed with these classes.
P.S – I am 33 Year Old struggling in non-IT sector planning to make career change to IT using Salesforce as a first Step in.
Best Regards,
Bilal Zayed
Nobody cares about badges, they show no real experience.
are badges good to have on a reassume cause they show skills gained and trail head rankings?
Thankyou David what is trending tool to learn to lead life as admin I am now just started career comes under 30
Thank you for your advice! As an admin, I do not want to be a consultant or manager. Any other ideas or suggestions on long-term paths? Thanks again!
You are spot on David. I can tell you from personal experience, as a Lotus Notes Developer, I moved over to Salesforce when the Lotus Notes industry died. I started down the management path and ended up playing politics too much and wasn’t adding much value.
I lucky to find a company that was transitioning from Lotus Notes to Salesforce and jumped at the chance to skill up as a developer on a new platform.
Good luck to you David. Helping and inspiring others is the core of all success. Since you are already on that path, you will easily succeed.
Best wishes
Thank you!!!
You are always so inspiring and this time alerting! Sincerely thank you for sharing with us, David!
Thank you =)
THIS is the truth someone need to say and no one better than DAVID said it. I completely agree and i always told people who ask me that they want to move to salesforce tech area. Don’t make it as your career path. Make it as an option and build your career on a core stack. If you know core tech then you can work on any technology and as far as technology, it will come and go.
Thank you!!!
Hello David,
Thanks for the insights.
Which non-Salesforce technology / product skills do you recommend for Technical architects ? – You mentioned AI, cloud and web-based technologies. Please provide some details so that we can prepare accordingly.
Nice to see you on a new video David – we missed you!
Thank you for the insights, as always.