admin: management and consulting dev: tech architect and management architect: look at relevant upcoming tech Dave: going from architect to management

Depending on the company a Business Analyst wears many hats. You are a consultant, admin, and a Business Analyst

I do not know how I missed this video- but this is honestly the "real talk" that we need to be having with all tech professionals. I always remind people that get versed now, but that there's lots to learn. I'm one of those "people-focused" techies, so so much of this resonated with me (including the fact that I'm diversifying my technical and professional acumen). Great vid!

Thank you for a blunt reminder about the world/job market reality, it's so needed to hear once in a while(or every day?) :)

I believe that as long as Salesforce continue to innovate and acquire innovated companies, there will always be job for us. Look at Apple and Microsoft as an example they have always been on top of the game.

I hear you man, I just became a manager about three months ago. The great thing about my employer, is that they have a management program that takes about six months. Where are you practice delegation, feedback, reviews things of that nature. And ensuring that your crafting your questioning in a non-biased manner. It has helped a lot!

Good luck with your career change, David. I hope it has been going well so far. You're the first few people I listened to when starting to learn Salesforce. Thank you!

Great video, David. I appreciate you taking the time to tell-it-like-it-is :). It certainly puts things in perspective and helps us to think a little bit more critically about preparing ourselves for the 5-10-15-20 year future. *ALSO -* I definitely noticed the sweet Dunkey *Game of the Year 2* t-shirt! Love it!

I've got my first SF Dev job 3 weeks ago, thank you, David! Good luck with your manager's path. ** It's your turn to say "I will become a Salesforce Tech Manager!" :)

Hey David . . . good luck in your management journey, I have been privileged to have been both in purely technical roles as well as senior management and I can safely say that some of my most memorial and rewarding experiences have revolved around building and managing great teams. Once again good luck!

The quality of your videos is superb, When I jumped from a different stack to the salesforce train, the first resource I used was your plural sight course and sfdc99, and I found it excellent not just for your technical skills but for your eloquence and ability to communicate all these concepts, for that reason I think you are an excellent manager and … influencer🤣. I’m constantly paranoid about the “next big thing” and this video help me a lot as a developer in what route to follow.

Thanks so much for your videos they have helped me land an admin position last month after getting two certs. Seeing this video now kind of scared me a little, being that I just started this career path. But I think you are right in that setting myself up for a management position is probably the best bet, long term. Like you I do not think I am a fantastic people person, but it can not hurt to try! Best of luck to you on trying out management again. :) Please keep us updated in future videos👍👍

I know I’m late and I agree with the prospects of the developer path (and/or technical admin). The only thing I disagree with is the idea that there are no older developers. While software engineering has been around for decades, it has only been widespread since the late 90’s. So developers will get old 🤷🏽‍♂️

Wish you all the best David. Blessed.

Significantly late but sending you all the good vibes! Genuinely appreciate your perspective and content.

Thank you for giving us a clarity !!

This is just brilliant! It really made me think. I am sure we all gained a good degree of maturity in last 12 minutes. Congratulations!

Thank you for your advices. I'm a Java developer planning in entering the Salesforce Developer path in 2022, good advices indeed.

Awesome video thank you!

WOW! Love your contents and thanks again for shring your personal thoughts around this. Still, lots of technical roles and technologies (most if them) are still here to stay for ppl career time

Waaoww..u r perhaps the only channel who talks so straightforward and is brutally honest🔥

I Love these videos,it is like you have a virtual mentor. Much love from Germany

Im also leaning on Aws cloud, but will explore multi cloud which means navigating through azure and gcp.

I've been wondering why you have not posted anything lately :D. Thanks for the video and letting us know how we should shape our career in the long term. Cheers and good wishes for your new role :P

Sending Good Vibes, you will do great since you are already a great Leader.

Hi David, Whats your take on UX designer path ? Design is used everywhere if not salesforce i can use design experience in other places asw well ? you thoughts ?

Imagine some guy talking about Microsoft in 1997 (22 years after being founded, just like SF) saying that it's going to go bust in 20 years and everyone working with the MS product should look to branch elsewhere.

All the best for your future endeavours!

For sure you will be an excellent manager. Take it one step at a time. And yes i agree, managers inspire and organize individuals to grow as what you are doing right now to your subscribers.

I think you'd make a great manager. I was shocked when you said you aren't a people person. Sometimes things come at you at a time when you're not ready. In this video you exhibited foresight, a desire to help and the style of a teacher/professor. All traits of an effective manager. I think giving the manager route another try is a good idea. Maybe you're underestimating yourself in that regard. This video will be very helpful for me. Rooting for you.

Thank you for bringing this idea of pivoting your career! Can you go more into the writing on the wall though? I'd love to hear what writing you see on the wall.

Thanks for the reality check video ! Could you please point to the video where you had explained the answer for admin manager route when you have to manage team of tech resources while you are out of touch with tech work ?

Thank you, it was enlightening.

Hi i was a salesforce developer can i switch to Salesforce cpq how the opportunities in cpq

Can you advice that a fresher or a entry level graduate should one consider full stack path or Salesforce path as per your thoughts according to this video ?

I am having 12 yrs Oracle BI experience. Is good idea to switch career to Salesforce from scratch??

Good vibes to you David! I'm sure you will become a great manager!

*sending good vibes* Fingers crossed for finding Your own, successful path :>

This is great. Thanks for putting together a thoughtful video

Hey David - Since I'm a current admin and want to pursue the manager career path in the not so distant future, do you think it'd be beneficial to gain an MBA? Especially if my currently company will pay for it?

Thank you for such an amazing video. Even I have started preparing for my long term goal of getting into Management. Best of luck to you 👍

U got balls to talk on this subject... U r grounded in reality

I hear what you say & imagine Google takes care of their people. But I have seen time & time again managers made redundant in organisations during restructures, particularly in their 40s & 50s. Leaving them in a precarious situation at that age. My approach is to always have a plan b (side incomes) & never depend on a salary.

David don't you think 20 years too long in such dynamic technology world. For sure I agree with you on Salesforce will be having the same market as of now or not...no one can comment as of now. I also agree with you on admin and consultant path...I think those are at risk in coming 5 to 7 years... But still consultant are at upper hand as compared to admin as they know business and it's inside view which will help them to survive.. Nice video...loads of thank you for this insight..

Thanks for your honest thoughts, I am always inspired by your videos. By the way I think you will make a fantastic manager 🙂

Thank you so much

You are a great human.

Love your videos @David

You can be a great people-person and all the best for your long term goals. Thank you for keeping all people grounded, rather than flying too high into the cloud. Yeah pun and reality! So when the sky clears, there are other clouds to conquer! Cheers!

Excellent video..

How is it going in the management route?

I see Me in You bro..! That's exactly what I was thinking too.. Thanks for the insights🤗

Interesting.. thanks for sharing.

I am a beginner in Salesforce. Working from last one year as SF developer.

Hello, thank your for making this videos! What's the practical difference between a salesforce admin and a consultant? I believe that the first one is more related to the maintenance of current customers meanwhile the consultants helps in implementation projects and helps business to improve their CRM ecosystem. Are my thoughts correct? What could anyone add? Thanks!

Good luck on your next career👍

Go for it bro... I know you can 😊

Sending good vibes

Thankyou somuch D.I am from India videos helping alot Is Artificial intelligence or ML effect on jobs in this field

Acknowledging everything in this video I have a 2 part question: 1. Is it worth diving into Salesforce as 20 year old with zero Salesforce knowledge? 2. What are your thoughts on fellow CRM competitor Hubspot? I’ve thought about going down the Hubspot admin route because there’s no where near as much competition compared to becoming a Salesforce admin.

I’m 32. Considering to get into Salesforce; i work in law but want to make a career change. Any advice?

This is a depressing video man. I have worked with so many different people who are and were developers and several of them wrote in ancient languages. I was surprised to find out that they were still in high demand. Once something becomes the king of the hill, like salesforce has become, it never really truly disappears. I still think that there are people. When the time comes that a new technology comes along that scares you into thinking that your career is over, remember that there are still Unix administrators, cobol developers,. And actually I found out from someone recently, that church I used to attend still uses Novell. I was surprised, but I was not shocked. One career that you didn’t mention David was sales management. I think with the 10 years experience that I have with getting requirements and learning the sales lingo, moving into a sales management role would be easy. I actually think that I could love into an Regional Sales Manager if I wanted to. That’s not interesting to me, but that is definitely an option.

Great insight into something a lot of us forget to consider

One more video after a long time... 🥰

David I wish you all the best!! I feel like you are my teacher, because I watch nonstop your APEX Academy Videos, and follow you on LinkedIn and KZfaq, and although I have no doubt that you will succeed in your career, I know how easy it is to loose a lot in the blink of an eye, the world is cruel. Yet I believe in you, and while I am doing everything I can here to get a SF job in Dublin, I will continue to watch all your content ;) Cheers mate !!

I'm a Business Analyst (i dont use a lot of tech skills unfortunately) with a degree in Finance and info systems. Should I still go for salesforce? I want to change the direction of my career and learn more technical skills. Could you provide some guidance please thank you!

Hi Dave, i got my job in Salesforce developer in my 23, i am getting a quite low earnings here. if i be consistent, can i make good future from here?

Great video and excellent insights - side note, is that a dunkey shirt?? 😂

I just watched one of you other Salesforce video and now this… it has me worried that I shouldn’t apply for Salesforce programs to learn it…. 🥴

Sir sap vs Salesforce which one is better career opportunity

What are some of the ways or profiles a salesforce marketer can take to move up the ladder?

What vlogging equipment do u use?

dude but they are telling that 24M jobs are ready in 2024 how can it crash the market in future

100%

I feel like admin roles have made a comeback in the last few months.

In twenty years...I'm going to be retired...from Salesforce (I hope).

I wonder what is the company emergining today that will eat Salesforce lunch one day...

This made me think of it🤔

Is a business analyst an admin?

Thankyou for the doomsday advice ! Also can you please tone down the click baity videos a tad bit ? That would be great ! Thanks !

Crm jobs demand me rahegi hamesha.

Bro don’t scare people first of all and grow up. If you are in tech field you gotta keep updating yourself every year, there’s no way anyone can escape. I have been watching you here and there scaring people, you yourself don’t know where you will be, whether you will be alive or not in 10 years

Amazing - No BS content. I really love it and it is helping me tremendously in guiding my career. So many other SF content creators are saying that Admin world is growing. David - thank you for validating what I felt in my gut.

I think salesforce is a SoftBank product for cc get a job victims. Cpared to a Japanese job, they're the tour group to the zen garden. It's the great mush filler pig money Lol