My journey
Every role added a lens.
Engineer, lead, project manager, consultant, architect. Here's the path — the roles, the Salesforce capabilities I learned along the way, the certifications and where it all started.
What carries over
Lessons each role left behind
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As an engineer
The platform's limits are design inputs, not obstacles. Governor limits taught me to think about scale before scale arrived.
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As a lead & manager
Most delivery problems are communication problems wearing a technical costume. Clarity is a deliverable.
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As an architect
My job is to make the right thing the easy thing — for the business, the builders and the people who'll run it after we leave.
On a similar path?
Happy to share the map.
If you're making the jump from developer or admin to architect, let's talk about what helped me — and what I'd skip.