Apr 20, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 AM (UTC)
Salesforce User Group, Wellington, New Zealand
Join us virtually to hear from NZ's own Emily McCowan who recently passed the gruelling CTA exam. Emily started her Salesforce career as an accidental admin in Auckland and is living proof you don't need to be a developer to become a Salesforce architect, let alone aspire to become a CTA. She is truly inspirational. Queries/registration issues: anna.loughnan@trailblazercgl.com
Recording link: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/4XgU6-1MHAk5PpNRngigXQBLyUouPPLkAaW09Dwq7mFY5l9iWB1bugjNWE5W2PXi.4aCeIQo1R55ldMUQ
Passcode: @DAqb3z9
Some of the attendee locations:
Special Shoutout to Bec who failed Service Cloud Consultant 👋
Meeting this coming week: https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/events/details/salesforce-salesforce-user-group-wellington-new-zealand-presents-sf-welly-intro-to-devops-for-admins-with-david-smith/ (David Smith presented this at Kiwi Dreaming in March!)
Watch out for announcements of the 2 planned in-person events in May, coming soon!
Gold Coast Trailhead Academy Bootcamp: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/bootcamps/gold-coast
Thursday 27th April, 2023
3:30 PM - 9:00 PM NZT
Friday 28th April, 2023
3:30 PM - 9:00 PM NZT
Head to the Salesforce Certification Days page to register for any of these APAC friendly session times or to see sessions running in all timezones across the globe --> sforce.co/3FSvvVm
Useful online course - learning how to learn
Book - Atomic Habits (maybe)….are you a dedicated person?
Comment from Callum: The Well-Architected team have been busy producing youtube explanations of the different Well-Architected elements too which are great! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn15mOuXqGJVz01JSEXCUyRNvd5Xu6k8D
Flow Republic - tiers of paid offerings
Helpful certs (outside of the required ones to even qualify to sit CTA)
https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/credentials/architectreviewboard/
This link has the details of the board as well as the evaluation (which is the short form with a single CTA before the board)
Other certs outside Salesforce - ones that help you grow - soft skills, communications, project management
One of the cool things about the board is that one of the sections is non-technical (it's communication)
Takeways from Emily….make sure you have everything in alignment, put in the work - you CAN do it, takes time and commitment, many others on the same journey, join architect Ohana slack, use imposter syndrome to your advantage
Original meeting Info
Emily McCowan started as an Accidental Admin after graduating university 13 years ago. From starting off completely unfamiliar with Salesforce, not knowing how to build a report, or really understanding what the cloud even is, today she is a CTA having passed the gruelling exam in recent months. Emily first spoke to our SFWelly community back in October 2020 when she was on parental leave and still working towards sitting the CTA exam.
Emily will share her story, what she’s learned along the way, some tips and resources on both studying for the architect certifications as well as how to navigate the career path, and overcome imposter syndrome to become an architect, and aspire to be a CTA.
You don’t need to be on the Certified Technical Architect journey for this session - we’re happy to chat about all sorts of Salesforce certifications and learning pathways. You will find Emily's insights very inspiring. We warmly welcome all from the Salesforce Ohana to our virtual meetings.
Emily is a certified Salesforce architect with 13 years’ experience on the platform. She’s an active member of the Ohana, founding the Brisbane Women in Tech community group 8 years ago, running the Brisbane NFP hackathon, helping organise several years of the Down Under Dreaming Brisbane conference, and she was a 2x Salesforce MVP. She is also an ambassador for Ladies be Architects. Emily is a Kiwi now living in Melbourne with her husband, toddler daughter, and two cats.
The Zoom link will be sent out to those that register on the morning of the meeting.
You can reach me at: anna.loughnan@trailblazercgl.com
We had a very popular in person meeting this week covering BCITO's devops and transformation journey. Please check out all the info including photos and slides here: https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/events/details/salesforce-salesforce-user-group-wellington-new-zealand-presents-sfwelly-the-devops-journey-at-bcito-te-pukenga-using-copado/
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