November Sneak Peek:
Architect Careers
For November 2020, we’re taking a deeper look at the career aspects of architecture. Read on for a preview of what we’re covering.
Why careers?
It’s no secret that architects hold the most in-demand roles in the Salesforce ecosystem. In recent months, we’ve focused on providing relevant and in-depth technological resources for the questions many of us are facing: how to help keep teams and systems running, how to design for data access at scale, last month’s resources on automation architectures. And we’ve got a lot more expertise to share in November and throughout the rest of this year.
An architect’s value isn’t simply technological know-how. It’s in combining accurate knowledge of the tech landscape with deep understanding of business and the humans involved. This is how architects design and implement the best possible outcomes for all stakeholders.
We’ve asked some of you to weigh in on how the profession is changing and what your career aspirations look like in these extraordinary times. Last month Michael Maoz, SVP Innovation Strategy at Salesforce, wrote about a framework that leverages empathy for the user to drive intensive transformation projects facing many businesses today. Salesforce Certified Technical Architect Steve Baines revealed how he and his team shifted the way they designed and delivered a healthcare app to respond to COVID-19. Architects Carlos Villalpando and Priscila Renwick shared a conversation about the work ahead for all of us to create meaningful paths for mentorship and build a more vibrant, equal ecosystem.
In November, we’re covering what’s top of mind for architects and their careers. You’ll learn what skills architects rely on most, how they think about their own professional development, and what Salesforce is doing to invest in architect career paths.
What’s ahead this month?
Strategies to architect your career:
- Correspondences: Establishing Credibility — Read about tactics architects use to quickly gain trust when entering new organizations and projects with a variety of stakeholders.
- Correspondences: Growing a Mentor Network— Learn how architects can identify growth areas and build a relationship with mentors to help them achieve their goals. What should you look for in a mentor and how can you ask for help? Check out this story to find out.
- B2B and B2C Solution Architect Careers and Scenarios — Add this Trailhead Live session to your calendar to learn all about the work of a Solution Architect and some of the differences between B2B and B2C use cases and design patterns.
New skills and techniques to help accelerate your career:
- Multi-Org Visibility for Work.com — Learn how to aggregate and report on critical Work.com data from multiple Salesforce orgs using Heroku Connect. Build a holistic, enterprise view of employee wellness and re-opening journeys.
- IoT Platform for Medical Devices using Salesforce — Accelerate Healthcare implementations and put enterprise grade, multi-cloud skills into your solutions with this IoT architecture for medical devices using Salesforce, Heroku and Amazon Web Services.
- Diagnostics & Monitoring Tools for Salesforce Part 1 & Part 2 — Up-level your understanding of Salesforce application lifecycle management (ALM) tools available for diagnostics and monitoring.
What else should I explore?
- Trailhead Live: Marketing Cloud Credentials and Career Paths for Architects — A discussion on the various career paths and credentials for Architects in the marketing space.
- Correspondences: On Being a Woman Who Architects — More women are interested in getting a job as a Salesforce Architect than ever before, thanks to community initiatives like Ladies Be Architects. But what is it really like to be a woman working in architecture? Have things really changed?
We’ll be updating this post with links as each story goes live. Stay connected with us and this topic all month long with the links below:
