Category: JourneyToCTA

November 5, 2019

How Failing the CTA Helped me Refocus

Hopefully you’ll have seen and read about my experience with the notorious Review Board exam earlier this year. Now I’d like to share with you why failing it has proven to be a really good thing for my career. Share This:

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August 9, 2019

My First CTA Attempt

So, I failed it this time. I haven’t been in a hurry to write this particular experience up, because I’ve largely been licking my wounds and able to manage only short bursts of communication about it with all the other stuff that’s been going on (World Tour London, TDX, more surgery…etc etc!). But here I am, and here’s the story...

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April 24, 2019

How I’m Preparing for CTA

I’ve actually killed my ReMarkable’s battery today with all the notes I’ve been taking, so I decided to stop studying for today and tell you more about how I’ve been preparing for the Certified Technical Architect (CTA) review board exam. Share This:

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October 13, 2018

My Learnings from the CTA-601 Workshop

The craziness of September / October didn’t end with Dreamforce. In fact, it got crazier. I flew back to the UK, checked myself into a hotel and spent 16 hours awake before catching another flight to the US. This time, my destination was New York. Share This:

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April 15, 2018

Journey to CTA – Starting out

About a month ago, I started working towards my Certified Technical Architect (CTA) review board. It’s been an intensive process, consisting of mock review boards every week, with plenty of study and practice in between. There are some misguided perceptions out there that the review board is simply one more step after achieving System Architect (CSA) and Application Architect (CAA)....

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March 30, 2018

Making the Case to be a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

We all know the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) is expensive. Add $6k to the already-significant costs of completing the certifications needed to get to System Architect and Application Architect and it’s enough to make any CFO break into a sweat. However, for a Salesforce partner, the benefits of having a CTA make it an incredibly worthwhile investment. Let me (attempt...

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December 9, 2017

Why FAILING Identity and Access Management Designer was actually a good thing

This week hasn’t been too good; for the first time in ages, I failed an exam. I won’t lie, I spent two days with my tail tucked firmly between my legs. I was hacked off. But I wasn’t massively surprised. Here’s why. Share This:

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November 28, 2017

Guest Post: Andrew Hart’s CTA Journey

By Andrew Hart, Certified Technical Architect I was previously Gemma’s boss, and remain her friend and mentor for her CTA journey. She asked me to share my CTA experience, which I’m pleased to do. The speed that this came out of me suggests that maybe it’s been something I’ve been ready to share for a while. 🙂 Share This:

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October 23, 2017

You Don’t Have to Code to Become a Certified Technical Architect

For the last month or so I’ve been thinking a lot about using downtime at work to improve my skills and standing as a Salesforce professional. When I started working at Bluewolf, I scoffed at the thought of jumping up the triangle and reaching Certified Technical Architect. I went as far as to say that there was “absolutely no way”...

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