Any CTA in the group? Is it worth spending a year of studies?

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Wouldn’t it depend on your individual goals?

Agree with D1; If it’s purely driven by compensation, there are more efficient ways to get there.

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Generally yes but it depends on your goals. One can rise really well without it as well.

What is CTA?

Certified Technical Architect

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I have experience of spending 2 years on this with 3 failed attempts, i have no given up.

Looks like you are in Salesforce, I heard that there is no good support for CTA candidates. So think twice before pursuing this program while you are in Salesforce company.
It would be best to pursue this program when you join any Big consulting firms -> Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG, IBM, Capgemini etc.

The reason being they have an internal support system for CTA candidates.

The above points are all structural suggestions.

Personally, like others in this chat, you need to be clear on why you want to pursue this path.
Don't keep Money or Promotion as a reason, high likely you will get hurt and burnt, especially if you have a family also to manage.

If your only reason is to gain knowledge and be a better Architect, you will never regret even after repeated failures.

Hope i gave you a holistic explanation to your question.

Thanks for the great insights. I have a toddler and would be disappointed spending couple of years in prep and not getting it.

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