Anybody who worked/ has been working on more functional role (admin,consultant, business analyst) within Salesforce? How that experience been like? Is functional path a good long term career option?

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Admin is a technical role that typically features functional components, but I would not consider it "a functional role".

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The admin "cert" is a likely possession of a person in the admin "job", but not every cert-holder works as an admin, and not every admin has the cert.

That’s what I do now as a recent grad in the CRM practice of a consulting firm. Can be a long term career but having technical skills to compliment your functional skills will be really helpful for moving up the ladder

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Not just coding - any salesforce certs or complimentary technical skills would be helpful

Are you asking in general or with Salesforce as a company?

Ah, just clarifying because I don’t work for Salesforce. I work as a Consultant at a SF partner.

Consulting here is where you can develop technical chops rapidly with the smaller firms. The bigger ones tend to take on massive projects that you’re dedicated to.

Here, I manage a portfolio of around 6-7 distinct clients with very different orgs. I’ve learned MUCH more than I ever did as an Admin out of necessity.

That being said, it is quite stressful, especially if you pick the wrong firm.

I went the functional route, did a lot of BA work on projects, then transitioned Agile roles, then PM roles - all for/on Salesforce projects.

Can I dm you for some questions?

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