Got a late start in tech, currently a 43 year old functional senior consultant at a small SI partner. I've been in the Salesforce ecosystem ~5 years, with ~5 years of general tech behind that. Trying to sort out a realistic career path from here.

Late start was due to military enlistment and then not attending college (so no degree)

All I'm coming up with at this point is Salesforce product owner, at as big of a company as I can get into... But I don't know if I'm missing something? Thoughts?

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Get a bit more technical and/or specialized, and you could be a solution architect.

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TA1 I guess my question with that would be if it will have the same longevity? Maybe I'm mis-estimating, but if I'm thinking I have ~20 years until retirement, will there be a market for Salesforce solution architects for that long? My hunch is product management/ownership ends up maintaining the existing system, vs SA needing new products/implementations to stay relevant... But maybe I'm way off? Once a system is in a relatively good steady state would the PO be the first to be let go?

You’re thinking too short-termed. A Salesforce build is never truly “done”. There’s always refinements, updates, changes, platform shakeups. A Product Owner would need to help manage that, as would a solution architect need to plan and execute.

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Have been a PO at a large end customer (this is old title) and certainly been heavily involved in the run state.

First off - thank you for your service and congratulations on getting in Tech. You have been fantastic already.

Yes… PO is a great path for someone with your experience.

I have been in the Tech industry for 30+ years… and I would be happy to have a chat sometime to share my perspectives

Best luck to you!

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