083: Democratizing Architecture with Chuck Liddell

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chuck Liddell is the CEO of Valence App Incorporated. In that role, he has the opportunity to leverage his skills in both business and technology. These are skills he has developed throughout his life and the multiple roles he has filled.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, I’m talking with Chuck about the work he has done in fostering, curating, and teaching others about advanced topics on Salesforce architecture. We highlight his many community engagements and get into some detail about Valence the company and the app. Tune in to learn all about the many projects Chuck has done and how they might be able to help you.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Chuck learned to combine business and technology.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How he helped Cactusforce identify great technical content.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to communicate your strong technical ability.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Chuck knows when something is good technical content.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What The Extracurricular is and how it came to be.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why they structured The Extracurricular the way they did.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What Open-Force.org is and what brought Chuck to start it.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The JSON Parser he made.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why custom metadata types are so powerful.</span></li> <li sty