125: A Career in the Salesforce Community with Parth Vasani

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parth Vasani is a Salesforce architect and consultant. He joined a Salesforce course in college and became hooked instantly. At the time, there were only three developer groups in India. Now, Parth is a long-time member of the user group community in that part of the world. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Parth and I discuss his long history with Salesforce. He shares all of the ups and downs of learning the program and starting his career in this field. We also discuss more about the work he does with Salesforce and how he ended up in his current role. Tune in to join our conversation.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What it was about Salesforce that got Parth fired up.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How he’d describe his current role in the Salesforce ecosystem.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How much work it takes to keep developer groups running.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Trailhead changed the Salesforce ecosystem.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How the pandemic impacted developer groups.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How many certifications Parth has.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recommendations for studying for certifications.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Parth got his first job in Salesforce.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://twitter.com/parthv4u"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Parth Vasani (@parthv4u) on Twitter</s