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Certs are worth getting. I have 12, charge $100 hr as a contractor, and have only been doing it for 5 years. No degree. I get people reaching out to me daily for work.

I see it as a long term career. Salesforce has the tallest building in SF. They own Heroku.

Salesforce is not fun to work with. What is fun for me is being in demand making a ton of money.

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How did you go from getting certs to being able to charge $100/ as a contractor. I imagine you had to establish some credibility by working with sales force in a more traditional setting for a while?

My first job, year 1, $40k a year

Second job, year 2 $75k a year

Third job, year 3, $75 hr

Fourth job, year 4, $100 hr

Nothing hard is always fun to work.

Fun comes in milestones and accomplishing things that leave others wondering how you pulled it off.

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