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Any updates of Associate technical support Engineer role in salesforce

Job Id:JR356515

Edit/update because I don't think I explained the situation very well in my original post

I completely understand why everyone is saying “WHY would you leave a $120K stable job for a $38/hr 6month contract?” here is my breakdown:

My current job:

• $120K salary
• 5 days/week in the office
• ~40 miles round trip every day, which ends up being roughly 2 hours of driving per day
• Medical insurance isn’t great. If I want better coverage, I’d be paying around $300/month.
• I work for a small school district and wear A LOT of hats. I’m essentially the only HR person AND the executive assistant. also emergency worker if something happens
• I support leadership with pretty much everything HR-related, while also handling their administrative needs.
• When my predecessor retired, I basically had to build the HR function from the ground up documentation, tracking systems, processes, etc. There was no one in the district to train me, so I had to reach out to neighboring districts and figure a lot of it out myself.
• I’m entering my 3rd year in school district HR and I’m already extremely burnt out
• A lot of my time is spent putting out fires created by leadership. Our superintendent is also retiring soon, and honestly, it feels like she’s mentally checked out already.
• Most of my coworkers are either nearing retirement or already planning for it. There’s very little energy or motivation around me, and I’m finding myself dreading work more and more.

So yes, pay is good.That is honestly the biggest thing keeping me there.

But I’m 30F, and I don’t see myself wanting to spend the next 10+ years in this environment. I’m much more interested in innovation, technology, and being around people who are excited about what they’re building and doing.

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A recruiter reached out to me about a 6month contract position at Salesforce for ~$40/hr**.** It would be 3 days/week in the office in Sf.

Financially, I KNOW this is a huge step backward. I’m not pretending otherwise. I’d be taking a significant pay cut, and there is no guarantee the contract gets extended or turns into a full-time position.

But there are some things that make this opportunity particularly interesting to me:

• I’ve been applying to full-time tech roles for MONTHS and getting rejected because I don’t have direct tech experience.
• This could potentially be my first real entry point into the tech industry.
• I’d be working at a major tech company and could start building actual tech-industry experience and a network.
• I’d be in San Francisco, where my partner lives, so it would also give us the opportunity to finally live together
• I’d hopefully be around more people my age who are ambitious and actually excited about their careers.
• Most importantly, it feels like there could be a path forward from this that I simply don't see in my current role.

And I know someone is probably going to say--“Just keep applying until you get a fulltime tech job**.”** ive been!That’s part of why this opportunity caught my attention. I’m having a hard time getting someone to give me that first opportunity because I don’t have direct tech experience.

I’m also confident in my ability to work hard and make myself valuable once I’m somewhere. I’ve had to build an HR function essentially from scratch with very little support, so I’m not afraid of figuring things out or taking on a lot of responsibility.

Would you take a significant financial step backward for 6 months if it potentially gave you a way into the career/industry you actually want to be in?

Or am I completely crazy for even considering this? 😅

Update — I am currently HR Program Analyst and an Executive Assistant .. this contract opportunity is for recruiting .. I heard recruiting may be an easier route to enter tech.. I think I just really need help setting up goals for what I’m doing career wise. I don’t feel good in my current job. My parents also don’t have a good retirement plan so I feel like I need to be making good money to also support them.. I am their retirement plan!

I have around 5 years of experience as a developer and have worked at 3 different companies so far.

I’m thinking about switching again, which would make it 4 companies in 5 years.

Now I’m wondering — is this going to look bad on my resume?

I’ve had valid reasons for the previous switches — better role, growth, opportunities, and one layoff 🫠. My responsibilities have also increased with each move.

But from a recruiter/hiring manager perspective, does 4 companies in 5 years already look like job hopping?

Would appreciate some honest opinions, especially from people with 7–10+ years of experience or anyone involved in hiring.

If you saw this on a resume, what would your first impression be?

I am planning my upcoming retirement and considering a year or two as a digital nomad.. What is the sentiment about CTA? Is it still as valuable as it was 5 to 10 years ago?

If you are curious about my own background, currently a Distinguished Enterprise Architect with a Master in Computer Science and several Salesforce and Claude Certs. I think CTA would be at least 1 to 2 years work for me.

Hi everyone,
I’m currently looking for experienced contractors for several 6 month Salesforce contract opportunities in London.

🔹 Salesforce Architect
Outside IR35
£600/day
London
3 days onsite / 2 days remote
Initial 6-month contract
Strong Salesforce architecture experience required

🔹 Salesforce Developer
Outside IR35
£500/day
London
3 days onsite / 2 days remote
Initial 6-month contract
Strong Salesforce development experience required

🔹 Public Sector Salesforce Architect
Outside IR35
£650/day
London
3 days onsite / 2 days remote
Initial 6-month contract
Public sector / government project experience strongly preferred
Salesforce/enterprise architecture experience desirable

Interested?
Please DM me with:
Your latest CV
Your current location
Your availability/start date
Your relevant Salesforce experience
Confirmation that the onsite requirement works for you
I’ll come back to suitable candidates directly with the full details and next steps.

I’m a female Salesforce professional with 9+ years of industry experience which has 8.5 years in salesforce domain, I have good technical knowledge, I work hard, and I’ve handled fairly complex projects, but I’m struggling badly with interviews right now.
I’ve recently interviewed with a few companies for Senior/Lead Salesforce Developer roles, and I’m getting rejected even in the first round or at companies that I honestly expected to be able to clear.
I’m trying to understand what I’m missing.
Is it:
The way I communicate my experience?
Not answering enough scenario-based questions?
Going too deep/too shallow technically?
Lack of architecture-level thinking?
Something completely different?

I’d genuinely appreciate advice from people with 8–12+ years of experience, especially Salesforce professionals who have gone through a similar phase.
Please be honest — what should someone with 9+ years of experience be doing differently to consistently clear interviews?

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I've spent 4 years as a Senior Salesforce Developer on enterprise orgs. On every project, the same two costs show up:

Building: one object's notification set (creation, status changes, escalations) takes 5–10 dev-days, plus senior time for design and code review. Every template or condition change after go-live is another ticket.

Running: when an email fails, nobody knows. We find out when a customer complains, or when someone digs through exception emails.

What I'm planning to build:

Free: a Lightning dashboard on EmailMessage. What went out, to whom, when, and bounces, in one view.

Premium: a point-and-click rule builder ("Case escalated + Priority = High → template X to owner, manager, and a public group"). Every send logged with failure reason and retry.

What I've already mapped:

EmailMessage has no "failed" status, and bounces only show with bounce management on.

Flow logs only with "Log Email on Send" plus a recipient or related record.

Apex logs only with saveAsActivity + targetObjectId.

Apex and Flow can't log emails sent to internal Users at all. So most owner, manager, and approver notifications leave no record you can report on.

The free tier shows what your org logs. The paid tier owns the send, so it records every email it sends, internal ones included.

What I can't answer alone:

Is email visibility a real budget line in your org, or a "nice to have"?

Would you install a managed package for this, or always build in Flow?

What would it need to clear your security review?

If you own Salesforce email in production, I'd value 15 minutes. DM me. The first few orgs who help shape it get it free.

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Fatemi le domande che volete su piattaforme, soluzioni, CDP e system integrator, etc.

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However, I havent been able to find a better job since a year. I came across few blogs that introduced me to Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

I have watched and read about SFMC and I am willing to upskill. And I understand I will have to gather some experience to show before I expect any job opportunity.

Question is: Is it worth?

Will I be able to secure a job that pays around 20-25 LPA in India?
What is the ideal roadmap?

I have non coding experience/capabilities. But I am up for learning if required.

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I have an AMTS offer from Salesforce India and was wondering how international opportunities work within the company.

I’m not necessarily talking about permanently relocating abroad. I’m curious whether, after gaining some experience in India, employees can get opportunities to:

- work on a 1–2 year project/assignment in another country

- temporarily relocate to another Salesforce office

- work closely with international teams and potentially travel for projects/conferences

- internally move to offices like Dublin, Singapore, London, etc. later in their career

For people currently working at Salesforce India (especially AMTS): does this actually happen, and how realistic is it? Is it generally based on business need/team/project, or is there a formal internal mobility program?

Would also love to hear from anyone who has personally made an India → international move within Salesforce.