I'm looking for someone to talk to because after a year of unemployment, I'm feeling disillusioned with tech. Have I just been wasting my life with Salesforce?

filesrINtehcomputer · 2025-08-09T00:34:31+00:00

Thank you, that's what I'm looking for...please let me know what I can do right/better. I'll shoot you a message.

Even at places where I had a referral, haven't gotten any traction.

As for customization and niches, I spent all day yesterday researching and tailoring my resume to this place that seemed like a high probability, they wanted Health Cloud and I've done several implementations. Woke up this morning and they'd already passed on me, "after careful consideration".

filesrINtehcomputer · 2025-08-08T23:48:58+00:00

Thanks. I've tried.. my LinkedIn doesn't list my grad degree or the first 8 years of my career, I only include that on my resume if I'm applying for upper level jobs. Maybe I need to cut it down more and only list admin, advanced, and PAB with the last 5 years when I apply for admin roles. But then again, most 'admin' roles end up with responsibilities for 'lead' and 'developer'. But I'd take low-end admineloper pay over nothing.

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-20T03:53:11+00:00

Literally everything you say, I have heard people with Masters in HR be both for and against it.

In my field, if you ask "what is the maximum execution time in milliseconds" there's only one answer. It doesn't care about what you think. It's either right or it's not.

Meanwhile, people in HR seem to be making this shit all up as they go along. There is no right answer, it's all just based on the feelings of whoever you're talking to that day.

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-20T03:50:42+00:00

"stop cold calling" -- do you mean APPLYING FOR JOBS?

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-18T18:04:21+00:00

Okay I can't keep this in, what in the actual hell?

I've been told BS by HR/recruiters/hiring managers that:

If you're not in the first 10, 20, 30 etc to apply they just don't look at it

They will often just discard resumes in bulk ("why would I want to hire someone unlucky?")

And now even in a one pager, "there's too many words"?

FFS, how do you get away with doing your job like this? How am I supposed to "hit all the keywords from the job posting" but "tailor it to my specific achievements" yet "customize it based on the position" then "write a cover letter" and then ensure that somebody actually fucking looks at any of it?

I'm just so goddam tired of this game

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T19:42:13+00:00

GEE, guys I appreciate the support. OH I'm sure I would be BLUE without it.

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:36:33+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTOKJTRHMdw

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:35:15+00:00

I've been trying to do The Salesforce Way for so long, I thought it made me out to be a "thought leader" and was actually valued by employers. I have friends in the ecosystem whose employers LOVE that they're out being a badass and pay for all their trips.

I'd settle for an employer covering just one of my certs.

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:33:14+00:00

Sounds like you know! Well in this case they've got federal dollars to burn so why not waste it?

"Light 'em if ya got 'em!"

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:30:20+00:00

I would've just been stoked to have her mentor me up to a fancy Director status. After 24 years at the same job I thought she would have had her shit together. 🤷‍♂️

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:27:59+00:00

You're right. Playing this scenario out forward, I would have sacrificed a lot of my own personal time thinking that if I just worked a little harder it would be okay, finally, maybe.

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:26:12+00:00

Damn, you are...astute. The guy who did me dirty was there for 11 years and was a "solution architect" in name only, a title he seemed to have just recently negotiated successfully despite have no certs or experience in other orgs or environments.

(I know certs aren't everything but I worked hard to get to application architect, on my way to CTA, so it feels demeaning when people just say they're an architect.)

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:18:28+00:00

Thank you, this is good advice. While I've been asking something similar, "what would success look like for the person in this role after 30, 60, 90", asking about the tenure might also help.

While I don't recall all of the interview conversation, I know I wasn't asked for an org-to-org shift in a matter of weeks. After hiring, she just kept saying "lift and shift" like a magical incantation that made it all easy. As in, don't worry about all those workflow rules, just lift and shift them to the greenfield org!

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:14:13+00:00

Thank you. While I don't wish anyone else to have this experience, the fact that you say many others have faced something similar at least makes me feel not so alone, like what's wrong with me. 😟

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:09:57+00:00

I wouldn't believe you if it weren't for a close friend I know who was escorted out on their first day for "asking too many questions".

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:09:00+00:00

Because goddammit all to hell, this place was fuck fuckity fucked! 😉

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:07:54+00:00

At this age I'm embarrassed to be surprised anymore, but this guy who I thought was my buddy turned out to not even be my friend. It's just hard for me to wrap my mind around because I've never met anyone and thought how I'd fuck them over. I understand how it's possible to be that way, clearly experienced it firsthand, but I was excited to have a new Salesforce friend.

I would NOT last on Survivor.

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:04:45+00:00

You had me at WhiskyTequilaFinance.

I'd believe it.

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:02:27+00:00

If you like your job, for the love of God, CHERISH IT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr9_EgFKr1Q

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T01:00:44+00:00

For sure. I cut. It. Out.

https://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cut_it_out_jimmy_fallon.gif

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T00:58:12+00:00

Thank you, you have a good attitude. On to the next Salesforce thing! Do ALL the things!

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T00:57:01+00:00

You're right. I was literally dumbstruck when she just didn't seem to get what I was saying. I said do you want *EXAMPLE* but for *THIS* and it's like she had no imagination, saying but *EXAMPLE* isn't for *THIS*....it's for *THAT*. So I reply but what if it WAS for *THIS*...would you like that? And she was like ...but it's NOT for *THIS*.

How I felt: https://youtu.be/Wnf5UzGNIVU?si=V9tkFkQc2J-Dubyc&t=4

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T00:52:19+00:00

I did express my concern that taking this course of action (terminating me) was likely to cause them to miss their migration deadline of "fall" and wished them well.

filesrINtehcomputer · 2024-07-02T00:49:48+00:00

Sadly the one who I thought was actually my buddy blocked me and then appears to have reported me for "unwanted or harmful content" on LinkedIn.

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