Created this page to be able to document my progress on my way to becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect. Feel free to create your own and share it with me!
July 17, 2014 – Met Adam Seligman, SVP Developer Relations for Salesforce, virtually through a class in my Cloud Computing grad course
July 23, 2014 – Signed into Salesforce for the very first time
August 4, 2014 – Officially started in my first Salesforce role as a Senior Systems Analyst
October 13-16, 2014 – Attended my first ever Dreamforce
October 13, 2014 – Built my first ever point-and-click app in Dreamforce Hands-on Training
October 15, 2014 – Wrote my first ever apex code in Dreamforce Hands-on Training
October 15, 2014 – Attended David Liu‘s Theater session at Dreamforce and learned about certification program
January 25, 2015 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Administrator certification
February 8, 2015 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Force.com Developer certification
February 22, 2015 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator certification
March 3, 2015 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant certification
March 8, 2015 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant certification
April 30, 2015 – Met Eric Dreshfield at Phoenix Salesforce User Group event and learned about the MVP program
May 8, 2015 – Had my first call with with Jayvin Arora, my co-Dreamforce presenter
June 5, 2015 – Passed Salesforce Certified Advanced Developer multiple choice test
July 13, 2015 – Officially started my second Salesforce role as a Salesforce Software Engineer
August 17, 2015 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder certification
September 15, 2015 – Presented for the 1st time at Dreamforce
September 17, 2015 – Presented for the 2nd time at Dreamforce
October 27, 2015 – Launched my first ever blog
November 29, 2015 – Completed attempt of Salesforce Certified Advanced Developer programming assignment and essay
March 16, 2016 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Force.com Advanced Developer certification
March 31, 2016 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
March 31, 2016 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
April 1, 2016 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer, 1st step to becoming a CTA
June 13, 2016 – Launched a Salesforce podcast with Hamza Abib
June 16, 2016 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer (CTA Track)
June 27, 2016 – Started my third Salesforce role as a Salesforce Developer in a contracting capacity
July 29, 2016 – Named Salesforce MVP
February 15, 2017 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Data Architecture & Management Designer
February 15, 2017 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Application Architect
June 5, 2017 – Started my fourth Salesforce role as a Salesforce Developer at my dream company, Google (YouTube)
March 28, 2018 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer
April 21, 2018 – Achieved Salesforce Certified Identity and Access Management Designer
April 21, 2018 – Achieved Salesforce Certified System Architect (last pre-requisite for CTA)
August 1, 2018 – Switched to Engineering ladder at Google
August 18, 2019 – Changed teams from YouTube to Google Devices and Services
September 11, 2021 – Achieved User Experience Designer certification
January 24, 2022 – Changed teams from Google Devices and Services to Google Play, title changed to Salesforce Architect
Adam To Architect 
Adam, just found your web site and your documented journey. Thanks for sharing! As an older guy who has taken several journeys like this SAP, Siebel, RightNow and now Salesforce, I wonder how many journeys in your life you will take? Anyway, enjoy life is fun!
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My question is … why you decided to grow as a Salesforce architect if your dream company to work is Google? Wouldn’t be greater to be a Google professional instead?
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Working with Salesforce allowed me to get to Google! At some point, I might look into growing in other technologies internally at Google as well but at this point in my career, I really enjoy being a part of the Salesforce community and as long as Salesforce continues innovating, I don’t see any reason to look too far
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