Insights from Trailhead Ranger Jessica Murphy

WizardCast

English - February 13, 2018 18:00 - 41 minutes - 24.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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This episode of the WizardCast we're joined by Jessica Murphy. Jessica shares her Trailblazer story.

She's and Admin/Developer that started 2017 with no certifications. By November she's gotten 5 certs! She's also a Trailhead Ranger with 125 badges. Did I mention she also has a Master's in Education?

We talk about how someone with a Master's in Education became a Salesforce Admin & Developer. Jessica shares her incredible story of going from no certs and no badges to a Trailhead Ranger with 5 certifications.

We also discuss the visibility of Women in Technology, How the Salesforce community is special, and Jessica reveals evil secrets of using her Master's in Education in her Salesforce career.

Show Overview

00:01 A squirrel's ransom
01:28 Intro Music
01:53 Setting the Atmosphere Joke
03:02 We got Nothing
03:56 Affiliate Libsyn, Free month with promocode podmagic
04:43 Jessica Murphy Introduction
05:40 Jessica corrects Brian
06:41 How far a master's with education gets you
08:50 User Group Meeting, Chris Duarte, and a hoodie act as the hand of fate
09:40 SouthEast Dreamin' and Mary Scotton continue the push
10:14 2016 starts Trailhead Badges, 2017 Certifications with Destination Success
12:20 The power and uniqueness of the Salesforce community
13:40 Visibility of Women in Tech
15:10 Not just helping out, it's community of lifting each other up
15:45 Brian Admits he has a problem with Trailhead
16:40 Credit to Salesforce Saturday
18:00 Rob Alexander encourages certifications
19:50 Certifcation Celebration Dance
20:50 Jessica reveals her evil secrets with her Master's in Education
23:40 More evil secrets
25:05 Brian requests to learn how to use education principles in our jobs
31:10 Jessica's recommendations on how you too can excel with Salesforce
34:30 Finding a Mentor
37:00 Close Out & Rachel Watson intern
37:51 What 1 question would you ask to Parker Harris? Submit http://bit.ly/parkerquestions
38:00 What idea from IdeaExchange should we highlight? Submit http://bit.ly/ideahighlight
39:45 Jessica confirms that Mark was wrong about Dreamforce

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