Salesforce Certification Strategies with Adam Olshansky WizardCast 68
Release Date: 04/10/2018
Compassionate Documentation WizardCast Episode 117
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Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: Website: We know it's been a while. Things have been a bit rough pandemic-wise in the studio. Here's an interview we actually recorded mid-2021 with Jon Varese. Jon is the Senior Director, Documentation, Salesforce.org at Salesforce. He used to be Mark's old boss. We talk about the importance of documentation and more importantly the importance of Compassionate Documentation. It was a fun interview. I hope you enjoy...
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Salesforce Summer '21 Release Note Overview WizardCast 116
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It's the lazy days of summer, and because of that our Salesforce Summer 21 release notes overview is out AFTER the release. Okay, it wasn't really laziness just lots of schedule conflicts. In this episode, Mark and Brian go thru the Salesforce Summer '21 release notes and highlight some features.
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Debugging Flow with Tim Peng WizardCast 115
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We're talking about the history of debugging flows. What we used to have to do and how we got to have the tools we now have - including new debugging updates in Summer '21 release. Tim Peng - Directory of Product Management at Salesforce shares the journey of Debugging Flow.
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We’re Back! A Spring 21 Release Notes Story Episode 114
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Spring 21 is here! It feels like 8 years since last March, but here we are after a long hiatus with a new episode. We're all talking about the new Salesforce release.
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True to the Confetti with Aria Niazi and Scott Allan WizardCast 113
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True to the core (TTTC) sessions are now virtual and Monthly via Trailhead Live! Scott Allan, Senior Manager Product Strategy of Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce, joins us to talk about why this is a big deal and how you can participate.
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Midwest Streaming with Peter Coffee WizardCast 112
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Peter Coffee with a special introduction by Eric Dreshfield joins the WizardCast with a discussion on technology, trends, and impacts of the pandemic. Peter is the VP of Strategic Research at Salesforce and has often spoken at Midwest Dreamin'.
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User Experience with David Tsai WizardCast 111
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What is User Experience and why is it important to us as Admin and Devs?
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A Message
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Organizations you can donate your time and money to if you're able.
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IdeaExchange Prioritization with Anusha Surepeddi and Scott Allan
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First, the IdeaExchange Prioritization can get 4000 participants, there will be a donation of $10,000 to habitat for humanity. So get out there, prioritize and then share! We have 2 weeks to accomplish this.
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What if we were not afraid with Kristen Engelhardt WizardCast 109
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We have a special episode including an interview with Kristen Engelhardt - Vice President of Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce. She was they keynote speaker at Midwest Dreamin 2019 and shared a series of stories focused around the question "what would we do if we were not afraid"
info_outlineAdam Olshansky is a Salesforce MVP, Developer at YouTube and holds 14 Salesforce Certifications. He shares what Salesforce Certification means with him and shares his tips on how he got 6 Salesforce certifications in 8 months.
"Don't think of it as a failure, but more of a learning opportunity." - Adam Olshansky on failing Salesforce Certification exams.
Show Overview
00:00 Last Time On the WizardCast
01:10 Introduction
02:01 A Tearable Joke
03:25 World Tour Shout Out
03:46 Coffee Break https://twitter.com/petercoffee/status/979800598802415616 Moore's Law Rate
05:39 Mark Hamill TrailheadX marketers https://twitter.com/matthewsalibi/status/979490597055578113
08:47 Affiliate Mention: Libsyn Podcast Hosting Service. Free monthw with Libsyn PromoCode: podmagic
09:37 Introducing Adam Olshansky https://twitter.com/adam17amo
11:00 Salesforce Certification counterpoint to Carlos Siqueira. Why does Adam have so many Certifications?
14:40 Adam Olshansky's quick acquiring of Salesforce Certifications. 6 certs in 8 months!
21:20 Adam Olshansky's tips and process for preparing for Salesforce Certification exams
28:00 Methods for taking the certification exams
32:00 Advice for the actual Salesforce certification test
35:00 Mark's tip: Drink a lot to get better answers
36:58 Adam Olshansky talks about failing Salesforce Certification tests
40:45 RAD Women - Help teach women to code in APEX http://radwomen.org/ https://twitter.com/RADWomenCode
43:00 Mark wonders if Adam has bested Professor X's X-men.
44:30 Adam admits to having a Death Eater mask.
44:50 What 1 question would Adam Olshansky as Parker Harris?
45:50 What's the next iteration of Salesforce?
46:00 Why didn't Parker make sure Lightning worked "right" to begin with?
47:40 What's it like to do Salesforce at YouTube?
51:00 Outro with Thanks to Intern Micah Perry https://twitter.com/MicahDPerry
52:39 Closing Music
53:02 Post Credits bloopers
Links in This Show
- Mark Hamill TrailheadX Marketing Conference https://twitter.com/matthewsalibi/status/979490597055578113
- Peter Coffee Twitter Coffee break: https://twitter.com/petercoffee/status/979800598802415616
- Adam Olshansky Twitter: https://twitter.com/adam17amo
- Salesforce Certification Study Guides http://certification.salesforce.com/
- Rad Women: http://radwomen.org/
- Rad Women Twitter:https://twitter.com/RADWomenCode
- Adam's Pluralsight Lightning Migration Course http://bit.ly/lightningmigration
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