“Can I be honest?” he says. “This guy… my gut’s telling me that’s not a good idea. Not that it’s not a good idea, just that it’s not a good idea with him. If you want the job. He’s a bit old school. You know how people are.” One of the first times I ever READ MORE
Posts by Jess C
Anatomy of a Deployment Failure (pt. 3) – Production Changes and the Flight of The Icarus
Deployment Failure (Pt. 3) Production Changes & The Flight of the Icarus Confession time: in the four or so years I’ve been working with Salesforce, I’ve never really ‘got’ Sandboxes and change sets. I suppose I’d tell a prospective employer that this demonstrates my ability to vision and action a modification without disrupting users. Then READ MORE
Anatomy of a Deployment Failure (pt. 2): Mind The Gap
Salesforce admin? That’d be my dream job. But for the users, of course. – Me, making the same damn joke, every single day until I’m dead This post is part of a series. Read part one yet? I found this week’s post particularly difficult to put together, because in the days since I put up READ MORE
Anatomy of a Deployment Failure (Pt. 1)
We are excited to welcome a new voice to the Accidental Admins, Jess! Over her years of being a solo admin, she is learning how most of us do, on the job and figuring it out as she goes along. With a healthy dose of self-reflection (deprecation?), humor, and a willingness to acknowledge there is READ MORE