20 hours of 1-on-1 time with me to utilize however you need to
You get 20 hours of time to prep for the Salesforce CTA Board. Together we will come up with a plan tailored to your needs to help you take a shot at the CTA Board.
Salesforce CTA Board Coaching
Want to become the world's next Salesforce Certified Technical Architect?
Then join the cohort today for a custom tailored program for your needs and learn exactly what you need to pass the exam from Salesforce CTA and founder of Coding With The Force, Matt Gerry
- 20 hours of 1-on-1 time
- Personalized study plan
- 24/7 Discord Access
- In Depth Study/Strategy Guide
- Lucid Chart Templates
- My solutions to 12+ publicly available mock scenarios
Projected date class enrollment will open:Dreamforce Week (Sept. 14th)
The program
Personalized CTA coaching tailored around your needs and your schedule, not a class's schedule
This personlized Salesforce CTA coaching course provides you with 20 hours of 1-on-1 time with Matt Gerry (a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect and founder of Coding with the Force) to prep for the Salesforce CTA Board. This course will provide you with the material that I found most useful for the CTA Board, and it will cover the training that I found to be the most valuable for the exam. Additionally it comes with a lengthy study guide for the exam, my solutions to publicly available mock scenarios, and more.
$3,000.00
USD
One-time payment. Secure checkout through Stripe.
Who this course is for
This course is for seasoned architects and senior developers
This course is for seasoned technical architects, tech leads, or senior developers in the Salesforce ecosystem with at least 5-6 years of experience on the platform who are looking to take the next big step in their career. You need a strong background on the platform to be successful on the exam, if you have fewer than five years of experience it is extremely unlikely you will be able to pass even with extensive studying.
Additionally you need to have all of the pre-requisite certs for the CTA exam completed prior to registering for this course.
Salesforce Certified Application Architect
- Platform App Builder
- Platform Developer I
- Data Architect
- Sharing and Visibility Architect
Salesforce Certified System Architect
- Platform Developer I
- Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect
- Identity and Access Management Architect
- Integration Architect
Seven exams in total - Platform Developer I counts toward both credentials. You must hold both before you can register for the Architect Review Board.
What you get
This course will include the following
24/7 Discord Access (even if you run out of 1-on-1 time)
If you've still got questions about anything, even after you've utilized all 20 hours of 1-on-1 time, send me a message on discord and I'll help you through whatever it is you're facing.
My solutions to over a dozen publicly available mock CTA scenarios
You get to see my solutions to publicly available mock CTA scenarios, making it less of a question mark as to what the board expects, and so you have a comfortable understanding of how to build a presentation for the board.
Lucid Chart presentation template
Lucid Chart template to allow you to get a head start on what you should present the day of your board.
Every public scenario, ranked
All of the most useful publicly available scenarios ranked in order of value.
Study guide and strategy guide
A 31 page study guide/strategy guide that informs you of the most important areas of study to the least and the best ways to approach each major area on your exam.
A personalized study plan
A personalized study plan to help you get to where you need to be to attempt the Salesforce CTA Board.
Why the CTA
The rarest, highest-paid credential in the Salesforce ecosystem
Salesforce has certified millions of professionals worldwide. Roughly five hundred of them are Certified Technical Architects.
- ~500 CTAs worldwide Out of millions of Salesforce professionals
- $340K Top of the CTA pay band US total compensation with equity and bonus
- +$50K Typical pay unlock What the credential itself tends to add
The rarest credential in the ecosystem
Roughly 500 people on the planet hold the CTA. Salesforce has certified millions of professionals - this is the sliver at the very top, and everyone hiring at the enterprise level knows exactly how small that number is.
The single biggest pay unlock
No other Salesforce credential moves compensation like this one. CTAs consistently sit above every other role in the ecosystem, including technical architects who have the title but not the certification.
A seat at the table
CTAs own the end-to-end architecture on the largest, most complex programs - integration, data, security, mobile, and governance. You stop being handed the design and start setting it.
Instant credibility
Passing the board is a public, verifiable signal that you can defend a full enterprise architecture live, under pressure, to a panel of architects. Very little on a resume carries that weight.
Global demand, remote-friendly
Demand for technical architects has been climbing while demand for build-only roles has softened. Scarcity plus demand means CTAs get to be selective about clients, industries, and geography.
It compounds
The board forces breadth across every corner of the platform. The preparation itself makes you a dramatically better architect whether you pass on the first attempt or the third.
Compensation
What the CTA credential is actually worth
A Salesforce CTA sits at the top of the ecosystem pay band - meaningfully above technical architects who hold the title without the certification, and roughly triple a typical administrator salary.
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Total compensation including equity and bonus ($180K-$250K base)
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Median senior technical architect, US
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Averaging around $165K, US
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Averaging around $101K, US
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Averaging around $98K, US
Your instructor
Matt Gerry
I have spent the last decade-plus building on the Salesforce platform and the last six years teaching it. More than a million Salesforce professionals worldwide have learned from my courses, tutorials, and videos.
I have delivered over 50 Salesforce implementations for large corporate clients, hold 21 Salesforce certifications, and I have sat in the chair you are preparing for and passed the CTA board. I know exactly which parts of the preparation actually move the needle and which parts waste your evenings.
- Salesforce Certified Technical Architect
- Founder, Coding With The Force
- 1,000,000+ Salesforce professionals taught
- 6 Years teaching the ecosystem
- 10+ Years on the Salesforce platform
- 21 Salesforce certifications
- 50+ Enterprise implementations delivered
Ready when you are
Start your CTA board journey today
Twenty hours of one-on-one coaching, three full mock board scenarios, and a study plan built around exactly where you are right now.
Projected date class enrollment will open:Dreamforce Week (Sept. 14th)