We are integrating Salesforce at my company and I am currently leading a large portion of that integration. Salesforce dominates the CRM market. Unless there is

We are integrating Salesforce at my company and I am currently leading a large portion of that integration. Salesforce dominates the CRM market. Unless there is some sort catastrophic event that tarnishes their reputation, they will be around for quite awhile. Their system is incredibly complex and can be somewhat difficult to reason about. I believe if you specialized in Salesforce development or administration you can most definitely make a long term career out of it. Consequently, you run the risk that of becoming highly specialized which may make you less marketable for non-Salesforce related positions. Companies are going to spend countless engineering hours and bags of money to integrate Salesforce which will ultimately vendor lock them for an extended period of time. This is great for current and future Salesforce developers because it will add stability to their job market. I don't view certifications as a red flag but there are people out there that look down on people with certifications. That is a personal problem IMO.