# I'm joining Salesforce!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702
**Category:** talk
**Created:** [September 16, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702 "2018-09-16T22:10:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/1 "2018-09-16T22:10:41Z")
Hi, everyone - Just wanted to share a slight career update…mostly to silence the rumors that I have joined the circus 🐘
After nearly 10 years at Microsoft (working on designer tools, frameworks, mobile device tooling, PWAs, and a boatload of side-projects), I decided to join an amazing team of developers and designers at Salesforce working on the [Lightning Design System](https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/):
I am really excited to get back to working on UI/UX-related challenges on a product line that people love and use extensively. Best of all, I stay closer than ever to cutting edge web technologies, work/learn/play alongside some brilliant people, and bask in an environment filled with [fun cartoon characters](https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/07/meet-trailhead-characters.html) everywhere! 🥤
Cheers,
Kirupa
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### Author:  [@WakeMeAtThree](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WakeMeAtThree)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/2 "2018-09-17T04:14:30Z")
Congrats Kirupa!!
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### Author:  [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/3 "2018-09-17T08:47:10Z")
Congratulations.
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/4 "2018-09-17T10:26:37Z")
Very cool! I’m excited for you Kirupa! I like how they have a seasonal release schedule. Winter is coming!
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### Author:  [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/5 "2018-09-17T14:55:56Z")
Congratulations @Kirupa!
The cartoon characters alone made it a no-brainer career move. 😜
I hope that you will find all the challenges and rewards which you desire as you embark on this new chapter of your career. **Vive la cutting edge**! Really sorry regarding you not getting picked up by the circus yet again, keep trying though, don’t let the circus dream die K-man.
Petty I know, but is the focus outline / highlight color a desired result on the hamburger menu, text links, of that page?
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### Author:  [@REB\_412](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REB_412)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/6 "2018-09-17T19:37:09Z")
Congradulations on your new endeavor.
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/7 "2018-09-22T16:34:20Z")
Thanks everyone! 😛
prg - are you referring to this?
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### Author:  [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/8 "2018-09-23T00:41:39Z")
Yes it was, I see it so often on sites when its **not** intended, don’t mind me.
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/9 "2018-09-23T15:48:20Z")
Are people not intending it ignoring proper accessibility?
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### Author:  [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/10 "2018-09-24T22:15:25Z")
Congratulations on your new move. The lightning design system front page there… The hot air balloon, the colors and logo… Something quite familiar but I can’t quite put my finger on it…
😥
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### Author:  [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/11 "2018-09-25T08:10:15Z")
Are we [strategic partners](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/09/apple-and-salesforce-partner-to-help-redefine-customer-experiences-on-ios/) now?
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/12 "2018-09-25T08:23:36Z")
More
Than
Ever!
To the strategic parnership mobile! 🛩
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### Author:  [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/13 "2018-09-27T11:12:33Z")
Belated congrats!
I’ve been busy probably failing my PhD candidacy!
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/14 "2018-09-27T13:36:56Z")
Well, me and my partners are going to take down you and your partners! 😛
> **[Microsoft, SAP and Adobe take on Salesforce with their new Open Data Initiative...](https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/24/microsoft-sap-and-adobe-take-on-salesforce-with-their-new-open-data-initiative-for-customer-data/)**
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> Microsoft, SAP and Adobe today announced a new partnership: the Open Data Initiative. This alliance, which is a clear attack against Salesforce, aims to create a single data model for consumer data that is then portable between platforms. That, the...
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/15 "2018-09-27T15:55:37Z")
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/16 "2018-09-27T16:50:41Z")
Other people are already working on it 😬
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-joining-salesforce/638702/17 "2018-09-28T22:35:19Z")
Hahaha! 😛