I like the idea of SOA. The separation of concerns feels right to me on some level. But, every time I look at it being applied, it's clear to me how much more

I like the idea of SOA. The separation of concerns feels right to me on some level. But, every time I look at it being applied, it's clear to me how much more money and time is being spent implementing it. With SOA you incur the additional cost and headache of orchestration into your system. If you're big enough or complex enough, this may make sense. But, I feel like a lot of dev teams applying this approach don't have the specific problems of scale that SOA solves.