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And then there are people like me. I've worked in big enterprise software departments (a huge homeowners insurance tech company, big banking, government contrac
by sidlls 7y ago
And then there are people like me. I've worked in big enterprise software departments (a huge homeowners insurance tech company, big banking, government contractors), "companies" of three people including myself, and some in between. Currently I'm at a 500-ish person company that is not quite enterprise but not really a start-up.
My experience is that "Enterprise Architecture" creates as many problems for the business as it solves for technology practitioners attempting to solve problems in a huge battle royale of competing departments. I think it often helps cement and provide feedback loops for the causes of the problems seen in large enterprise systems.
- goto11 7y agoThis is where I get confused. Are you criticizing a particular architecture, or architecture in general? Is it even possible to have a system without an architecture?
- james_s_tayler 7y agoThe Winchester Mystery House does exist in software somewhere.
- JeffGrigg 7y agoEven the Winchester Mystery House has architecture. Pretty good architecture. It's still standing, in spite of earthquakes. She bought it in 1884. Now it has some fairly odd "features" based on her very eccentric "requirements." Doors that open into walls. Stairs that "go nowhere." Very expensive windows that look out at brick walls. But given her odd sense of "requirements," it's the house she wanted!