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I've been involved in projects where lead architects did indeed fake it till they made it. It scared the heck out of me once I found out what was going on, and

by PakG1 16y ago

I've been involved in projects where lead architects did indeed fake it till they made it. It scared the heck out of me once I found out what was going on, and the "making it" wasn't due to anything they themselves did, but in fact because of the team going above and beyond. It doesn't change the fact that in the eyes of senior management, this guy had "made it".

jerf 16y ago
The topic of the day is great software engineers and I'm taking that to mean people who actually engineer software, not people who convince clueless management that they are great software engineers without actually being so. I acknowledge your point but I think it's not terribly related to mine. You may have had a "lead architect" but they clearly weren't even in the running for "great software engineer".