Architects are supposed to sit higher, seeing both more systems (where developers focus on theirs) and seeing further in time (where developers are focused on t

Architects are supposed to sit higher, seeing both more systems (where developers focus on theirs) and seeing further in time (where developers are focused on their next release or two). I see the job of an architect to work on how things work together and make sure nobody "paints themselves into a corner". How well that works in practice is another matter of course. Architects have longer reach than developers, both in space and time, so the have larger blast radius. One bad architect can screw vastly more things than a bad developer.