Yeah I worked with some solutions that Gartner considers 'Magic'. And one that wasn't. The one that wasn't is so much better and the magic one is still playing

Yeah I worked with some solutions that Gartner considers 'Magic'. And one that wasn't. The one that wasn't is so much better and the magic one is still playing catch up. Most people that actually work in the field also consider the non-magical solution the best by far. I really think this is just a 'who paid us the most' contest. Ps I'm also an Enterprise IT architect and also leaving it. Not sure if my reasons are the same as I didn't get a chance to read the article yet :) But in my case the reason was that we're becoming too much of a Microsoft shop. It went from 'Find the best solution and implement it' to 'Implement what Microsoft tells us to'. Usually those solutions are not the best and I end up having to find workarounds for workarounds. Sure all the integration is great but it's more of a walled garden thing than a real benefit. Basically ruined the job for me.