Interesting. The above is similar to what I've seen and experienced personally. One of the reasons I was able to move into my role was because of my technical e

Interesting. The above is similar to what I've seen and experienced personally. One of the reasons I was able to move into my role was because of my technical experience but every member of our team has the same concern: the further away from the code we get the less effective we'll be at providing architectural advice for the systems as they evolve. It really is a bit of a catch 22. Instead we've begun talking about focusing on ways we can support the technical strategy as well as the business strategy more.