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This is crazy because I am 10 years in and feel exactly the same. I actually just put in my two weeks because I got sick of our scrum team doing cargo cult agi
by alexfromapex 5y ago
This is crazy because I am 10 years in and feel exactly the same. I actually just put in my two weeks because I got sick of our scrum team doing cargo cult agile and I’m going to take some time off to reset and then maybe look for a 4 day work week remote job doing architecture mostly solo. If I can’t find my perfect software job I’m going to branch out into something else I can do outside software that I like. Life is too short to be miserable.
- Trasmatta 5y agoGood luck with your reset / sabbatical!
- burntoutfire 5y ago> remote job doing architecture mostly solo In my experience, architecture is the much less solo than dev work. Everything you do as an architect impacts a lot of people (usually multiple teams, managers), so there has to be a ton of communication behind your work. Senior architects are not unlike managers and often spend most of their days in meetings.
- JackMorgan 5y agoHaving performed the role of architect in two different companies I might caution that the role is most often about training and mentoring. There's a lot of explaining the same concepts (this time to a different team) and soothing touchy egos. It's also a role that requires a strong ability to communicate upwards to less technical people otherwise you'll be left high and dry without any support. You have to be on constant defense from all sides, as almost no engineer thinks you offer any value, and so is often trying to convince management you are superfluous. It can be very satisfying, and I've really enjoyed it both times and would actively seek it again, but it's certainly not the ivory tower it looked like when I was an engineer.