> They are doing architecture, they just aren't doing it according to "the software architecture literature". Whoop de freaking doo. That statement could be app

> They are doing architecture, they just aren't doing it according to "the software architecture literature". Whoop de freaking doo. That statement could be applied to probably 99% of companies out there. The idea that other companies are all sheep following some clearly-defined, but wrong, practices is getting old. At this point, I’m extra cautious about working with people who insist that they are “not like the other companies” as a point of pride, because it nearly always means that they value being different for the sake of being different. It’s one thing to evaluate different practices and adapt them to what works best for you and your company. However, when people take it too far and adopt a mindset that they must be different than others because they don’t believe anyone else can do things as well as they can, it becomes an exercise in arrogance.