I just got the job and have 16 years of coding experience, with complex stuff touching major operations in several companies (not to brag, but to prove :)). Now

I just got the job and have 16 years of coding experience, with complex stuff touching major operations in several companies (not to brag, but to prove :)). Now I am doing still coding of the left-overs, but the new role is really mostly designing systems. So I think your experience is not that universal. But yeah, I've also met several architects that have like two years experience, and then branched out.