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Architect, chief engineer, principal, fellow. These all mean 'put out to pasture'. These are supposed to be positions of leadership, but with no direct report
by codeonfire 14y ago
Architect, chief engineer, principal, fellow. These all mean 'put out to pasture'. These are supposed to be positions of leadership, but with no direct reports there is no one forced to follow. Developers who already have to deal with the business bureaucracy are not going to listen to someone because of a fancy title that does more politicking than development.
Plus architect gives the image of a scarf wearing drama queen who throws tantrums.
- mikeflynn 14y agoIn my experience that architecture roles can definitely mean that at a lot of companies (the pasture part specifically, but I would like a scarf). To some degree it's natural to let the role end up like that, but as the person in the role, you have to work to make sure you're still involved with all teams even if you don't have any direct reports.