Agreed. An architect should be a knowledgeable generalist able to facilitate the discussion. Personally I'd hate to be the "smartest guy" in the team about anyt

Agreed. An architect should be a knowledgeable generalist able to facilitate the discussion. Personally I'd hate to be the "smartest guy" in the team about anything. However I spend a large part of my work days collaborating with all different stakeholders and different subsystem vendors and what I as an architect bring to the table is the requirements based on the context of the subsystem we work on. Rest of my days I design, code and debug just like the rest of the team.