7 Steps to Become a Software Architect

A lightweight presentation about how to move from a developer role into an architect position, looking from a perspective of why, what and how.

Transcript

1. 7 Steps to Become a Software Architect (By Andres Cespedes Morales)
2. Hello! I am Andres You can find me at @andrespedes 2
3. Agenda ▪ Reasons to Become a Software Architect ▪ Software Architect role, myths and truths ▪ Moving through the path 3
4. Why not? 4
5. Friends? 5
6. “Main” Reason 6
8. Myths 8
9. Hands Off Architect 9
10. Commodity: a basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other commodities of the same type. (Investopedia) 10
11. What’s an Architect 11 The person, team, or organization responsible for designing systems architecture. IEEE 1471
12. Architecture 12 The fundamental organization of a system embodied in its components, their relationships to each other, and to the environment, and the principles guiding its design and evolution. IEEE 1471
13. Architect’s Path 15
14. Code 16
15. People’s Experiences 17
16. Creativity 18
17. Communication 19
18. Sharing is … 20
19. Update 21
20. Final Step 22
21. Your WHY 23
22. Thanks! Any questions? You can find me at ▪ @andrespedes ▪ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrespedes12/ 24
23. Credits Special thanks to all the people who helped me and collaborated in one way or another with this talk: 25 ▪ SlidesCarnival