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The Yin and Yang of software

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As I was looking out of the window of my flight, I looked on to see the house and neighborhoods below and couldn't help but admire the beauty of the organization intertwined within the chaos and randomness of the surrounding environment. I couldn't help but draw parallels to my own world, as a software architect for almost the last decade, as to how similar that world is to mine. I have always struggled trying to clearly explain the difference in rules between a software architect and a software developer. Even more difficult has been trying to explain the difference between the different types of architects themselves. Barcelona Spain. Bing Maps A lot of people tend to think that an architect is something one becomes after they are the top level developer they can be, the next step up so to speak. That might be because the salary structure in our industry rarely values nor can properly price developers to begin with. That's a whole other blog post in i