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

Editor's Notes

  1. (By Andres Cespedes Morales)
  2. The person, team, or organization responsible for designing systems architecture.
  3. architecture: 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.