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Becoming a software architect isn't something that simply happens overnight or with a promotion. It's a role , not a rank . It's an evolutionary process where you'll gradually gain the experience and confidence that you need to undertake the role.
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5. Architecture collaboration: It's unusual for any software system to live in isolation and there are a number of people that need to understand it. This ranges from the immediate development team who need to understand and buy in to the architecture, right through to other stakeholders who have an interest from a security, database, operations, maintenance, support, etc point of view
