As with many roles in tech, people tend to have little idea what it is that I do on a day to day basis. ‘So, what do you actually do?’ is a question I’ve got used to answering and it’s exciting that more and more people are asking me, so hopefully this helps...
If you’ve read cloud migration case studies and presentations at conferences for new cloud migration tools, it would be easy to believe migrating to the cloud is straight-forward, if that were true then why do a third of them fail? Click here to read about the challenges of migrating legacy applications and infrastructure that should not be under-estimated.
In the current climate, cost optimisation is even more vital than normal. Reducing running costs and operating a lean organisation will be key to staying in business.
One of the best things about being a young architect at 6point6 is that you never have the same day, let alone week. I thought it might be a good idea to share how a work week brings different challenges and opportunities.
Challenges and opportunities present themselves at every stage in your career. Here's my journey as a young Architect so far with 6point6.
In the spirit of community, here are the key lessons I learnt from attending the AWS community day.
Having worked in architecture for a number of years, from analysing the technical detail to driving platform strategy, there are a few things, good and bad, that I’ve picked up along the way.