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Re:Ask HN: Good Job for a Generalist? by desertraven on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:35PM (#29656848)
I've seen this term architect pop up a few times here, and it seems not to be referring to building design. Can you give more insight into what an "architect" career is, and some examples? Thanks!
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Re:Ask HN: Good Job for a Generalist? by ggeorgovassilis on Thursday December 23, 2021 @06:28AM (#29660832)
There are so many definitions that I settled on my own: everything that isn't done by some other specialist. This picture [1] from my blog [2] describes accurately how I feel about the job:

[1] https://georgovassilis.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/f696f-arc... [2] https://blog.georgovassilis.com/2015/12/26/defensive-softwar...

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