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The Solutions Architects of the Future: Conversations about the Tech Roles in GenAI Times
"The Solutions Architects of the Future" is a book authored by Slavik and Nahia, two Solutions Architecture leaders at Amazon Web Services (AWS). The book provides an insider's view of the role of Solutions Architects at AWS, which is a pivotal position that plays a crucial part in the constantly evolving landscape of the tech industry.
In this book, readers can gain valuable insights and foresight into the Solutions Architect role. The book contains informative and engaging interviews with Solutions Architects from around the world, who offer their unique perspectives on the vital role they play and discuss the potential impact of generative AI on their profession. These firsthand accounts provide an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the dynamic challenges and opportunities faced by Solutions Architects today.
If you are already a Solutions Architect or aspire to become one, or if you simply want to understand the role better, "The Solutions Architects of the Future" is a must-read. The book is also recommended for anyone who is curious about the future of tech roles.
Slavik
Nahia
www.nahiaorduna.com
In this book, readers can gain valuable insights and foresight into the Solutions Architect role. The book contains informative and engaging interviews with Solutions Architects from around the world, who offer their unique perspectives on the vital role they play and discuss the potential impact of generative AI on their profession. These firsthand accounts provide an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the dynamic challenges and opportunities faced by Solutions Architects today.
If you are already a Solutions Architect or aspire to become one, or if you simply want to understand the role better, "The Solutions Architects of the Future" is a must-read. The book is also recommended for anyone who is curious about the future of tech roles.
Slavik
Nahia
www.nahiaorduna.com
- GenresTechnology
164 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 20, 2023
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February 19, 2024
Unfortunately, this is not going to be a positive review ;/ I have a lot of respect for the authors (even if I haven't met them in person), I love the fact that they've written a book about the position that is so close to my heart, but in the end - this is NOT a good book. I'll tell you why:
1. first of all, I have no clue who it is for - some clues indicate it's for SAs (as there's internal Amazon lingo used - e.g., SFDC), but there are also fragments that look like SA role's sales pitch for AWS customers. And on top of that - it sometimes looks like an internal justification for AWS top execs, why the role is not being made redundant by Gen AI ... LOL
2. the formula (with 2 "architects of the future") may have looked good on paper as an idea, but it doesn't work in practice - interludes feel artificial, don't add anything valuable, and are simply boring.
3. I'd expect that at least the "sales pitch" part will be done well, but instead of diving deep into what it means to be a trusted advisor in specific conditions (w/o skin in the game, with questionable differences in parties' priorities, etc.), the authors focus pretty solely on EQ. That doesn't look credible.
4. There's plenty of space "spent" on "defending" the role of an SA, but there's very little on its actual revolution - how it COULD evolve, how it SHOULD evolve. I think there's one paragraph on that (3 SAs with Russian-sounding names speculate about splitting into two categories), just one paragraph.
5. I'd expect a little bit more when it comes to the deep dive into what Gen AI revolution means for the engineering community in general - how it will impact the flow of work, interactions, decision-making, value of particular skills, causative power of an individual, etc. There's VERY little about that.
6. Do you expect inconvenient questions? Devil's advocate posture in the consideration? Nope, nothing like that is to be found here. And everything is polished to extremely bland mush - most likely by PR & Marketing.
OK, enough. This is a very bad book. The book for no one. The book that doesn't bring any interesting conclusions. Book that is super-far from being thought-provoking in any way. It has just one pro, I got it for free. But seriously, that is not an argument good enough to spend time reading it. It doesn't bring me any pleasure to criticize it, but I can't recommend it to anyone ;/
1. first of all, I have no clue who it is for - some clues indicate it's for SAs (as there's internal Amazon lingo used - e.g., SFDC), but there are also fragments that look like SA role's sales pitch for AWS customers. And on top of that - it sometimes looks like an internal justification for AWS top execs, why the role is not being made redundant by Gen AI ... LOL
2. the formula (with 2 "architects of the future") may have looked good on paper as an idea, but it doesn't work in practice - interludes feel artificial, don't add anything valuable, and are simply boring.
3. I'd expect that at least the "sales pitch" part will be done well, but instead of diving deep into what it means to be a trusted advisor in specific conditions (w/o skin in the game, with questionable differences in parties' priorities, etc.), the authors focus pretty solely on EQ. That doesn't look credible.
4. There's plenty of space "spent" on "defending" the role of an SA, but there's very little on its actual revolution - how it COULD evolve, how it SHOULD evolve. I think there's one paragraph on that (3 SAs with Russian-sounding names speculate about splitting into two categories), just one paragraph.
5. I'd expect a little bit more when it comes to the deep dive into what Gen AI revolution means for the engineering community in general - how it will impact the flow of work, interactions, decision-making, value of particular skills, causative power of an individual, etc. There's VERY little about that.
6. Do you expect inconvenient questions? Devil's advocate posture in the consideration? Nope, nothing like that is to be found here. And everything is polished to extremely bland mush - most likely by PR & Marketing.
OK, enough. This is a very bad book. The book for no one. The book that doesn't bring any interesting conclusions. Book that is super-far from being thought-provoking in any way. It has just one pro, I got it for free. But seriously, that is not an argument good enough to spend time reading it. It doesn't bring me any pleasure to criticize it, but I can't recommend it to anyone ;/
February 2, 2024
Simply a collection of interviews with other Amazon employees.
The repeated stated message is: don't worry AI won't take your job, it'll just make you faster.
I would have preferred seeing some tangible examples of its usage, beyond the well known code-assistant and "build be a PowerPoint deck". Those aren't specific to Solution Architects.
The repeated stated message is: don't worry AI won't take your job, it'll just make you faster.
I would have preferred seeing some tangible examples of its usage, beyond the well known code-assistant and "build be a PowerPoint deck". Those aren't specific to Solution Architects.
February 18, 2024
Could have been a blog post...
AI will be better with tech answers, SA's will be required all the rest -listenning with empathy, understanding customer vision, human touch. Doesn't have much depth and doesn't offer any novel perspectives.
AI will be better with tech answers, SA's will be required all the rest -listenning with empathy, understanding customer vision, human touch. Doesn't have much depth and doesn't offer any novel perspectives.
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