What is a J2EE architect
I was asked recently by a person with zero knowledge of the software industry to explain what lies behind the title of a J2EE architect and to explain what is opensource.
Defining what is behind a J2EE architect has been discussed at length not so long ago in a JavaWorld article Hiring the phantom Java architect and the associated TSS thread.
In the software industry, defining the responsabilities behind a title is a challenge in itself and you may get as many definitions as you have people. In an IT company working contract, the responsabilities of a software engineer (I’m assuming that a software engineer is related to all people working directly in the software industry) is often defined as “assignements can be anything, can happen anytime, and can be anywhere“.
Having such a non-clear cut definition of a job title obviouslly does not help our industry much. If management is not aware of the basic requirements of software job in terms of involvement, it obviouslly encourages acting more as a meat seller than a knowledge seller. Been there, done that.
