Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

I suppose I am several generations behind in the lingo of my profession. Is it too much to ask people to speak English or at least define their terms?

I read this recently, “Get the architecture right, then the details.”

Hmm, sounds like in that case “architecture” means the “high-level design.”

But “design” is a verb sometimes used as a noun. “Architecture” is a noun, so I guess we design an architecture, maybe?

I’m confused on this. And then we have solutions architects. A solution is a correct response to a problem. Well, I am glad we have people architecting or designing solutions as opposed to designing more problems in response to problems.

I am confused. Perhaps a junior-level recruiter can explain this all to an old man. Please.