Wow, this post could not have come at a more welcome time.
I'm a Solutions Architect, and after 4 years in-role am agitating for advancement; a 2-year merger put everything for everyone on hold until its resolution. It's become clear that there has been no plan for advancement.
After unsolicited and vague promises of a director or even VP(!?) role before the merger resolution, they have since been talking of *maybe* a manager, or maybe *maybe* senior manager role. *Maybe* managing just two of my current developers, whom they are preparing to off-shore. This all while they have promoted another SA to a director position; a well-deserved promotion at that.
Oh, they're also getting rid of the Solutions Architect job itself: soon I will be "Lead Analyst".
This is all to say that the post and all your comments are very helpful! Love this site.
I'm a Solutions Architect, and after 4 years in-role am agitating for advancement; a 2-year merger put everything for everyone on hold until its resolution. It's become clear that there has been no plan for advancement.
After unsolicited and vague promises of a director or even VP(!?) role before the merger resolution, they have since been talking of *maybe* a manager, or maybe *maybe* senior manager role. *Maybe* managing just two of my current developers, whom they are preparing to off-shore. This all while they have promoted another SA to a director position; a well-deserved promotion at that.
Oh, they're also getting rid of the Solutions Architect job itself: soon I will be "Lead Analyst".
This is all to say that the post and all your comments are very helpful! Love this site.