As of next week I will be leaving Macrovision for Ioko. I am going to still be working as a Technical Architect but in a more general role (a bit more like what i did at Anite!).
Working on a product as opposed to being a general technical architect is quite different and although I have enjoyed it, I think I am more suited to working in a more general role. A product based job does let you get to know the good (and bad) bits of the product, but it also limits the range of technologies and roles it is appropriate for you to play. As general TA you must engage will all areas of project, but you also have a lot more responsibility for problems. With a product you can hand-off to the product support team if it doesn’t all work.
I prefer being able to take responsibility and not just passing things off, as I like to see the whole thing working at the end of the day - so I think this move is going to suit me.
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