Cliff,
It depends on which field you are in and what your desires are. I would say a 28 year old maybe able to be an architect if they are doing applications programming (Java, XML, etc.) However if you were doing kernel design, network stacks, I'd be a little skeptical. Well, there are those few that are truly brilliant:-)
You might want to ask yourself also what you want to get out of your job. As a former architect myself, I found the job tedious and non-rewarding since all I did was push documents into engineering, educate management, and attend customer meetings. Your experience may vary, but what I just mentioned are part of your duties from now on. I went back to coding.
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Cliff, It depends on which field you are in and what your desires are. I would say a 28 year old maybe able to be an architect if they are doing applications programming (Java, XML, etc.) However if you were doing kernel design, network stacks, I'd be a little skeptical. Well, there are those few that are truly brilliant :-)
You might want to ask yourself also what you want to get out of your job. As a former architect myself, I found the job tedious and non-rewarding since all I did was push documents into engineering, educate management, and attend customer meetings. Your experience may vary, but what I just mentioned are part of your duties from now on. I went back to coding.