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Why cloud architects are paid well

January 5, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

The majority of IT workers earned more in 2023 than in 2022. Indeed, average annual salaries increased in 2023 by nearly $20,000. This is according to Skillsoft’s IT Skills and Salary report. As most may have guessed, cloud skills are […]


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The advantages of being cloud smart

July 27, 2023

Via: CIO

Last year VMware commissioned an eye-opening survey of IT leaders, including nearly 6,000 CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, application developers, cloud architects, and DevOps professionals across the globe. The resulting report, “The Multi-Cloud Maturity Index,” garnered important intelligence on the state of […]


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Can AI replace cloud architects?

January 24, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

As I mentioned a few times in this blog, I’ve been working with and teaching about artificial intelligence since the start of my career. This drove much of my interest in cloud computing because AI was not economically viable or […]


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5 operations every cloud architect should automate

November 28, 2022

Via: Info World

The cloud offers many benefits to a company’s modern application development process. One of the most significant benefits is the ability to automate critical actions that traditionally have required manual steps. Automation is perhaps the single most significant advantage of […]


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Good cloud architects are generalists not specialists

October 5, 2021

Via: InfoWorld Cloud Computing

In the 90s I use to filter out jobs I wanted based on how they defined the role of enterprise architect. Many would focus on a specific platform skill rather than an understanding of more holistic solutions that were often […]


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Cloud architects who earn $150,000 are likely underpaid

October 15, 2019

Via: InfoWorld Cloud Computing

According to this source, “cloud architects earn between $140,000 and $150,000” per year. I’ve paid more and less, depending on where the architect lives. However, a good cloud architect can make as much as $250,000 with proper experience and a […]


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Cloud architects need to deal with cloudops

June 28, 2019

Via: InfoWorld Cloud Computing

I’m a cloud computing architect. I get to draw impressive diagrams, meet with cloud providers, pick security approaches and technology, deal with governance, and then turn the whole thing over to other people to actually do the work. Nice work […]