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Freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster, charity trustee

The 3 best paid job titles in the UK are, according to Reed: 1. Security architect, £115k 2. Solution architect, £101k 3. Cloud architect, £98k Eh?! Why do all fancy IT jobs now need to be called 'architect'? I am genuinely curious as to why the technology / data industry borrowed the language of the construction industry to describe a senior role. And it's not just IT, there are "social architects" and "change architects". I've absolutely no idea what they do. Does anyone? And was it originally a USA thing? Surely British companies didn't use to do this? The media industry is just as bad. Editors are now frequently "Head of content". Fascinated to know why pretentious job titles proliferate. All thoughts welcome, please...

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Natasha Barker

Domain Architect at Matalan | Drapers 30 Under 30 2024 | CITP

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Always happy to share my insights / perspectives as an IT Architect. It started as a way to represent those of us in Tech who design a solution, but don't do the building work (i.e. coding) and is a recognised field within IT. However, I agree that now the title is used for a whole bunch of different roles and doesn't always describe the job actually being done.

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