So if you haven’t already read it go get the amazing book by Melissa called IT Architect Journey. Initially I had set some soft goals whilst at VMworld last year whilst speaking with her but now I think is the best time to do this as I know I am going to be going through some great changes in the coming weeks of which I hope I can share soon! This year is the full evolution from engineer to architect for me or at least I hope so!
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Then a copy of the below chart
So from the above I am going to have 3 key points I want to work on but break these down into three further sub components so I can measure my progress
- Achieve a recognised qualification
- Get better with people and presenting
- Work on my documentation
So how can I then have a subset of these to develop some skills and below is my ideas for achieving recognised qualification
- Cloud Exam – Pass an Amazon AWS exam or Azure equivalent
- Infrastructure – Go for my NPP or VMware exams
- Start NPX or VCDX – I want to write a whole post about this as I think the NPX is a great path way to VCDX especially for us in the UK
So my next set of goals is getting better with people and presenting
- Attend and present at a local user group
- Attend a major conference and see if I can present or even a vBrownBag
- Collect a full RFP and understand the requirements from my business/client
Finally I want to work on my documentation
- Keep blogging and update the OpenHomeLab along with key posts on community forums
- Work on a good template I can share with my colleagues and even the community for system/infrastructure designs
- Maybe enter Virtual Design Master for a 3rd year or guest judge so I can work on the concepts of the above
And when do I want to have all this done by…. 2019! Why not be ambitious as I have done some of this before. Anyway I can always pull these out further and as part of my architect journey I may well want to look at another goal such as networking or project management and of course best of luck to anyone with their goals.