My Experience as an AWS Solutions Architect

In this video I share what its like working as an AWS Sr. Solutions Architect
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[@adamcloud09]

This is fantastic. Best Enterprise Tech KZbinr out there!

[@paulventura3118]

Thanks Trev! Im working as a software engineer for over a decade and looking a Solutions Architect role to transition for new career.

[@vimalneha]

Thanks Trev for making it open.

[@anthonykugel5613]

Great video! Very informative.

[@greysonbennett6788]

A lot of good information here

[@danniely270]

Hi. I have a question about SA career parh. I have been working as a backend engineer for 2 years and 9 months, and recently passed the interview for assosiate SA at AWS. Here are the questions I really wanted to ask. 1. Is my engineering background too shallow to become a successful SA in the future? I feel like there should be some hurdle compared to others who have decades of experience in SWD. 2. Is SA experience helpful when I switch it back to SWD again? I'm afraid if I don't enjoy SA as much as SWD, one day I might switch it back to SWD and I really hope it would back up some of my career gap as a SWD. 3. Would you recommend such a junior SWD to switch it to SA? or have you seen any of junior SWD doing well in SA role? My dream is to make a company one day and I'm not sure which career path would be more helpful for that.

[@danniely270]

I got answers for my own questions. I just hear from you since you are more experienced than I am. 1. Yes. 2 yr+ engineering background is too shallow to become a SA. Yes, I can still have SA title in my name card, but I will remain assosiates for endless years and will not be given core projects. 2. Yes, experience in SA is definately helpful even for SWD since I will be trained to get a broader view when developing a product. 3. It is hard to tell which job is going to be strictly more useful than the other. However, having broader view of enterprise softwares + soft skills as a SA will be more useful in general cases unless I'm making a product in specific field which requires a deep understanding of certain domain knowledge.

[@julieannharrison]

I was an SA intern at AWS this summer. I just accepted my return offer and will start tech u this summer. I would love to reach out now or after I start!

[@trevspires]

Please do!

[@camilahinojosa6530]

Hey Julieann! I hope you're doing well. I just wanted to let you know that I'll be interviewing for that internship soon. If it's okay with you, I'd love to ask for some advice. How can I best reach out to you?

[@gvoden]

Great video! L6 definitely doesn't make this in Canada by the way, unless you include the stock?

[@trevspires]

Yeah, including stock I think it’s common for the US to pay a bit higher at most companies

[@gvoden]

Another question, can you get hired straight at L7 if you have the experience? Is it true that your first 2 years determine if you get to stay or go. There was a Corey Quinn article on how that works as well.

[@trevspires]

Yes u can Not sure about the 2 year thing

[@Zilor.]

Hello, great videos! I was wondering if you could recommend a AWS path that would be the least social? I have a friend who is on the spectrum and is looking to get into IT but does not know where to start, or would CCNA be a better fit for him? The least amount of human interaction the better. Thank you for any comments.

[@trevspires]

Beautiful question -- Anecdotally, i've seen people on the spectrum succeed in Software Development roles. Now, those roles do require some social interaction with other developers but rarely do these roles connect directly with 'customers' So any 'social' element of the job is often limited to a small tight-knit team where you know each other well. I think learning to code is where i'd suggest your friend focus.

[@Officialyasirbadawi]

Is it mostly a remote or onsite position?

[@abrahamsteinberg8374]

What happened to Common Room? 😢

[@trevspires]

Not the right spot for me

[@ankur_gupt]

Hey Trev, thanks for this video. How can I reach out to you?

[@trevspires]

linkedin is best place to contact me directly

[@ankur_gupt]

Yeah sorry but for some reason, I can't find your profile on LinkedIn. It's just not showing your profile there.

[@trevspires]

Its linked in description and my youtube page @@ankur_gupt

[@EnigmaPy-tl7kn]

Great video thank you! I have a few questions not sure if you'd be able to email me or how we get in touch with you I actually live in New England as well probably about 45 min away!

[@trevspires]

Yeh LinkedIn is the best way to reach me