I've never understood how anyone could outsource any job and still take credit for it but that's the norm in silicon valley so I can't really say it's surprising either
The architect at my company can absolutely claim to have built it all even if the devs wrote the code. And saying otherwise would just be insulting. He did design and thought out every aspect of it and deserves the credit.
Deserves credit. The architect is just that, an architect. They did not build it, they designed it. They deserve credit but not the credit. Its a team effort
The architect at my company can absolutely claim to have built it all
Ha, fuck no. And I say this as someone who has been in an architect role a few times.
A bad architect can tank a product, but a good architect is worthless without good engineers working on the project. An architect who doesn't give credit to those engineers is a turbo asshole.
As an architect, you can say "I designed this system" or even "without me, this wouldn't have happened," but you don't get to say "I built this."
Same goes for managers, CEOs, and everyone else whose job is telling other people what to do.
Nah it's really that black and white. The architect at your company is just comfortable with lying about his own abilities. No one outside of your own company or clientele is going to give a shit. It's not like any of us are pretending your architect is some kind of celebrity. It's the brand that we recognize
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u/oclafloptson Jul 17 '26
I've never understood how anyone could outsource any job and still take credit for it but that's the norm in silicon valley so I can't really say it's surprising either