A Day In A Life Of A Sr Solutions Architect - What I Actually Do At Work 

I had fun filming this video and I'm super glad it brought a smile to your day. Thank you for giving it a watch :)

There would be times in the year where I'll be waking up very early, and other times where I'll just lazy and want to sleep until 10am.. I think it's cyclical and has to do with the weather or something. Scheduling is my way to go as well. Good luck for the SAA, my friend!

Thank you!

Hey Daniel, sooo ? did you end up going for the SAA?

Also it’s cool to see the snow, cos it never snows in Sydney 😅

Thank you Lucy. I'll switch places with you happily haha

Max, how are you my friend! We love card games here, so many nights wasted on them haha. Your visit is always appreciated !

@@WinTheCloud we play gloomhaven and dead for winter and Harry Potter and legendary and dc and like so many dungeon crawlers and fun table tops. We always play fun party games too brother! Good to see you’ve been doing well.

Best of luck!

I can share some courses if you're still looking to prepare for the SAA, let me know ;)

@@WinTheCloud Hi Ilyas, apologies have been too busy this past weeks. I have actually watched the udemy course by Stephane Maarek and another one is from youtube which is around 10hours long. Both showed expertise on their domain. Now I have this pdf files AWS technical essentials student guide version 4.7.18 and this comes with a Lab Guide - but I am kind off not sure if these are still accurate as some services may have change already. I'm using this as my reference as this came free when I attended the aws fundamentals training almost a year ago. I just kind of not able to validate if its still accurate, have gone searching but I always end up to a training class registration. Are you able to advise? Thank you so much.

Hi I'm Prem from India I'm preparing for AWS cloud engineer I'm from non it background can u plz give any guidance , thank you ❤️

Thank you Rajdeep! I don't do deep in my code reviews, but it's part of following up what's being implemented and making sure what's been designed is what's being coded

Ain't that the truth haha

Hello friend, your wishes are my commands haha ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sonBfbLNHdM.html

Recycling it is haha

can you also send some templates you use for solution architecture? i am recently starting a new role as sol arch

@@ihkarslk recycling does not mean sharing … :)

Glad to hear that! Best of luck my friend! And thank you for your support of the channel!

@@WinTheCloud No problem

Those kitties make us very happy every day :D Thank you my friend!

Glad you liked it! We have many videos in the channel about how to become a Solutions Architect. Make sure to check them out and let me know if there is anything you'd like to know more about

@@WinTheCloud I am AWS architect too in top mnc.. Yes will checkout all your videos.

He passed last year… we still miss him every day

You gotta watch my latest videos about why I left Amazon 😅

Noted! not easy to find out that balance, especially that I can't show company content

Hey buddy! tbh it's been a while I haven't learned a new programming language. I'm comfortable with JS/TS, Python, and PHP, and that pretty much covers all my needs at this point, but I really believe that as one gains experience in software engineering, learning a new programming language becomes a matter of knowing the philosophy/goal behind it first. The rest is a matter of googling...

Cool. Back to solutions architect related issues, can one work as one remotely? And besides the certification what else puts you in a good place to get a job?

I'm in the process of building those ^^

This is the one: www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08RMZZLTH BTW, I've made a home office tour with everything I use, check it out here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sonBfbLNHdM.html

@@WinTheCloud I meant the one below screen with a black cable

That's a Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD www.amazon.ca/Belkin-F4U095tt-Thunderbolt-3-3-Foot-Compatible

Yes there are. AWS calls it "Associate Solutions Architect"

@@WinTheCloud what’s the baseline an associate SA show know? I mean coding languages knowledge, experience, etc. I’m a non-tech background guy that would want to land a entry level job in the future and I’m a bit lost. I’m a bit extroverted and I don’t like to write code that much (but would do if necessary), so talking to clients and being in meetings all the time is a walk in the park for me.

Absolutely! I have a dedicated video about my full setup ;) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sonBfbLNHdM.html

Thank you my friend, and great suggestion! I added it to my list of subjects to cover

We're blessed to be in a place like this. Thank you my friend

Not easier, not harder, it's just different, and I'm actually building a whole video comparing both the role of an SA at AWS vs the role of an SA working directly with a company

You got it. Being a good SA requires experience, and as Andy Jassy used to say "There is no compression algorithm for experience" I believe my failures helped me a lot more than my successes into becoming the SA I am today

My two cents. Work as a software engineer untill you reach a "Senior level". Then, work on becoming an Architect.

Hey Higor, yes this is Montreal!

Oui, d'adoption :D

Our favourite game :D especially now that we got the expansion pack and we can play with more friends

This is a customer facing role for sure. But think of it as the coach who even if they don't play in the field anymore, they're the ones who we need to solve problems like: strategy, tactics, planning... I still do a ton of POCs and build MVPs to test technologies, frameworks, libraries, patterns, services (and much more). "Finding a solution" is not as easy as it might seem because desining the right solution, than can scale and that can be maintainable for years to come requires a lot more than just reading a few books/articles. I'm a software developer at heart, but I prefer to coach, mentor & share my failures with upcoming developers rather than just do it myself

Hi there, I get asked this question many times to the point where I made a video about it :D check this out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vEsaMMceW_o.html and btw we have a server where we discuss cloud career-related topics, feel free to join us ;) discord.gg/2cTb9vmv

You can do it my friend! btw, I'm doing a Free, beginner's friendly session on AWS, make sure to subscribe for it here www.lighthall.co/class/4b2c758b-b03c-4d24-b723-4b9461919d39

Focusing on the wrong things my man.

Seems like companies are moving towards a hybrid model. During covid I worked remotely but I was shaving daily meeting with my team to stay in sync

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I was ISV / DNB. I no longer work for AWS

Define "Projects" ... Meeting with Product to discuss requirements is working on a project, meeting with a team to present your solution is working on a project, meeting with other architects to align on objectifs is also part of projects... If you mean designing solutions, then yes, I do those as well, just probably not the day I filmed and it would've been boring to show anyway

Having a programmer background is not required, but some companies do. Tell you what, why don't you ask in the community here win-the-cloud.circle.so? I'll make sure more SAs from different companies provide you with an answer

Wtf? do you hace to talk to people?

IT in Quebec is very promising. Especially if you're able to find a remote job with a big company in Montreal or Toronto! Bon courage mon ami!

It does require travel indeed, but since the pandemic, I've been conducting my role in a complete remote fashion.

Thank you

Sometimes yes, until late at night, but most of the time it's a 40h/week job like any other

It's a deployment mechanism, I've found this article that goes through it very well :) www.redhat.com/en/topics/devops/what-is-blue-green-deployment

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Hi Starlyn, I used to work directly at AWS, but at the time of filming this video, I work with a company called SSENSE, on AWS technology. I'm not a "full-time freelancer" but I do freelance work sometimes

@@WinTheCloud Thanks. one of my fears of taking this career path is not having a stable job. for exmaple getting hired, build the architecture for a company and then let got because they don't see any more value in the position.

Lucid Charts

Pre-sales

We don't. We might sometimes build a POC to try out a specific service or architecture though

No one can force you to have your webcam on...

@@WinTheCloud thanks for the reply

Thank you very much. They've been so helpful during these times

It was so fun shooting and editing that part knowing how people would react haha

Go for it brother! You've also just got yourself a new subscriber 😉

@@WinTheCloud Thanks so much man 🙏🏾😁

My answer using Google Translate as well (I hope I'm not writing anything offending 😄) Catan 是我最近最喜欢的游戏，不过我刚刚开始玩另一款游戏，我非常喜欢它 How did I do? :D

Amazon is not really known for its work-life balance is it 😅 I've had to work weekends at times for sure..

Of course my friend, I've sent you a DM in the community website win-the-cloud.circle.so/ make sure to check it out ;)

Not something you're interested in doing anymore?

Super! bienvenu a la chaine :D