12 More Essential Skills for Software Architects

Chapter 1. Partnership

“If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.”

—Winston Churchill

“In this new wave of technology, you can’t do it all yourself, you have to form alliances.”

—Carlos Slim Helú

“If you can run the company a bit more collaboratively, you get a better result, because you have more bandwidth and checking and balancing going on.”

—Larry Page

“Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.”

—Mark Twain

Have you ever seen what appears to be a simple, straightforward technical decision unwind into political chaos? Conversely, have you ever seen what appears to be a politically charged decision just flow ...