Three Lessons from a Woman in Enterprise Architecture
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Career arc moves from art and photography through marketing into enterprise architecture, founding Olster Technologies and shifting a role from 10% EA work to 100% while working 100% remote. Claims include that EAs bridge business and system gaps with practical tools like structured interviews and agile sprints, cites a Google Cloud stat that 64% see business-system alignment as their top challenge, and highlights representation gaps of women 15–25% of EAs as an opportunity to hire differently.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:13Enterprise architects' importance
- 3:43Non-traditional career journey
- 8:17Finding purpose in work
- 13:39Lesson one: Be curious and learn
- 21:02Lesson two: Authenticity at work
- 30:17Lesson three: Embrace flaws to grow
- 43:22Closing thoughts
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