To say that job titles shouldn't include the word 'architect' unless they are actually an architect?

[itssunnyyay]

Hi all, so my partner is an architect, It takes years to become an architect and you have to be registered on the RIBA (royal institute of British architects) to call yourself an architect.

I have noticed an increasing number of jobs using the job title 'architect' that has nothing to do with architecture.. for example, "solution Architect" which is 'responsible for evaluating an organisations business needs and determining how IT can support those needs leveraging software" so .. not an architect.

Other job titles are "software architect", "senior enterprise solution architect manufacturing", "web solutions architect", "HR solutions architect", "finance and accounting digital architect", "analytics implementation architect", "deputy food architect", "platform architect" ... the list goes on

Isn't Architect a protected title? IMO job titles should actually mean something, and all of the above mean absolutely nothing?

This week on Masterchef one of the contestants was a Marine Pilot. Bet a few were disappointed when they realised his job only involved guiding ships/boats in and out of the harbour rather than flying...

They don't just draw buildings

No-one has said they do.

Do you know what an architect does? Because they don't even draw buildings! Not one part of their role involves 'drawing buildings'.

You've no argument here OP, you've only displayed how little you understand language and a wide range of jobs & you're still writing posts that make no sense.

Well yes I actually understand quite well what an architect does. Which is how I know that the title is particularly apt for the equivalent role in IT.

In our family there are engineers, architects and IT professionals. Plus lawyers and doctors but that’s not relevant here. One of us in particular (not me, sadly!) is an extremely gifted and talented woman who works very hard indeed at a level completely beyond many people for the money she (rightly) earns, and the comment above about the ‘office girl who makes teas and coffees’ is just so rude, ignorant and insulting. So I guess I actually was being a little bit defensive on her behalf.

Anyway. Not going to get sucked into this again! Not going to be the architect of my own destruction by getting irate today...

I've seen a few 'Ideas Architect' job roles in marketing and it makes me cringe every time 😬 have also seen 'Head of Making Friends' as the job title for an HR director. Bleurgh.

Also @itssunnyyay I hope your DP is well on the way to recovery and I hope you are able to put some time aside for self care too, it’s hard to support someone who’s grappling with depression.

@Zilla1

I'll let you know when I hear back about my complaint to Rug Doctor.

Your gynaecologist?

I work in a very large global company, in IT. Providing all of the systems to support all of the employees in their daily tasks, in a manner that makes it easy for the employees to navigate all of the various systems they use is perfectly described by the word architecture. So it naturally follows that someone in charge of designing all the connections between all the different systems would be the “architect”. It’s just a shorthand way of describing the job, or the myriad connected systems, without having to write a fairly long description.
Computers are a relatively recent addition to the workplace, so it’s natural that the terms used in describing it are those that have already been established in other professions.
If you think about it like a city, the large servers are the infrastructure (the actual buildings, roads, railways Etc,), the software run on these are the businesses (HR, sales, marketing, Facilities Etc.), and the navigation between these are the routes connecting all parts of the business (one-way streets, motorways Etc.), so it does make sense to use the term Architect for the person(s) in charge of making it all run smoothly…

You've no argument here OP, you've only displayed how little you understand language and a wide range of jobs & you're still writing posts that make no sense

I think its priceless. "I know absolutely nothing about the subject but you are wrong"

I think we should leave the OP to either sober up or to play quietly under their bridge.

@Wheniruletheworld look up what marine pilots actually do on YouTube, it's scary as shit, way more difficult than an aeroplane pilot.

I know what they do! My point was, that if the OP thinks that the use of a professional title, for example architect, shouldn't be used in a different context, for example a software architect, as it is misleading. So, the use of word pilot in a different context would be as annoying to OP.

I don't therefore, need to look up what marine pilots do, but thanks for the imperative response
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You actually have no clue what 'architect' means or what a 'software architect' does, do you?

Why not get a real grown-up job of your own so you can stop obsessing about your husband's supposed status?

@DameHelena

I thought I was replying to OP.

I do enjoy this very British thing you all do on mumsnet.

“It’s very strange” “it’s rather weird of you”.

It’s funny..

OP is worried her status and self esteem she gets from her husband’s job might be in danger if anyone not as magnificent as her husband can dare call themselves “architect”😂

I love my husband but I could not be this worried about defending his honour about job descriptions on the internet. 😂

Did anyone else cringe a little inside at the OP’s post?

@AnIconOfImperfections

Did anyone else cringe a little inside at the OP’s post?

Yes all of them, I think she’s just really impressed by the fact she’s dating an architect.

The OP is a variant of the "My husband earns 6 figures" type of threads.

@VladmirsPoutine

The OP is a variant of the "My husband earns 6 figures" type of threads.

only recently topped by 'it's ok that I slapped my husband because he earns 6 figures'

...not by this OP - i hasten to add

OP is going to flip when she finds out even beavers are architects.

How can I put this nicely ? It’s a stupid and very uninformed post by the OP. Read a dictionary :)

eldora if the beaver is mother nature’s official architect - does that mean people who “draw pictures of houses” are actually culturally appropriating a term designed for rodents? Do the beavers protest when “human” architects design a dam? Why aren’t the beavers getting paid for their intellectual property? Up with 🦫!