#50 - Riding the Architect Elevator to the Cloud - Gregor Hohpe

<p><em>“The cloud is a change in operating model. It isn’t IT procurement. If you don’t change the way your organization works, the cloud is going to look much more like another data center.“</em></p> <p>Gregor Hohpe is the author of “Software Architect Elevator” and “Cloud Strategy”. In this episode, Gregor started our conversation by explaining the role of a software architect, the reason for the latest resurgence of the role, and his software architect elevator concept. He then described what a good architecture should look like and how to deal with trade-offs by using the analogy of financial options. We then discussed in-depth about the cloud and why adopting cloud requires a lifestyle change in order to benefit from it the most. Gregor also described why organizations need a good viable cloud strategy and debunked the concern of many organizations on cloud vendor lock-in. He also gave his tips on how organizations should approach building an in-house cloud platform and how to change the organization structure to embrace the cloud better. Towards the end, do not miss our insightful discussion on Gregor’s law of excessive complexity!</p> <p>Listen out for:</p> <ul> <li>Career Journey - [00:06:48]</li> <li>Software Architect Role - [00:07:48]</li> <li>Software Architect Elevator - [00:12:07]</li> <li>An Architect Stands on 3 Legs - [00:14:37]</li> <li>Good Architecture - [00:18:08]</li> <li>Trade-offs - [00:21:09]</li> <li>Definition of Cloud - [00:25:55]</li> <li>Cloud is a Lifestyle Change - [00:28:56]</li> <li>Motivation for Moving to the Cloud - [00:32:18]</li> <li>Cloud Strategy - [00:36:43]</li> <li>Building up Cloud Strategy - [00:39:36]</li> <li>Patterns &amp; Antipatterns - [00:43:57]</li> <li>Cloud is Not an Infrastructure Topic - [00:49:29]</li> <li>In-house Cloud Platform - [00:52:38]</li> <li>Gregor’s Law of Excessive Complexity - [00:57:39]</li> <li>Organization Structure - [01:01:37]</li> <li>3 Tech Lead Wisdom - [01:05:16]</li> </ul> <p>_____</p> <p><em>Gregor Ho