#3 You Gotta Put in the Dog Years!

Deniel Kostelac is responsible for all cloud & infrastructure at Volvo Cars.  In this podcast, he shares over 13 years’ experience at an organization where he started off as a Lead Architect and transitioned up to where he is today, reporting directly to Volvo Cars Chief Architect. If you are thinking of becoming a Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect, this podcast is an absolute must, with invaluable tips starting with the choices you make during and right out of University.   He discusses trending roles and what to look out for, and yet another ‘Death’ on the Pod; this time it’s the Solution Architect role itself! Volvo Car’s Information Layer journey is explained in detail, everything you need to know about API’s, a modern-times example of the sad reality if you don’t maintain the systems you build, and so much more from a true leader in the Integration space. Introductions: 0:30 Solution Architect vs Enterprise Architect 1:59 You need to do your dog years! 4:36 The Death of the Solution Architect 5:44 Look to the Startup Scene for Trending IT Roles 8:01 The Information Layer Journey at Volvo Cars 9:54 Instructions to a Volvo Cars in a parallel Universe ‘you build it, you own it’ 18:00 The connected Helmet! – 19:01 It’s never too late to stop something 22:14 A sad reality with Cobol and Covid-19 : 25:31 Greatest Mentor – Jonas Rönnkvist 27:34