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		blantonl on July 18, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advice for Marissa Mayer from an ex-Yahoo Damn right they do. These "architects" are typically folks who have just a bit of coding experience but learned to navigate the bureaucratic waters to their advantage, and they love it. A real "architect" who really solves business problems with technology is called a CTO

modarts on July 18, 2012 [–]

And the architect's eventual spot is CIO (a CXO title as useless as "architect")

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