The document provides advice for becoming a Software Solution Architect. It recommends gaining experience with open source contributions, sandbox testing, and helping others. It also suggests following technology research firms, CIO forums, and learning concepts like ROI and TCO. Reading books on innovation, sales, and change management is advised. Developing communication skills, discipline, understanding knowledge work, and inspiring others are also important factors for becoming a Software Solution Architect.

1. SOFTWARE SOLUTION
ARCHITECT
Chris Shayan, Software Solution Architect, Pyramid Consulting
How to become Software Solution Architect

2. Who Am I?

3. My Start-Ups
Previous Ones New Ones in VN

4. Architecture

7. Thinking about Career as SSA
Technology Strategy Business
Growth
Interpersonal
Skills

8. Thinking about Career as SSA
Technology Strategy Business Growth Interpersonal Skills
 Get involve in Open
Source
 Contribute, get involve in
Knowledge Sharing
portals
 Have Sandbox and give a
try
 Help others by fixing
bugs or answering their
questions

9. Thinking about Career as SSA
Technology Strategy Business Growth Interpersonal Skills
 Follow research and
advisory companies on IT
like Gartner, Forrester
and etc
 Study Gartner Magic
Quadrants
 Follow CIO or CTO
forums

10. Thinking about Career as SSA
Technology Strategy Business Growth Interpersonal Skills
 inc.com is a good key
 Follow Steve Blank
 Get familiar with
concepts like ROI and
TCO
 Study these books
 The Innovator’s Dilemma &
The Innovator’s Solution by Clayton
M. Christensen
 The Tipping Point: How Little Things
Can Make a Big Difference by
Malcolm Gladwell
 What Great Salespeople Do –
Michael Bosworth

11. Thinking about Career as SSA
Technology Strategy Business Growth Interpersonal Skills
 Improve on
communication skills
 Challenge yourself with
being disciplined
 Get familiar with
Change Management
 Understand what is
Knowledge Work and
who is Knowledge
Worker
 Learn to inspire and be
open to be inspired

12. Life creates questions, together we can write
answers.
-- Josh
Questions and Answers