From the course: Software Architecture Foundations

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- That's the entire course. Congratulations! You've made it to the end. We've looked at what an architect is, what he or she does, and, to a lesser extent, at the work itself. There's a lot more to cover in all of these areas, but those are subjects for another day. If you want to dig further, I recommend following the work of Grady Booch, Mark Richards, Simon Brown, and Neal Ford. You could also check out my own design patterns book, Holub on Patterns. You should also go to conferences. I highly recommend O'Reilly's Software Architecture Conference which happens many times a year all over the planet, and I am often speaking at them. For Agile questions, check out LinkedIn's Agile and Lean Software Development Group. There are more than 150,000 members, and I'm one of the moderators, and of course, read code and go out and build stuff. As a final note, bear in mind that architecture is a topic that you never learn in the past tense. I've been doing this stuff since dinosaurs roamed…

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