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hmm.. Interesting and very relevant article personally. I've thought enterprise architecture as a career path for a long time and I've put most of my eggs in to that basket in university. I have gained 6 months experience as a IT-architect trainee at public sector and both of my thesis at university are focused on enterprise architecture.

Lately I have been having second thoughts about this career path as FIRST option. Like you said enterprise architecture is something that you build on rather than fall into. It is hard to get practical experience and structural knowledge without doing something more "light" first. There is only few EA trainee places here and there and it is hard to stand out without vast experience in IT.

I am now trying to decide should still keep pushing towards EA as first option as I graduate this year or should I focus on other things and think EA later in my career as I have more knowledge and experience.

Any thoughts or tips?

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