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How can I transition into a an Angular Architect Role?

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Senior Software Engineer at Taro Community

About Me

I've been a software developer for more than 20 years. I've been in IT for my whole career. I've worked on mainframes, UNIX systems and all versions of Windows as a Dev and Sys Admin. All my roles have been technical, ranging from what's now called DevOps to Development. I've mainly used the C family of languages: C, C++ and C#. When Angular v1 came out, I transitioned to frontend development full-time from mainly doing C#. About a year after Angular v2 came out I transitioned to that, so I've added TypeScript to that list. During the last 15 years, I've moved countries 3 times and now I'm back in the UK.

I've worked as a contractor most of the time since 2010 when I moved to New Zealand. I've had the odd permanent job when necessary, but contracting allowed me to work in different industries over a shorter period of time than would have been possible had I had permanent roles.

What I'm Looking For

I'm looking for a way to transition from my Angular contracting role to an Angular Architect role.

I imagined myself getting known publicly for Angular expertise and advising companies on Angular application architecture.

This type of role is rare (at least in the UK), so competition is high. I imagined a situation where companies approached me and not the other way around.

I just don't know how to build and execute a roadmap to make that happen.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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