TechEd: Iron Architect Contest

If you are going to attend the upcoming Microsoft TechEd in Boston in June, you may want to check out the Iron Architect Contest.

According to the blog, the object is to provide the best answers to a series of technical questions. A scenario is described, and you must answer a question about it:

"As chief software architect, Bob has hired you to architect a system that will harmonize the customer data, resolve the conflicts, scale across multiple regions, and create a user experience that fits into the lifestyle of the employees."

While the idea sounds nice, I think the question is too synthetic and simplified. A truer scenario would require much more detail (which I guess participants will make up with assumptions).

Maybe on the next contest they would appoint someone to act as a customer representative to reply to those who would ask for more information. I think this would make this much more interesting :).

Nevertheless, the prize is a free certificate for Microsoft Certified Architect --a $10,000 value--so again, if you are attending you may want to play.

Posted by Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz at 04:12 AM  Permalink