Career switch, measured
From Architect to Engineering Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 58% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management, AWS; the main skills to add are Process improvement, Kubernetes, Python, UX design.
58%
skill overlap
1,177
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillArchitectEngineering Manager
- Leadership51%73%
- Training and coaching41%57%
- Stakeholder management38%31%
- AWS23%19%
- CI/CD14%15%
- LLMs17%15%
- Budgeting20%24%
- Communication28%27%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Engineering Manager postings, rarely in Architect ones.
SkillArchitectEngineering Manager
- Process improvement5%18%
- Kubernetes5%14%
- Python–13%
- UX design–12%
- Product management–11%
- Team management–10%
- Electrical engineering–9%
- React–9%
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