Career switch, measured
From Engineering Manager to Architect
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 CAD, Project management, Microsoft Office, Azure.
58%
skill overlap
184
open Architect postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillEngineering ManagerArchitect
- Leadership73%51%
- Training and coaching57%41%
- Stakeholder management31%38%
- AWS19%23%
- CI/CD15%14%
- LLMs15%17%
- Budgeting24%20%
- Communication27%28%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Architect postings, rarely in Engineering Manager ones.
SkillEngineering ManagerArchitect
- CAD7%45%
- Project management11%23%
- Microsoft Office–22%
- Azure7%22%
- Quality control–16%
- Construction management–12%
- Databricks–10%
- Blueprint reading–9%
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