Spring Spencer: "..."
She smiled awkwardly and said, "Kenneth, I'm not really familiar with computer-specific terminology. What does a Technology-Specific Architect, or TSA, do?"
Kenneth Osborne patiently explained to her, "A Technology-Specific Architect, which we also call TSA, is like this. Writing programs that can be applied to a particular technology is akin to building a house from scratch. And when building a house, an architect must first draw the blueprints."
"A Technology-Specific Architect is like the architect who builds the house; he must design the software's external structure before the programmers follow his architectural plan and write the code, which is essentially constructing the house."
"His work mainly involves planning and designing for specific technologies. This is much harder than just writing code because his work directly determines how efficient the resulting software from the programmers is and whether it meets the application's requirements."
