But what do software architects do?

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Meghan is an accomplished consultant and has helped hundreds of individuals in all levels in the organization (V, C level executives, mid-career, mid-level managers, software architects and recent college graduates) and across generations (Gen Y to baby boomers), develop effective career strategies that propel them to achieve personal and professional career success.

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Yet these leadership and management traits are likely ill-suited to managing a team of U.S. engineers, a Japanese Internet company or Indian software outsourcing architects.

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Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) makes computer-aided design (CAD) software used by architects, manufacturers, and engineers.

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The Ecosign team fired up AutoCAD, a design software used by architects and engineers to sketch three-dimensional project drafts, and used PCs to plug in technical numbers for Olympic courses.

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Autodesk might have made a name for itself with the CAD software used by architects and engineers to design and model everything from buildings to machines, but the San Francisco-based company has also had a hand in helping bring many Hollywood blockbusters to the big screen.

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Microsoft is hiring software development engineers, program managers, enterprise architects, and attorneys.

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