[zrav]

A similar problem I've seen a few times are the consultants that participate only in the first few months of a multi-year software project as architects, so never get to experience the long-term implications of their design and the mess they prescribe. Not only is this bad for the project, but also breaks the feedback loop for their own learning.

[ecf]

This is something I'm afraid of at my current company.

We just used 3-5 contractors to implement Zuora, Salesforce, and Netsuite in "record time". They're gone now, along with the biz ops person leading the rollout.

As an engineer, I feel like I'm eventually going to have to deal with that flaming pile of shit.

[lenkite]

Fully agree. The architect must spend a couple of sprints as an issue solver for the team - that will validate their design rather well.