A recent OTN Architect Community column in Oracle Magazine asks that question (read it here). In that article working architects, including Oracle ACE Directors @"Lucas Jellema" and Ronald van Luttikhuisen, Oracle ACE Luis Weir, and Oracle architect Randy Stafford explain what they find interesting and rewarding about the. But now it's your turn. If you're working as a software architect -- or if you have your career sights set on that role, what makes that role important to you?