--- title: Three Lessons from a Woman in Enterprise Architecture -... description: A conference talk from an enterprise architect with a non-IT background (art and photography) sharing her career path and three lessons for women and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/three-lessons-from-a-woman-in-enterprise-architecture---sarah-wimberley---ndc-toronto-2026-ykxyvuwud twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Three Lessons from a Woman in Enterprise Architecture - Sarah Wimberley - NDC Toronto 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A conference talk from an enterprise architect with a non-IT background (art and photography) sharing her career path and three lessons for women and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/three-lessons-from-a-woman-in-enterprise-architecture---sarah-wimberley---ndc-toronto-2026-ykxyvuwud og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YkxYVUWUD.png og:image:alt: Three Lessons from a Woman in Enterprise Architecture - Sarah Wimberley - NDC Toronto 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Three Lessons from a Woman in Enterprise Architecture - Sarah Wimberley - NDC Toronto 2026 **[NDC Conferences](https://daily.dev/sources/ndc)** · 46 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conference talk from an enterprise architect with a non-IT background (art and photography) sharing her career path and three lessons for women and career-changers considering enterprise architecture roles: be curious, be authentic, and be flawed. She cites a Google Cloud survey finding 64% of organizations see business-system alignment as their top challenge, and notes women make up less than 25% (some reports under 15%) of enterprise architects. The talk covers finding purpose at work, building professional networks, embracing mistakes as trust-builders, and reframing personal traits as professional strengths, aimed at both aspiring EAs and hiring managers who might overlook non-traditional candidates. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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