No, and I had the same responses. I applied at 12 Solutions Architect roles, and 1 company replied and offered the interview process.
I actually don't know how people choose Solutions Architects. One tipp would be to go on LinkedIn, look for the Solutions Architects at the company you apply for, and ask them how they got hired or just look at their CV.
Right now it can be that the market is dried up and this sales role is especially hard, since many fields don't have active customers any more (or won't get new ones in quite some time)
The United States are just a more popular version of North Korea. The brainwashing, flag waving nonsense going on in this country is hopefully going down soon.
Software Engineers are idiots hiding behind numbers. No real progress is made through software itself and the world would be better of with advanced social behaviour then faster servers.
Open Source is a marketing term to lure more people into software development so corporations can exploit more people for cheaper.
Capitalism is currently just exploiting the dumbness of people. If you would have the time and mental energy to learn basic finance, the whole system would work better.
White people don't have culture and envy black/asian culture.
I went from Software Engineer to Solutions Architect a few years back, and can't be more happy.
a) You are still coding somewhat, but just prototypes. It is fun to use the APIs your company builds and help customers with it
b) You learn a ton about business. I would call this position more professional consultant, since in the right company, you learn about deals, how much a company pays for what and what value they get out of you
You finally work with people and not nerds who never grow up. You can touch code, but also learn soft skills and make connections. Personally, the money was equal if not better. You finally work on the profit center of a company and not the cost center. After I switched to Solutions Architect, I come here every now and then and be so happy not to do this fulltime anymore. I don't care what you build at the weekend anymore.
I am also more free after work. There is no special new tool I need to learn after the job to get a job in 3 years from now. The people skills I build with my wife, kid and friends are so much more valuable now. So socializing replaced hacking on a new project. Which also did good for my mental health.
I actually don't know how people choose Solutions Architects. One tipp would be to go on LinkedIn, look for the Solutions Architects at the company you apply for, and ask them how they got hired or just look at their CV.
Right now it can be that the market is dried up and this sales role is especially hard, since many fields don't have active customers any more (or won't get new ones in quite some time)