Comment by pm90

OK, since a lot of comments here are discussing Software Architecture in general, I would like to ask a question that I've been wanting to for a long time: As a Developer with ~2 years of experience and desiring to be a Software Architect, how do I get there? And by that I mean: how do I develop the talent to design large/complex/distributed software systems, when I'm actually really working on much smaller things on a day-to-day basis? Is it all just something I have to learn in my free time? If so, then how should I go about it?