# Jessica Kerr: Software Is Not A Craft (or an Art)

EP-046 | March 9, 2020 | 40:59




Robby speaks with Jessica Kerr, Symmathecist at Jessitron LLC. They discuss why working on existing projects is more interesting than greenfield ones, the overuse and harm of the term "technical debt", and how software is not a craft. Jessica also gives an introduction to being a Symmathecist.






## Show Notes

Robby speaks with Jessica Kerr, Symmathecist at Jessitron LLC. They discuss why working on existing projects is more interesting than greenfield ones, the overuse and harm of the term "technical debt", and how software is not a craft. Jessica also gives an introduction to being a Symmathecist.

## Helpful Links

- Follow Jessica [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/jessitron)
- [Jessica's website](http://jessitron.com/)
- [Jessica's blog](https://blog.jessitron.com/)
- [Symmathecist, Noun](https://medium.com/@jessitron/symmathecist-n-c728957ce71f) by Jessica Kerr
- [Book] [Team Topologies book](https://teamtopologies.com)
- [Arty's suggestion](https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/1123310331957145601?lang=en) about "escalating risk":
- [Book] [Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/023110829X/) by Robert Ulanowicz
- [The Myth of the Sufficiently Smart Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/myth-sufficiently-smart-engineer-aaron-blohowiak/) by Aaron Blohowiak
- [Book] [The Secrets of Consulting](https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Consulting-Giving-Getting-Successfully/dp/0932633013) by Gerald M. Weinberg
- [7 Rules for Positive Productive Change](https://www.estherderby.com/7-rules-for-positive-productive-change/) by Esther Derby
- Systems thinking: Mel Conway [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/conways_law)

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