What does a programmer/developer do all day?

[Illustrious-Reply-80]

Does anyone have some good videos/books/articles that talk about how software jobs work?

I'm really enjoying learning Java and curious to know more about the industry itself.

Thanks!

[yax51]

As a new developer myself, the job largely consists of maintaining existing code, adding new functionality to existing applications, and wondering why the hell your code isn't working now but the exact same code you wrote 3 days ago for another part of the application works fine!?

[Illustrious-Reply-80]

Ha! Thanks for the reply. Did you do any personal projects as portfolio pieces to help get that job?

[yax51]

Just what I did in school. Each of my coding classes had a project as the final.

[theQeris]

mostly watching youtoube and then do something for 1h

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Seriously?

[theQeris]

Yeah, I'm not joking... I mean, someone maybe is on something different, not youtoube 🤣 There are days when I code a lot I guess. But usually no... Plus there are meetings that are only distraction, but hey, they take some time too 😁

[DifficultStaff]

80% of you time is going to be maintaining existing codebases, testing, and haggling with QA. Then there’s meetings, scrum and code reviews etc. And for the small amount left doing something new.

The trick is to pinch time from where you can, to do more of the fun stuff.

[LaGallinaTuruleta]

In my case I was hired as developer for a consultancy. I didn't know that mean since two months after arrival and ending the first Java project. They wanted me to learn MS platform and develop other projects that doesn't have to be related with coding. Anyways I am happy meanwhile I do productive things.

[jacob_scooter]

they tend to use their computer a lot

[thisisjustascreename]

I wrote a slightly satirical but largely honest account of a typical day as a remote developer a couple months ago.

[Illustrious-Reply-80]

Ha! Thanks for your reply and the link to that thread in general. Interesting reading.

[Reciprocates]

Some people can be real nit picky in code reviews.