What does a programmer do everyday.

Question

so when I'm curious about what a programmer does on a day to day basis. I go to YouTube or Google to see if I can find some answers but for the most part all I get is the same answers which is they wake up, go to work, program all day then go home. but never specify what there doing. there are questions at the bottom that hopefully some people may have answers to help me.

1. for places like Google Facebook or like a Amazon what do they program
2.what do they code
3. what types of programmers are there

Answer 1

At work I:
- Look for tasks that I have to complete (ticket oder project management system)
- look at the existing code, extend it or write a new feature
- think about the architecture (how to implement the new feature/bug fix/whatever, how can I do it clean, how can I do it to maybe reuse it and so on)
- code, debug and add documentation
- if I have problems I first use Google, second ask for help from my team
- have some meetings with the team, talking about what problems appeared, what has to be done next, code refactoring and stuff
- drink coffee

Answer 2

Depends whether they or working on a project or something and remember they have a life too.😃