Explain a typical day as a programmer

Chevel

Right now I work in cyber security and I don't like it.  I've dabbled writing a few scripts to automate software installs on and off through out the years quite enjoyed it.  I had a goal, knew what I needed to do and got it done.  

I'm not sure if this counts as programming but I wonder if its the path that might cure my boredom?  If I can do my job without constant boring meetings I'd be a happy person.  

SteveLavoie

Most of the time, IT / Dev involve meeting at least once in a while.  Many Dev shop do stand-up/scrum daily, but it is usually not long. (at least, it shouldnt)

JDMurray

Meetings are part of professional high-tech work. A software developer in a small-to-mid-sized company may be in requirements meetings, functional specification meetings, design meetings, code review meetings, daily stand-up meetings, software quality assurance meetings, and troubleshooting meetings to fix issues involving application deployment, configurations, and customer experience. Oh yeah--you might be doing customer support for your software too. So where are you supposed to find the time to actually write code?

Chevel

Once in a while meetings I don't mind.  However meetings about the meeting we had two days ago, to discuss the meeting next week.  I'm good. 

Seems there's no escaping customer support. Sigh.

bigdogz

Just understand, sometimes programming may be boring. In many organizations there is repetition. 
At the end of the day make sure you enjoy what you are doing.