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Hm! I find that I have to fight to find time to program.

Something like 80% of my time is spent explaining existing systems, reading bug reports, going to meetings, talking through API designs and database modeling, answering email, etc.

I would love to take a day where I did nothing but program.

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Sounds like you work for a BigCorp

I work for what would probably be classed as a BigCorp. As a developer I get to spend my days programming. There are departments which handle all of the marketing, customer support, ... By the time tickets reach developers most information for debugging has been handled by the intermediate layers (occasionally you find it is inadequate of course).

The structure a large companies provides can, if done well, handle the things that get in the way and let you get on with developing. Of course you generally get a prescribed set of tasks so you don't have much flexibility with what you need to get done.

I work for a successful startup. The previous startup I worked at was much the same.

Huh - well my apologies for making an assumption. I suppose it depends on the role/size of company

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