I think it is normal for your job to require a lot of business-specific knowledge. This is what I think of as "understanding the problem" or "modeling." Other people think of this as "going to meetings" or "talking to people" or "design".

The nice thing about software as a hobby is that you get to choose how much of this type of overhead you want to do. At work, I'm expected to show up at meetings.

My SWAG at a breakdown:

Understanding the problem50%
Coding20%
Testing10%
Maintainance10%
Documentation5%
Tools5%
Of course, sometimes you batten the hatches and code like hell for a ten hours a day and design for six hours a night.

Often you can dramatically change your ratios by working more hours.

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

In reply to Re: What efforts go into a programming project? (Somewhat OT) by toma
in thread What efforts go into a programming project? (Somewhat OT) by dragonchild

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