alt Hacker NewsJust to back you up most surveys say only 10% to 20% of programmers time is coding.
Microsoft study of 484 developers, published in 2025 says 11%.
Another Microsoft study where programmers had telemetry installed showed 21%
Just to back you up most surveys say only 10% to 20% of programmers time is coding.
Microsoft study of 484 developers, published in 2025 says 11%.
Another Microsoft study where programmers had telemetry installed showed 21%
It's interesting. I remember around COVID, there were a bunch of startups building 3d printers for concrete housing. Then I looked up the actual cost of construction for a typical house, and only 14% of it was the most visible part (the balloon framing and physical house). Most of the cost is in foundations, plumbing, wiring, and things like insulation, flooring, cabinets, etc.
I guess at Microsoft coding is similar to building a house in that sense. Either that or all big orgs devolve into large amounts of time spent on politics.