Only in the most literal sense. The developer who thinks that their job only consists of translating very precise literal instructions to another set of precise

Only in the most literal sense. The developer who thinks that their job only consists of translating very precise literal instructions to another set of precise instructions will very soon be out of work. That is a thing that is easy to automate. The developer's value lays in being able to translate vague and very context dependent instructions to precise instructions. This guy clearly failed at this.