This is hardly what we do for a living. I think it's a bad analogy and doesn't apply to "what we do for a living". It could apply as an introduction to "what pr

This is hardly what we do for a living. I think it's a bad analogy and doesn't apply to "what we do for a living". It could apply as an introduction to "what programing is (roughly) like". What we do for a living varies depending on .. well, what we do. Some people design and implement products, some people make iterative/small changes in the design and implementation of an already existing product, some people just turn specs into a functioning program. etc.