I'd say less than 2%. These are ball-park-guesses... -Reading Code: 3% -Writing Code: 2% -Debugging: 15% -Meetings/Administrata: 20% -Docmentation/Paperwork: 2

I'd say less than 2%. These are ball-park-guesses... -Reading Code: 3% -Writing Code: 2% -Debugging: 15% -Meetings/Administrata: 20% -Docmentation/Paperwork: 20% -Testing: 20% -Other productive tasks: 15% -Goofing off: 5% Note: When I say "debugging", it's often not debugging code. Sometimes it is, other times it's user-error, hardware malfunction, mis-understanding of the spec, etc.. A good chunk of debugging time is spent eliminating software as the failure. I work on highly regulated medical devices and their connected systems.