Really depends on where you work and what you're working on. Sometimes it's 50/50 documentation and coding. Other times it's close to 100% coding/bug fixing. I

Really depends on where you work and what you're working on. Sometimes it's 50/50 documentation and coding. Other times it's close to 100% coding/bug fixing. If you're at an awesome company, it can be: 75% coding, 10% task tracker fiddling, 15% StarCraft2. Side note: Having the ability to listen to music is a must for me and has never been an issue. From my experience the day to day is usually a mixture of: Fiddling with Task/Bug tracking software. SCRUM meetings. Design meetings. Documentation. Coding. Design. Talking to clients/other team members/people. This will vary depending if you're working on something new or supporting/improving an existing product. All in all software devs have it pretty easy, if you're too stressed out or not enjoying your work ( for an extended period of time, obviously there are deadlines and things that come up that need to be dealt with ), start looking around, there's plenty of work and competition.