What does a developer do?
Answering this question is not easy, since there are many kinds of developers working in different areas, but let’s try to summarize what they have in common.
Regarding skills, traditionally software developers were expected to have good problem-solving skills and be good both when working individually and when working as part of a team, with elevated levels of motivation and passion for their job. But what kinds of tasks does a developer take care of?
First, and obvious for sure, developers write or have written code to be run as a part of a script, application, or service at some point in their careers. They also probably (and hopefully) have written documentation for those pieces of code, so that others can know either how to extend them or at least how to use them. Some developers may also work on reviewing or documenting code written by others.
Code written by developers is usually the translation of requirements into an actual application...