"Our job is not to program, our job is to create value."

This bears repeating. Rare is the job that allows the job-holder to write code for the sake of writing code. Most of us have to build software that adds value to some other business process.

That takes a lot of thought and research, a little bit of code, and a lot of testing, documentation, and maintenance.

If we're lucky, we get to pass off what we consider the most mundane of those tasks to other employees. BUT! If we're good, we can (and do) perform all of those tasks when needed.