Another way to frame this point -- that's kind of like asking a novelist what they do, and having them answer "I type out sentences, in English".
No, even if they started with "I'm a full-time writer", they'd follow up with "well, I've had two novels published -- I guess you'd categorize it as literary fiction? -- and I'm finishing up the draft of a third."
If you are a "programmer", what does that mean? Do you do anything of value? To whom? Do you know? Or do you program whatever you're told to program (inasmuch as you can figure it out, and it's their problem if the specs were bad) because that's how you earn your paycheck?
If you're in the latter category, and that's the only thing you grasp about the work you do, that's a pretty big limiter on your future.