[eternityforest]

None of us are coders as far as I know, I don't think that's a real job title. They call us programmers or developers or engineers.

We solve problems with code, or by finding ways to avoid writing code.

We translate vague requirements into things a computer can handle, or we translate between computer languages, because any spec that was complete would just be the program. That's why they keep us. The computers can do pure logic on their own.

Opinion is very much a part of it because pure logic is just a useless pile of text unless it has something to do with the real world, which is full of opinions.

Even inside the program itself, we aren't dealing with logic. Languages are designed for human minds, and compilers are meant to catch mistakes people make. Libraries are often chosen for all kinds of perfectly good nontechnical reasons, like "That one is actually maintained" or "Everyone already knows this" or "People seem to like this" or "That seems like it won't be a thing in 3 years".