[Someone1234]

What is "our" job in this context? For example, when I was a junior over 50% of my work was literal programming, but as I get more senior I program less and less.

From my perspective "our" job is to deliver solutions to specific problems our end-users have. How people accomplish that varies a lot by their position/seniority.

To get into the weeds: When I first stared worst case scenario, I could waste my own time with poor or overengineered solutions. Now I can waste half a dozen programmer's time by not doing enough due-diligence and or planning.