Programming as a topic is a iceberg. Pick some flavor, find some tutorials, accomplish some small things and it's easy to think the rest of the industry is just that process * 10 every day.
In reality, it's that process * 1000 plus the addition of a few other processes those tutorials can't expose because they're only needed at the intersection of 50+ different applications. Plus an entirely unaccounted for process in the form of creative problem solving that makes up 90% of the work.
I've had a number of executives plop down at my desk, proudly proclaiming to be a python dev only to see their eyes glaze over and every other word fly above their heads only a few commands into the interpreter.
In reality, it's that process * 1000 plus the addition of a few other processes those tutorials can't expose because they're only needed at the intersection of 50+ different applications. Plus an entirely unaccounted for process in the form of creative problem solving that makes up 90% of the work.
I've had a number of executives plop down at my desk, proudly proclaiming to be a python dev only to see their eyes glaze over and every other word fly above their heads only a few commands into the interpreter.