{"id":286,"date":"2025-11-15T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duckpi.com\/software\/?p=286"},"modified":"2025-11-15T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:06:09","slug":"what-do-software-engineers-actually-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duckpi.com\/software\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"What Do Software Engineers ACTUALLY Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iIxZrYzJJ7I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this video, I will talk about what software engineers actually do all day.<\/p>\n<p>Software engineering is much more than just sitting behind a computer 8 hours a day and coding. 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