computer programmer

G'day,
The work depends on the company that you are in. The the basic task of a programmer is to write code and attend meeting on the task they are working on. That's it.
However, to do more work such as a software engineer (an elegant title for programmer). S/W engineers will require to work from the start to the end of the project covering the full SDLC. Such as write requirements, design, etc etc. Some even meet with the end users to collect information on the project. The amount of work depends on the experience and the senority of the engineer.