It feels tangible and real, but it's sort of underselling the job that each of you does. Code is sort of 10% to 20% of the value that you bring. The other 80% to 90% is in structured communication. And this is going to be different for everyone, but a process typically looks something like you talk to users in order to understand their challenges.

You distill these stories down and then ideate about how to solve these problems. What is the goal that you want to achieve? You plan ways to achieve those goals. You share those plans with your colleagues.