What are your experiences as a programmer?

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I haven't finished school yet and plan on studying Informatics and searching a job as a programmer. However I don't know any real programmers and so I don't have a real source for information on how their job actually is.

I apologize if this question is subjective but I think that it is an important one to ask.

What do you actually program (with)? Do you generally work with one programming language or more? Do you like working with it/them?
Do you like your job? Is it kind of a hobby and a job at once?

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