Less coding, more... other stuff?

I just realized that I haven't done so much programming this month. I have always thought that we developers can measure our work by watching the progress in our development projects. Well, this is still right, but nowadays I am not the one in our team who does the coding. I am the one who ensures that the other team-members can concentrate on the programming and ensure progress. So what do I do now? Well, I do some programming, about 2 hours a day. The rest of the day I spend my time writing e-mails, updating project management software, ensure communication with other teams/departments, consulting other people if something needs to be clarified. And there's always support calls, of course. Mostly internal support calls, actually. At last there is always a document or two that needs to be written. Some routines must be created or updated, etc..

Although I am really fond of just programming, I kinda like these other duties too :) There's lots of other things that needs to be done when you are working in a team. So if my "new" tasks at work will help the overall status in our team and contribute to more efficiancy I will gladly continue doing this.