I think it depends a lot on context. On a project with good automated tests, I find that I don't need to use the debugger very often. But, those times when I h

I think it depends a lot on context. On a project with good automated tests, I find that I don't need to use the debugger very often. But, those times when I had to use it, it saved me probably thousands of hours of work - especially when debugging complex software which I didn't write myself.