John Carmack expressed exactly how I feel about having a good debugger. I've never heard anyone say that or comment on that, so it was nice to get confirmation from a master programmer.
After the .Net jobs I pretty much switched back to Vim, TextMate and other text editors, and frequently forgot that debuggers are available. As Carmack points out, if they are difficult to use, you'll find yourself using them much less. For some reason I've found myself in environments where IDE are seen as second rate. Like training wheels for less skilled developers, but you know what: I want a debugger, I wanted integrated into my code editor and that's good enough for a guy like Carmack, then it's good enough for me.
https://lwn.net/2000/0914/a/lt-debugger.php3
Wonder if there's a difference in average attitude between people who do creative stuff (e.g. games) vs people who do infrastructure type stuff (e.g. Linux kernel)