Debuggers have logpoints as well as breakpoints. Learning to use a debugger grants you access to this kind of basic "log-debugging" with the option to use more advanced techniques (traditional breakpoints, break on value change, etc) at your fingertips.
> Also, every new job I've had, I've watched my coworkers spend like a week trying to figure out how to make the IDE work with whatever environment, which then changes later... I just skip that.
A single week to achieve better productivity? That's a sweet deal. It's about as much time as you need to figure out how the work email works, learn how to get to the cafeteria from your desk quickly, and so on. It's absurd to think that you'll be 100% productive that first week anyway, so why not use the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the tooling as well?
