For an experimental physicist you basically debug until you get the data for your paper or until you find your sample is bad. So you’re debugging 99% of the time.
In many fields it’s rare to build new instrumentation. You fab with well known techniques with one subtle modification, so it’s not even clear what part of your time isn’t spent debugging.
In many fields it’s rare to build new instrumentation. You fab with well known techniques with one subtle modification, so it’s not even clear what part of your time isn’t spent debugging.