It's different for everyone, but I don't stumble across tools that save an hour or two that often.
In fact, excluding the very well known tools (e.g. LLMs) I think I've found maybe 3 in my career and I only use one of them sporadically (a $20 one-time Excel add-in). The other two cost 4-5 figures and were provided by my employer at the time.
In fact, excluding the very well known tools (e.g. LLMs) I think I've found maybe 3 in my career and I only use one of them sporadically (a $20 one-time Excel add-in). The other two cost 4-5 figures and were provided by my employer at the time.