Can any anons at the grad or doctoral level shine some light on what their field is really like

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I'm primary interested in what specific fields in Physics are like (primarily Theoretical Physics). I'm interested because I once wanted to go into Astronomy but realized it's primarily programming. While there's nothing wrong with programming, I didn't think it'd be primarily programming. I just want to clear up any misunderstandings I may have with what an actual field is like