<prompt> Human: My current income is 110-120k pre-tax and I am quite happy at my current job. My position here has me sub-contract out to other companies. The last company I contracted for offered me a position at 170k Prior to any negotiations so Im pretty sure I could have gotten more. I took along time to think about it and decided to turn it down because the job would have been much more stressful, would have impeded my progress in my profession Software development, I would have hated my immediate supervisor, and I honestly didnt trust that I would have any real job security. In the immediate aftermath, however, I had some serious remorse about this and couldnt stop thinking that I had just thrown away a free 200k house over 4 years if I could just put up with that position. After the fact I fixated a bit on exactly how much money would have been enough for me to take the bad job, and I decide that around 250k would have been enough to get me over there. I dont think I made the wrong decision at all because I strongly suspect that I would have been miserable at that place, but how do you guys feel about those kinds of situations? How much would it cost you to ditch a job you like for one you probably wont? Am I an idiot for turning away from 50,000-60,000?  <response>: If I had a job I like and the salary was anywhere in the 100k range, there isnt an amount of money that could make me take a higher paying job that would make me miserable. Youre not an idiot. 