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This seems like a good place for me to react to the dozens (hundreds?) of comments I've viewed here over the years that value passion and cool coworkers very highly.

I would prefer a job that pays X + $20K per year and is mostly boring and that requires me to tolerate nasty behavior (within reason) to a job where the work is so interesting that most work days, I lose track of time, I do not have to apply self-discipline to start working, everyone is always nice, and I am paid X.

If I had more financial security and didn't have a lot of health-care expenses, that $20K per year would probably go up, but as long as I feel the need for more financial security than I have, there would be some number of dollars per year in additional income that would more than compensate for nasty bosses and coworkers and boring stressful work -- as long as that work and those people are not so bad that they might cause my mental or physical health to spiral out of control -- and AFAICT working conditions that bad are rare where I live (namely, the US).