But, I like what I do, so it doesn't bother me that much.


Exactly!

Once you have enough money for the necessities (food, shelter, transportation, etc.) additional money is far less important than job satisfaction.

I enjoy my job so much that I haven't taken a vacation in years. If I won the lottery, the first thing I would do is tell my employer to change my salary to $1.00 per year so it would be really difficult for them to ever get rid of me.

I wouldn't trade my position for Bill Gates' job for all the money in the world (which, I guess, it would pretty nearly be.)

I measure success not by salary, but by the standard of "Success is never having to do anything you don't want to do." I'm certainly not wealthy, but I am rich beyond the power of money.

tanstaafl.