On the other hand, if my “day” job wanted me to change over to writing code, instead of system administration…well, I’d do that for a 50% raise. At least long enough to get my house paid off and the business off the ground for real.

Likewise if they asked me to switch to a daytime shift (unlikely, since for some unknown reason they have trouble finding sysadmins willing to work midnights). For an extra $20K/yr I’d do that…at least long enough to save up a decent chunk of change so I could then quit without immediately having to worry about finding another job.

Honestly, the amount of raise I’d require in order to make a major change is basically the amount of raise I’d need in order to be able to quit the job and reverse that change before it drove me nuts. Plus some extra for the hassle value. I would not ever make a permanent change of that kind just to get more money from an employer, no matter how much money they offered. I’d always be negotiating with an eye to how much the raise would shorten the time until I could afford to quit.

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