What matters more to you in a job- how happy you are at work or how much money you're making?

As a Travel and Tourism student, I don't expect to be making a lot of money after college. My goal is to work on a [Disney] cruise ship as an excursion guide and once I'm done with that I'd like to settle in Florida and work at the theme parks. That's been my goal ever since I was a child and it'll be a reality soon. I may not be making a lot of money but I'll be extremely happy and passionate about what I am doing- which to me is a lot more important.

Let me steal this career idea

I love money though

I need money to have some sort of survival in this world, but I will strive in that direction since idk what I'm truly passionate for

I study history of art,music and theatre...My choice was happiness (i hope! )

I need a job that I enjoy that also allows me to be comfortable. There's no good in being happy at work if you can't pay the bills, but no point in being miserable just so you can buy a bunch of extra junk.

I am still trying to figure that out. I don't know what I want to do as a career.

Money. Who cares if I'm lonely... I'll be lonely crying in my new Pagani Zonda tbh

moah money moah problems.

Happiness.

I've never been rich and maybe will never be, but as long as I have food, people who love me, a satisfying career and the ability to save for at least a short trip to Europe or somewhere else every five years, I will be satisfied. That is somewhat attainable where I live.

Money is happiness so... poor and happy or rich and happy... I'll take the second

Be a doctor! Cure lives in the African rainforest and then move to Canada or Germany! You know you want it!

I need the money

Well, with my decided career path, I'll probably by depressed and spending my last few dollars feeding my drug addiction to cope with my crippling failure trying to become a writer and loss of anyone who ever cared that I was even alive because they were sick of me bumming money with the promise that "I'll pay them back" once "my latest book takes off". I'll probably end up slowly killing myself and eventually passing away at ~34 years old.

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I'm choosing happiness over money, but the career I decided would make me happiest is not an easy career to get in, regardless of qualifications.

and vice versa

Tell them posh referred you, get me that raise from $6 an hour to $6.03

That's not true in-regards to a career though. You could be making a lot of money as a lawyer but if you aren't passionate about fighting for justice and you drag yourself to work everyday, where's the happiness in that?

You could drag yourself to work in the new Bugatti you woke up in.

I think there needs to be a middle ground. It's bad doing something you love that pays VERY little just as it's bad doing something you hate that pays a lot. I'd say pick a job that you won't completely abhor that pays decently.