Job satisfaction or training time

Yeah I know exactly what you mean.  My current project is pretty boring and leaves me lots of free time to train (there's a pool and indoor track here) so I get a lot of time to train at work.

But it would be nice to have more work to do during the day to keep things interesting.

Pays "slightly" more?  Is the "slightly" going to offset your expense to commute 2 hours a day?  Consider too your time.  Is it worth 2 hours of your time at whatever your current hourly rate would be if you divided out your salary etc.?

The pay increase would cover gas expenses plus some to spare but not anywhere close to my bill rate if I were doing consulting work.  I would ahve 2 more weeks of vacation at the new place though.

For me, my job allows me to train and pretty much do what I want outside of work.  In general, I'm bored at work, but I'll take that any day.  Paycheck is there and the reason I have a job is so that I can afford what I do outside of my job.

But I am weird like that.

Well, I certainly wasn't a recipient of that.

Never thought of it like that... werid!

what if you drove a cab for living?

I could probably just stay where I am and lose my job skills as long as the company doesn't go under.  They could manage to stay in business for as long as Microsoft supports classic ASP which will probably be for some time.  They are just really so far behind and they have put it off for so long that it almost seems like they can never move ahead.  Throw in the fact that "the site works right now" arguement and they just don't feel an urgency to convert to a modern language.  Driving for 2 hours a day doesn't sound fun but feeling satisfied with what you do counts for something. Before I started doing triathlons I wouldn't have thought much about it but throw in a 30 mile bike ride after work you start to appreciate the spare time.

Great way of putting it.

Also, keep in mind, how much does disliking your job affect other areas of your life?

I think you would not be working hard enough if you only worked at your job for 10 hours/week.  Unless you made mad tips.  Oooo, ooo, I know - you target rich people and hold them hostage in the cab until they pay up!  Then you make your pay in 10 hours, leaving the rest of the time free to train!