I can't help but chuckle. In 2016, I took a job that lengthened my commute by exactly 20 minutes in exchange for a 19.1% pay raise. But I also moved from a cubicle farm to a window office and dumped big corporate America for a small consulting firm. Suffice it to say that my job satisfaction has increased tremendously, despite the annoying commute (25 miles/30 minutes each way).