Ask HN: Would you rather have 20% more money or 20% more time

I go with the shorter workweek, no question about it.

Early in my career, the raise and put it entirely towards retirement savings. Later in my career, the free time.

I would choose time.

I want both!

I prefer 100% more time and 100% more money.

This is an unrealistic question, it deserves an unrealistic answer.

I already made that choice. Have had 3-day weekends for more than 4 years now.

20% raise. I happen to enjoy the work I do - Ive taken extended time off (6month+) to do personal stuff and didn't really touch anything tech related, and felt myself getting dumber as I was missing out on tech. Being engaged in it every day is like a workout for my brain.

20% raise, I need the money.

Both. It is not xor.

I would take more money and then not need to have a manager (annoying, usually useless people) anymore.

As a software developer I can always grant myself 20% more time. I will find a way to either automate areas of my responsibilities or reconfigure them as to be delegated to others in a more efficient configuration. This sort of social problem solving is always of greater interest to me than more money. I suspect that is why they promoted me to management and made me lead of operations for this big project.