It's worth a lot. However, you don't necessarily have to give up a lot to get one. The thing is, jobs like that tend to also offer good pay and benefits, etc etc. The jobs that are horrors also tend to try to cheap out on pay and benefits are hard to come by.
At least, this has been my experience. The culture on HN is a little different, and startups certainly play by different rules.
I get a lot of job offers lately (even calls) and I tell them all the same thing when they ask if I'm looking: "It'll have to be really compelling, because my current job is really great." I've got good pay, I pick my hours, they rarely bother me after work hours, and overtime is extremely rare. My only complaint is that I don't find the work challenging enough, and that's an important thing. Still, it leaves me free to enjoy my freetime more because I'm not constantly burnt out from challenging myself 8 hours a day. So it's a tradeoff. (Previously I was challenged, but I'd come home and do nothing productive at all. I'd already satisfied that itch at work.)
At least, this has been my experience. The culture on HN is a little different, and startups certainly play by different rules.
I get a lot of job offers lately (even calls) and I tell them all the same thing when they ask if I'm looking: "It'll have to be really compelling, because my current job is really great." I've got good pay, I pick my hours, they rarely bother me after work hours, and overtime is extremely rare. My only complaint is that I don't find the work challenging enough, and that's an important thing. Still, it leaves me free to enjoy my freetime more because I'm not constantly burnt out from challenging myself 8 hours a day. So it's a tradeoff. (Previously I was challenged, but I'd come home and do nothing productive at all. I'd already satisfied that itch at work.)