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I would hire all the space agencies and space companies in the world to build a full size USS Enterprise out in orbit and go live there. Never mind the lack of gravity generators, impulse power and warp cores, I'd also hire a team of researches to figure out all that stuff.
Then again, maybe I would just hire the biggest army in the world and take total control of the planet and nuke the f***rs that disagree with my policies. Mwahaha.
So, take your pick - you want me off this ruddy rock, or you want me to become a megalomaniac. I can live with either answer. 
Marc
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Yes, but in one of cases the your life might be considerably shorter, would you live with that too?
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I'd pass it along to everyone else.
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Most creative (!) and beautiful answer so far!    
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I'm predicting infinite inflation.
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Yes, money would be meaningless.
modified 18-Aug-14 1:23am.
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I'm also predicting an infinite supply of toilet paper.
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No, they'd stop printing currency. But I suppose you could scrape yourself with a debit card.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: But I suppose you could scrape yourself with a debit card 3 sea shells.
FTFY
A positive attitude may not solve every problem, but it will annoy enough people to be worth the effort.
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If everyone has infinite money then no one has infinite money...
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Yep. 
Similar to Gilbert and Sullivan: "If everyone is somebody then no one's anybody" -- The Gondoliers
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I'd stop working. I would not stop coding. I would like to approach some charities I admire that have awful websites, and offer to write them good ones, I've considered doing that, either way.
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Christian Graus wrote: and offer to write them good ones
Since you'd have infinite money, you might as well give money to the people the charity are helping, and make the need of a website obsolete...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Infinite money is a TERRIBLE idea. If everyone had enough money to never work, the world would stop. And if someone had infinite money and could help anyone they wanted, the law of unintended consequences would wreak havok.
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I have my own business
I would quit, and run far far away.
And leave the door unlocked to let the dogs pilfer my office and lab to their hearts content.
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I'd quit my programming job, but I wouldn't quit programming.
I've been accumulating more ideas for pet projects than I'll ever have free time to do them, even if I was to start working full-time on them tomorrow morning.
The problem with the software I have in mind is that none of it will pay the bills.
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I would start studying. There are so many geek stuffs I want to learn but can't right now. Well some part of my motivation to build software comes form the idea of money and a successful career. With the first one gone, I would stay mostly at home, bring down my working hours to single digit numbers. I would also get a desktop pc with everything in it. Also I would travel, anywhere I can go with my bike.
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Sander Rossel wrote: If you "somehow" got infinite money...
I would pass the information about that "somehow" to every person I meet.
You are welcome. 
[EDIT]
Wow! Just realized someone else[^] is also trying to make this world a better place to live! 
[/EDIT]
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
modified 18-Aug-14 1:01am.
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I'll give you the same answer  [^]
And what if that "somehow" was not repeatable? 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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I've got lots of plans for when I'm incredibly wealthy, I reckon I need about £100 million if any wants to help me out.
For that amount I'd do something for all my family, all my friends, a few choice colleagues I like a lot who serious life long health issues, the village I live in, the city I grew up in, things that would help people out, make their lives more fun, try to build a better community.
For myself I'd buy a number of extravagant houses in various parts of the UK, pay for my daughter to go to a good school near here, and travel a lot, everywhere, experience as much as possible, see as much as possible.
I undoubtedly would not write another line of code, ever. I would probably pay people to write some for ideas I have though.
Infinite money is no different to more money than you could spend, and I reckon that'd do me. No need to spend money just to be an a***hole.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Sander Rossel wrote: Would you stop working?
Yes, but it would be a shame. I actually really like what I do.
Sander Rossel wrote: Would you find a new career?
Unlikely, I am not fit for much else!
Sander Rossel wrote: Would you start your own business?
Why have the responsibility?
Yeah, that's about right for me. I would lke to sail round the med for a year or two for example, get a 10 meter yacht, and just zone out for a bit.
Sander Rossel wrote: I'd probably work less though.
And travel more
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Why have the responsibility?
What responsibility? you can just throw money at it until it reaches google's level.
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But at some stage you will take it seriously, and it will keep you awake at night with worry.
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Sentenryu wrote: you can just throw money at it until it reaches google's level.
With infinite money, you could directly buy Google, you know..
And who would want to start a new business if one already has infinite money? 
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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But what's the fun on that?
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