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Well just how much infinite money are we talking here? 
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Probably Aleph one[^], seeing as money is rational number... 
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Just a little bit infinite
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sander Rossel wrote: Would you stop working?
I wouldn't stop writing code. I may quit my job.
Sander Rossel wrote: Would you find a new career?
Absolutely not. All I ever want to do in life is build software.
Sander Rossel wrote: Would you start your own business?
Unlikely. I would probably devote my time to teaching pro bono and open sourcing my projects in the hope that others might use and improve upon the source code.
/ravi
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I don't even need infinite, just a few $M. Work less, or not at all, travel more and code for fun or charity. But then I'm getting close to retirement anyway  .
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I'm already retired and if I had unlimited monies I would travel a lot more but will never stop coding, it gets in your blood.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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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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