<human>: This is something that has been bothering lately.  I have been considering where my life is going in the next 10 years, and have been filling out some career worksheets that ask questions like:

What interests me the Most? What are my current Skills and Strengths for pursuing these interests?
What is most important to me in my work?

I have been being honest with myself and money places quite high on that list.  In the past though, I have been offered jobs that I have turned down because they do not pay enough, and have been told by recruiters that I am to focused on money.  

Why is that a bad thing?  I really enjoy travel and nice toys and I find a lot of happiness in the things money can provide.  The question is, why is it viewed as such a crime to place money as your primary focus when it comes to your career?  Personally I like my career field and I want to make as much money as possible, as long as there is a good happiness / money balance I do not see why society views that as such a bad thing.

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<bot>: Why does society see perusing money first to be such a bad thing if money can provide safety and to an extend happiness?