Pros
Job can be fun and interesting
Always something new to learn
Lots of personal fulfillment as a manager when things go right
Cons
Unsupportive upper management
Toxic work culture, unpaid overtime is rewarded and even expected or forced, even to the tune of multiple weeks in a row with no days off when you are salaried. They claim to support work life balance but even the smallest effort to set boundaries is heavily punished.
Not paid as much as we should be for everything we have to do and deal with