Vantaggi
Flexible work hours, great environment, short walk to work and coworkers that inspire me to excellence. The salary that I forgo to work as a research assistant is more than five times what I am paid. The lost salary is more than made up for by external factors such as subsidized housing in one the the greatest places on earth and the above mentioned environmental factors. My daughter has no concept of parents who work (even by professional standards) since we breakup our days to accommodate her and our work schedules. The compensation package that one would need to offer me to leave is likely far more than anyone would offer, indicative of the value I place on the living environment opposed to monetary compensation.
Svantaggi
One day I likely must leave and return to a corporation. By then I may have forgotten the skills of corporate gladiatorial combat.