Exposed to many opportunities to build interesting modelling alogrithms, i.e. not just one model but a series oif models that work together
Perform well and your salary will be decent
Exposure to entire model pipeline from data extraction to deployment and monitoring
Cloud software (Databricks)
Cons
Salary growth is decent but not exceptional, you may feel you can earn better elsewhere
Slightly a culutrue of allowing top performers to outgrow and leave give unwilligness to match upper end salaries