People really forget the first point. All things being equal, everyone wants to work on something interesting. So almost by definition, when interesting things

People really forget the first point. All things being equal, everyone wants to work on something interesting. So almost by definition, when interesting things come along people are more than happy to let the other things drop a bit. Pay will likely be a little low (not always). Hours will almost certainly go up, even if it doesn't feel like it since it's more interesting work. The only one I'd disagree on is management, managers like to work on interesting things too :) The one caveat being the org might be more inclined to just promote people who are really good at the technical aspects and don't have any managerial skills.