The Advantages and Disadvantages of Self Publishing

So far, I've only self published. The reason was mostly because at the very beginning, I just wanted to get my ideas out in as short time as possible. And for me, it was especially important that I could publish fast so that I could have a tight feedback loop. At this moment of my career, I am considering maybe at some point over the next couple of years to publish one book in the traditional way. But I didn't really take action on that so far.