Question about direct wiring starter relay/solenoid

When my ignition switch started acting up and while waiting on the local parts store to get a replacement, I ran a hot wire to the starter relay/solenoid through a push-button switch on the dash. It worked fine, but I'm wondering if in doing this I was bypassing anything that is in the regular ignition switch/starter circuit. Can someone educate me here? Thanks.

The truck is an '87 F250, 300 engine.

 

You bypassed paying someone for a new ignition switch....you are a smart man!

 

You bypassed the neutral safety switch on the tranny, or the clutch pedal interlock switch if your truck came with one.