Pros: People are very smart and intelligent. They would greatly support ideas, and it is recognized anywhere you go. It makes me proud to be part of such an organization. Communication is great. Inter-team projects are quite often, and there is little politics involved (at least on the IT side).

Cons: It is very slow to provide support for the development of new projects. Personal growth is somewhat unclear on how to achieve it. Sometimes it seems random.

Pros: You're furthering a mission that's actually worth something positive for the world. The technology can be very forward-leaning, depending on the group you're working with. Nice office space and generally smart co-workers.

Cons: The kind of work you'll get to do can be highly variable in terms of how interesting it is, based on what team you're working with. Of the major IT groups, NYTD probably gets the most interesting work on a day-to-day basis. Be forewarned that some of the middle management are absolutely terrible and can be very demoralizing to work for if you're unlucky enough to land on their team. The higher management is not clueful enough to notice, or worse, doesn't care, that some teams have double-digit annual turnover while others in the same group have zero.

Pros: Meaningful mission and work, a clearer career path than any other place I've worked, and working with modern technology.

Cons: It can be difficult to get engineering projects off the ground. The career path needs to be clearer. We've seen union-busting tactics.