The New York Times

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.

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.

Pay close attention to the attrition of technical staff under different managers.

If you've any hope of one day transcending ink-on-paper, NYTD will likely form the core of whatever method that is.