Excellent Projects and People
Pros
Work on some of the most famous buildings in the world - your friends and family will be very impressed. Ambition highly rewarded and plenty of design ownership for younger talent. Staff is humble and very willing to share knowledge. You are now "in the sports industry" and will have all sorts of perks. Free suite seats at random occasions, world travel to meet with teams, etc. Great for sports fans.
Cons
Innately, large projects take a very long time to complete. You may work on the same project for years and still have no built work to show for it. You'll watch friends do many normal-sized projects in the time it takes you to do one building. Culture at this firm promotes specializing into either "designer" or "technical" career trajectory. IMO, this leads to some challenges for projects and is a barrier to creating well-rounded architects.
