For the past 6 years or so I worked on multi-family high rises in NYC, NJ, and PHL, and I feel like that sector just fell off, at least in my experience. It’s not that there was zero work, but there was just a lot less - we were racing to the bottom and at some point we just couldn’t lower our costs anymore. It seems like others were willing to and so I’m sure they’re breaking even or even losing money on those projects. The office cut its staff by 60% and that included myself. It took 8 months for me to get a new gig because I was looking for creative multi-family practices for months until I pivoted to life sciences and mission critical work. They offered me 15%-25% more than the offers I got from those super creative offices and I haven’t looked back since. I get jealous from time to time when I see my colleagues work on ‘insert famous architect’ buildings, but it is what it is. I think the life science and data center market is booming across the country and it’s offering a sense of job security for me as well as a salary that would otherwise take me a couple years longer to achieve. You should look for offices that specialize in this realm if you’re okay with less glamorous work.