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Big name shop. Shitty account, but you get opportunities beyond that.

Shop with bad reputation that lacks PR and hardly enters awards but has a lot of book-worthy projects.

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ALWAYS go for the place that will fill your book. Always. Big shops mean nothing if you get nothing out of them.

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currently learning this the hard way

if you can fill your book with good stuff even if it doesn't win then shop 2 for a year or so then bounce

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