Private placement/funds vs. DCM vs. Structured finance

Hi all, was just looking for any opinions about relative benefits/issues of joining one of these teams in front office IB of the BB that I'm joining in London?

Mainly looking at these 3 teams as I find them the most interesting while they don't have the worst hours either. I don't really care for exit opps into PE/HF, am more interested in joining government/public sector afterwards/moving out of the major financial centre I'll be in (London) to smaller regional centres (Bristol/Edinburgh/Manchester). The way I see each team:

Private funds: most interesting clients, more soft-skills building, best hours, however little modelling and quite niche so I'd be concerned about finding a job outside of banking afterwards

DCM: close to markets, find debt markets interesting, potentially better exit opps than private placement however might get boring more quickly

Structured finance: very interesting product group, although not sure about exit opps or hours or whether it becomes fairly samey after a while

Thanks for any help!

 

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