Need help weighing buy side options

WSOers, I need your help.

I'm trying to break into the buyside. I have two options in front of me...

1) work for a trust fund where I do the asset research? the trust fund only has $1.8B AUM and none of the employees have wall street experience
2) work directly for the SVP and in close conjunction with our trust PM. the job will not have any investment research but I will learn from a wall street alum.

The first will have a lot more responsibility, but that may not necessarily be a great thing since I'm not well experienced.
The second is a responsibilty down grade but provides me the time to study for my CFA and Series 7, have better high finance connections, and clearer potential to takeover a developed portfolio in the midterm.

Please help. Decision needs to be made by Tuesday

Thanks!

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I'm thinking the same. I just really liked the leadership at #2. But then again, I don't relaly know the leadership at the trust. Thanks for the input!

 
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