Best Hedge Fund strategies for career Progression?

Curious if anyone had thoughts on the following strategies: L/S vs Event Driven vs Global Macro vs Activist.

Would be helpful to comment on the following: amount of bottoms-up analyses used, transferability of IB coverage skills, career progression between SM and MM, most intellectually stimulating work. 

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Because of the ability to invest in several different security types? Attention to large-scale events and their impacts on the country-wide level?  

 

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