EB IB vs MM HF

Sorry for the long post. In a bit of a dilemma and wanted to get thoughts from others. Have the opportunity to stay on as an associate at (EVR/PJT/CVP) and make a fair bit when including bonus given current rank or take the risk and go to a pod at one of the big four (C/M/P72/BAM). Enjoy investing a lot more and find it more interesting but also with the pay increase from analyst could meaningfully increase savings with a couple of years as an associate, whereas MM HF career and pay is much less stable. Wanted to get others’ thoughts on what they would do in this situation (ride out a couple of more years in banking to save a significant amount or make the jump to something you’re more interested in but carries higher risk (and upside)? Ideally would go to a SM but haven’t seen many openings and not sure if I’d be able to jump to a pod after a couple of more years as an associate so wondering if this is my last chance. Don’t see myself in banking longer than that so also feel like I’m running into an eventually dead end.