FT IB or ER for HF exit

Current SA at top MM (Jef/Piper/Roths USA), realized I dont see myself in banking long term and rather am really interested in the public equities space

So, I was curious to ask - for people now at SM or MM funds, how did you get your start?

and do you think it'd be better to FT lateral into equity research or stick to 2 years banking, 2 years PE before moving to HF?

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