HFT/Market Making vs. Hedge Fund?

Sitting on QT internship offers from one of {JS, CitSec, Jump} and QR/QT internship offers from two of {Arrowstreet, Citadel, BAM, Millenium, P72}. Interested to hear any thoughts you all might have, in terms of culture, work, day-to-day, comp, stability, overall lifestyle, etc. Anything is very helpful—not too knowledgeable about this industry and space overall. Thanks!

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