Quant strat at BB- good place to start a career?

I was fortunate to receive an offer to do a quant strat internship on a FICC vol desk at a BB this summer. I was wondering whether this is a good place to start a career, if my long-term goal is to end up at a MMHF pod or doing quant research a market maker/prop shop. 

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