Deciding between two offers - Ardea (with seniority bump) or UMM/MF PE

At an Elite Boutique in the US in their FIG team. Really enjoy FIG and want to specialise in it with the long-term goal of joining a FIG role at a SM hedge fund

I have an offer from an UMM / Lower Tier MF in their FIG team as well as an offer from Ardea. I don't really find that PE scratches the investing itch that I imagine a public market role would give me.

The Ardea role would give me a one year seniority bump. I find the prospect of helping to build out a possible FIG equivalent of Qatalyst quite exciting and imagine if I'm really good I can get some awesome deal experience. It feels very entrepreneurial / startupy if that makes sense.

Would really appreciate some more perspective on this. I would likely be working meaningfully more hours at Ardea but also have more interesting work. I just wonder if it may limit my ability to join a top hedge fund even if I am an absolute rockstar in such a hyper specialised sector. A secondary point is that I would likely be making significantly more $ over the next 3-5 years.

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