lateraling to IB in Canada

Hi everyone a relative newbie with a few questions for those familiar with the CDN market.

quick background: finance major

So I've received an offer to work FT in S&T at one of the CAD 5 banks but now, after spending some time meeting/chatting with IBs and learning their roles, I am eventually interested in moving to IB. So my questions are... How common is to lateral to IB from S&T (or any other FO function in Can)?

Would it be better to take the FT S&T role and then lateral over after 3-4 years? or would it be better served trying to find a transactions advisory type role and then applying to IB after a while?

I appreciate all the help!!!!!!!

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