M&A Boutique vs Boring Coverage Group at a BB

Ignore title - have 2 offers for FT IB; one is DCM at a BB and the other is consumer specific M&A shop that does pretty decent $300-1.5B size deals. Wondering how much the brand matters for future career optionality if I don't want to work in PE

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