Most and least common transitions

Which are the most and least common finance career transitions from IB.  I know PE is pretty common, but what about HF, AM, VC, Corp Dev, Corporate Finance, Commercial Banking, FP&A, etc.

For example, I think VC is pretty interesting but I don't know how common is the transition and if it is easy or not to move from IB to VC.

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