PE Summer Internship: Operations or Investment Valuation Side if Aiming for IB next year?

Hey fellow monkeys!

I just received an offer from an alumnus that I could either help him in operations for the acquired firm or that he could refer me to similar firms that would want investment valuation (deal sourcing, valuation) help.

I assume an investment valuation role would be more applicable for someone wanting to do IB, but I am not sure how receptive the other firms would be towards letting me intern (or whether I would even get the internship as those other firms probably don't have alumni who would push for me). It would be weird to contact him after a few weeks asking to intern with him if he referred me to other firms and it didn't work out with them.

What do you all think? Is an operations role ok or would I be better off asking him to refer me to the other firms doing investment valuation?

Thanks!

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