DCM/ECM vs M&A

I've read ton of different things about exit opporunities, pay, hours, etc in DCM vs M&A. ATP I'm more inclined to want to recruit for DCM as I don't want to get killed with 100 hour weeks in M&A. Would being a DCM analyst at lets say (RBC, HSBC, DB)  be comparable in career path to an analyst on the coverage team at the same bank?

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