Resources to decide between Markets and IBD (Macro vs L/S?)

Currently a third-year uni student in the UK. Was lucky enough to get SA offers at Goldman (S&T), Rothschild and Lazard (both IBD) and unsure what to take. I'm really not interested in PE or CorpDev and so the main exit opp I'm looking towards is trading/alternative investments. Mainly hedge funds but also considering trading houses like commodity shops and just wanted some opinions and resources to help decide.

I'm aware IBD would afford exits into L/S investing and S&T into the macro space but I'm struggling to learn sufficiently more about both to make a decision. The resources I'm finding online are either too shallow and just touching upon discretionary strategies or alternatively too difficult for me to understand at the moment as they're fairly advanced papers. Opinions on how feasible each opportunity is from my offers would be useful too, (L/S from Roths/Laz, Macro from GS) and what other skillsets I'd need to develop too. Comp expectancy seems to be somewhat opaque from what I'm gathering online, especially for London, as well as if US lateral moves are possible - I'm not a citizen. Thanks.

 

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