Top Private Credit vs IB for Developing Investor Skillset?

Given the choice of entering a top buy-side credit fund doing direct lending and mezzanine at a shop like Golub, Ares, Crescent, or GSO vs entering a typical IB analyst program either BB or MM right out of school, what do you think best sets you up for a career as an investor if you know you want to enter the buy-side either way?

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