Choosing between IB and Tech

It’s about 2 am and I have calc 3 in the morning but idrc. I’m a CS student at a non target school in the US. I have no alumni that work at any banks and if they do they work as an actual bank teller or bank manager. I have the opportunity to go into a program that places extremely well into banking. I also have the opportunity to be a SWE intern that is a household name. The reason applied to the program is because I read too big to fail when i was 17 and since then I was always fascinated by the world of high finance. Not the wolf of wall street type stuff but the how the f did the banks let it happen. I have been listening to podcasts on how the day in the life of an analyst is andI really don’t mind working 80-90 hrs a week as i alr work full time 50+ as a student rn plus taking a full time course load. Some advice would be greatly appreciated.

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