Front office at smaller bank or middle office at bigger bank?

Deciding between a structuring IB role at a smaller bank or a modelling/analytics team (i think this is middle office) at a bigger bank.

If I were to go to the bigger bank I would eventually want to change teams into a front office role but this could be years wasted doing something I don't enjoy/the switch is also not guaranteed.

Thoughts?

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FO at the smaller firm then lateral. 

I've never believed in lateralling within the firm because if you want to do that, you're already at a disadvantage in the eyes of HR.

If what you really wanted was to be in X position then why you applied to Y and made people within the team lose time training you + you made the bank spend twice the time and resources to fill 1 position.

 

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