Short story:
I did really badly in school, didn't bother studying. ( Engineering ) Realized my mistake when I was in my final year and started to panic when I knew I had to get a proper job or I'll end up as a loser. Started exploring options in banks and tried to network my way into a bulge bracket bank. Couldn't even get an interview due to my shitty grades.
During the application process I decided to diversify my risk by applying to ops and getting into the door of a BB bank. Somehow I managed to get an interview with one of the BBs (really by luck since my grades were shit even for ops). Smashed the interviews and assessment centres and got hired in the graduate program. (Ops) I was thinking to myself - yeah I'll just climb up slowly once I get in. Sad to say, it's been 6 months now and I don't see any significant chance of me moving into FO. Life sucks.
Ask me anything. I'll be glad to share so you don't end up like me.
You need to take charge of the situation and construct a plan. First of all get the notion out of your head a move to FO within the same BB is going to happen; treat this as not an option. If it happens, cool, if it doesn't fuck it. Second, what FO role do you want to go into? Learn it inside out. You're in one of the best environments to learn everything about finance. Third, get your CFA 1-3 completed. Fourth, save up and start applying to top tier grad school at the end of your grad scheme. You have now until then to make your application amazing. I'm talking global top 5 programmes. It is a rebrand. Make a goal of leaving the BB by the end of your scheme with your CFA done, a fantastic knowledge bank, starting a masters programme and hopefully starting an FO position somewhere else once you graduate from a top MSF. Whatever you do you have to keep driving and never stop working towards something; it is so easy to get complacent in Ops because lets face you get paid a very good salary in comparison to the average university graduate. Stay hungry, and never, never moan.