MM Hedge back to IB for PE?

I secured an internship at a top multi manager hedge fund in a quant role, I’ve had a couple IB internships...I’m thinking about going back to IB instead of taking a FT offer in quant role since I feel like I may want to do PE instead of systematic trading? Am I crazy?

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