To recruit or not to recruit for FT PE?

I’m an incoming IBSA at GS/MS in a highly regarded group so I’ve been wondering if I should try my hand at MFPE FT recruiting

65% of me says no bc I feel like I could learn from some time in IB since I’m not the strongest technically but also skipping on-cycle sounds great

For context I haven’t started networking or prepping (paper LBOs) at all yet

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