ETF Wholesaler starting to look at potential exit opps...Institutional route?

I currently work at a large ETF firm (top 10 ETF firm). I have been there for around 2 years and my territory has grown at a nice clip. I make way more money than anyone my age should be making and am on pace for well over 150k this year as an internal. (I know this is astronomically high for an internal...)

I really enjoy my job and the people I work with but we are run like a mutual fund shop, which is starting to wear on me. Management doesn't understand that ETFs are more about winning allocations within PM portfolios and less about picking up tickets in brokerage accounts. Because of this, we are held to pretty ridiculous call quotas and leads to many internals around me manipulating numbers (fax machines, phone trees, etc.). Along with this, the only exit strategy here is being moved to the outside and we have recently stopped promoting from within...dead end.

I was recently contacted by another ETF firm who has asked me to interview for an Institutional role. I would still be an internal, make a similar amount of money, but am intrigued by adding "Institutional" to my resume. Any thoughts on the prospects of an Institutional ETF wholesaler? I feel like this would open up more doors for my future but looking for advice.

Like I mentioned, I am relatively happy with my current position, obviously the pay helps, but am starting to worry about exit strategies...

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