IB or MFPE(low return %) for SA

Hi everyone, would you rather take top ib offer with 70% return rate or a MFPE investing role(not flagship pe) with 50% return rate? My logic is recruiting ft for ib if I don’t get MFPE return will be hard but doable so should swing for the fences?

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