Real Estate Debt Fund Originations vs Capital Markets

I’ve had 8 years of experience re debt originations at a BB. Long term is it better for my career to work as an originator for a mid tier debt for ($10b AUM) or work in the capital markets group of a mega fund (Blackstone)?

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