Underwriting Analyst at a Lender or Credit Analyst at a Bank?

Which would you prefer and why? Underwriting analyst has a direct path to being an Underwriter and an indirect path to Originator while the Credit Analyst seems to have a direct path to a Relationship Manager. I'm thinking better pay but more hours at the lender than the bank as well. Anyone have any knowledge to which would be the more sought after path?

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Kind of hard to tell, I'd probably personally go for the underwriting role to get more consistent exposure to new deals, would help a lot of acquisitions down the road later on.

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