BB Market Risk or MM Quant Trading

If you had a choice between BB Market Risk (not Quant, just position oversight and limit review) or Quant Trading (algo development) at a MM (think Big 4 Aussie bank i.e. ANZ, Westpac, CBA, NAB). What would you choose and why? And let's say your ultimate goal is to do FO trading.

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