BB S&T or Quant Firm Institutional S&T?

Weighing S&T at bulge bracket (BofA/MS/Citi/etc) vs. institutional S&T at a quant firm (JS/Optiver/Citsec/etc), in NYC. Any insight into differences in work/career progression/comp/WLB/return rates?

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