Better Growth over next 5 years: FICC or Equities?

If you were starting your career today, and didn't have a major predetermined preference towards FICC or Equities, which would you choose to go into based on revenue growth for each desk?

Over the past year, equities revenues have grown at a much faster rate than FICC revenues across the board. Will that continue to be the case in five, ten years?

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