Exiting into buy-side trading role

Hi all, currently a 1st year analyst in S&T at global investment bank, doing well and enjoying it thus far (started August), but would like to eventually make the jump into a junior trader role at a fund/asset manager. What does the timeline look like for that? When should I start reaching out to folks? Ty 

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