Hedge fund or prop MM?

I'm sitting on two offers: one from a multimanager hedge fund to work directly under a PM, and another at a prop market making firm. Looking for advice on which to take: I've heard that trading at a market maker is easier (ie there are existing arbitrage strategies which just need to be well executed, and they can also take speculative positions) whilst trading and learning from a PM is more risky since you're limited to pure spec, and very reliant on the PM performing well.

Also, does anyone know how pay usually compares for portfolio managers and prop market makers down the line?

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