Moving to Trading

I've gotten offers from a boutique for an internship in risk. At the same time, I have a full time offer for risk at a larger bank. If my eventual goal is trading, should I take the internship so that it's easier to leave or should I go with the full time offer if it will make me look more competitive?

I've already graduated so I'm not sure about my options.

 

Bigger bank and FT is much better than an internship.

"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man." ― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
 

Thanks for the responses. So even though it might be harder to exit a full time position than an internship, a full time risk position would look better in the eyes of the hiring manager than an internship?

Because if the interviewer asks me why I left, the fact that my internship contract ended might sound better than the fact that I resigned. So we're saying these two facts won't differ much?

 

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