Nomura vs Citi FT S&T

Hey WSO Received an offer for FT S&T at both Citi and Nomura. I've read pretty much everything there is to be said about the two firms on WSO but I was hoping people would have opinions on which is a better place to start a career (still a senior) and which in general is just a better place to work.

My priorities are: 1)Want to go to work and be happy 2)Growth and advancement potential 3)All the cliches about intellectually stimulating I'm not too concerned about $ because if I do well at either I'll make enough of it

Any comments, opinions, thoughts, concerns would be great. Thanks.

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nomura is a joke citi is a bb bank. the latter has name recognition that, if you perform well there, will get you anywhere. nomura's name will probably just get you an interview at citi in the future.

 

Neither hire directly to a desk. Based on conversations with the interviewers and my background, I would likely stick to more quantitative fields like fixed income or equity vol

 

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