Prop trading vs SWE For Junior summer

I got lucky enough to have offers both at a top quant HF for prop trading (one of D.E. Shaw, Point 72, Citadel), and at a top tech firm in the Bay for SWE. (One of NVIDIA, Meta, Apple). 

I already interned at the tech firm this summer, (this is a returning offer). Was wondering if I should give trading a shot or if that could ruin my full time recruiting after graduating. (I'm international). Looking for some advice. Is a trading internship well seen back in the Bay. How are these hedge funds looking like for the future?

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Tbh you’d prob get much better advice on blind or Reddit than from the monkeys on wso - ur obv very smart, I don’t think u can make a wrong decision here

 

DESCO has prop trading internships and only Citsec is prop, not citadel. p72 yeah out of the question lol 

 

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