Trading Risk or Audit in Big 4 to IB roles?

Hey guys, I currently have a job lined to do Trading Risk, but my end goal is to move to IB in the future. 

I was wondering if you would say that I can network from this to getting something front office or if applying to something like audit/valuations at a Big 4 would be a better route? 

Which is better for IB

Trading risk at a bank
80% (4 votes)
Audit/Valuations at Big 4
20% (1 vote)
Total votes: 5
1 Comments
 

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