Advice for a bored risk quant

Hi guys, would appreciate some outside perspectives on my situation. My first job out of college was with a small investment consultancy for 18 months, after which I managed to move to a fairly large HF in a risk quant type of role - more on the modeling/analytics building side instead of the monitoring limit breaches type of risk role.

It has its interesting parts (lots of exposure across asset classes etc) but I can already tell after 3-4 months this isn't what I want to be doing as a career and have already grown slightly bored. While it does seem like my team's input is quite valued relative to some other firms, my impression is that at the end of the day if senior mgmt want to make money in a particular way then they'll find a way to do it regardless. I just don't think I want to be a 'risk guy' forever, and for example seeing stuff like the Archegos situation where the risk divisions involved seemed to get all the repercussions doesn't exactly fill me with confidence either about the way risk is viewed in the industry. Another thing is that I kinda underestimated how much it would get to me having an entirely internal role.

Already exploring what I could move on to next and trading desks look like a way better place to be in every way - interesting work/more lively/more social people/more upside etc. The ones that caught my eye the most are actually on the sell side ie the strats type of roles where its like a hybrid trader/quant type of thing. Not sure if these exist on the buy side other than full-on quant shops (?) which I've also considered but sounds like it'd be even more of an internal/solitary role, although may be mistaken on this.

Once I've got a bit more time + knowledge in this role under my belt, would it be an unusual/illogical move to go for some kind of sell side trader quant role given I'm at a buy side firm now (albeit non-front office)? Would my background get me looks for these? I hear it's generally an easier jump to make internally but it's hard to gauge how likely that is here, don't think it happens much. Any advice on other possible directions that I might not have considered would be appreciated too as I realize I still have a lot to learn about the industry at this stage in my career.