Institutional sales or Equity Research

I have two SA offers and need help with a decision

1) Alternative Investment Institutional Sales at a big buy-side firm
or
2) ER at a BB

If my goal is to end up on the buy-side in an investment team which would be the best choice?
I imagine with the first option I will get the network but not the technical side whilst the second option it would be the opposite.

 

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He wants to be on an investment team, institutional sales on the buy-side isn't that. I would advise he go the ER route if he is looking to become a Research Analyst at a buy-side firm. I don't think sales is preferable to ER in that scenario, regardless of buy or sell side.

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Thanks for the input. On the sales role I've been told time and time again that I will be working close with the investment team. Wouldn't this be beneficial already having a network with that team and knowing how they work so whenever I make the jump I would just need to make sure my technical background is on point? Or is this still irrelevant?

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