Everyone has good points, and you need to weigh up all that has been said for your circumstances and abilities.
One point however, Maximum, all those training captains and managers of our fathers' vintage grew up in a world where a great deal fewer went to university. Make sure that you are clear that now university is more common, more of the future generation of captains and trainers will be managers, so do not use that as an indication!
Craig 1975 - which firm? I'm qualifying at Deloitte at the moment.