To answer the original question and bypass all the other non relevant guff. I've flown both, the answer is it doesn't matter and really who cares? If you really want to be a hands on pilot, go fly in the Alaskan Wilderness. If you want to fly an airliner, despite what everybody says, the most EFFICIENT way to do it is let all the automatic functions do their thing. Then Boeing or Airbus you are manipulating the autopilot for 99% of the time. So there really is no difference. Fly whichever aircraft you are offered, and don't bother wasting your money to get a type rating!
...and best of luck!