Is the CLO Analyst position the right role for me?

Hey everyone,
 

Long time lurker, hoping you all can help me out with some confusion I have. I'm finishing up a graduate program in an unrelated field (think sciences), and am currently interning at a PE fund. This is my first finance experience and I'm learning a ton and trying to consider what I want my future career to look like. I've got a potential interview as a CLO Analyst at a ~$20b HF and am trying to determine whether a role like this would serve me in the long term. 
 

The work itself seems interesting, but I'd like to ultimately end up in PE or VC and/or ideally working with companies in tech somehow. However, I'm quite late to finance and am already relatively old (mid/late 20's), so I really need to develop some technical skills/experience and I don't think IB is an option or me (off recruiting cycle and need to get hired asap + non target school). My thought would be that I could get my foot in the door here and develop some strong technical foundations, then pivot out into something else that would allow me to move more directly towards my goals of VC/PE.
 

Is this possible or would I be moving in the wrong direction? If it's my only opportunity, should I take it or hope that something else comes along? I don't want to end up in a role that isn't serving me but also don't want to end up not finding a role in the industry. 
 

Also, curious what CLO life is like, exit opps (i know there aren't many and they're hyper specific but if you could speak on those that'd be helpful) if anyone has long term career insights, I'd also love to hear. 
 

Thanks