I would prefer industry over academic as industry have location and time flexibility over academic where you can control how to spend your time. Industrial researchers do not need to apply for external funding from grant agencies to cover salary, travel, or equipment while in academics may apply to grant-making organizations that cover equipment plus salaries for graduate students and research staff those grants run for fixed terms .In academic research there is more independence of doing whatever research you want and you are answering the questions that are interesting to you personally . While in industry the project is selected by business and marketing department and sometimes you have to work on the project that is no more interesting for you or no one needs it and it required no creativity. In industry you have a lot of work in form of last minute project and you have to take those challenges and opportunities. Company has to make profits to stay in business, academia is not for profit.