What do you think is the average age of a research analyst / investment analyst / equity analyst, etc ?
The reason I ask: I’m a L3 candidate and just turned 27. I have 4 years of financial risk management experience, but I recognize that at some point my window to become a research analyst will close.
Thanks for insights
It really depends. If you take the MBA track, it would likely be 4-5 years of pre-MBA experience, 2 years to get the degree, and then maybe a year or two post-MBA depending on the firm and the person involved – call it 30.
There are other places where you can get in as a junior analyst right from undergrad or after a couple of years of banking or research somewhere else and then move up very quickly.
I’ve also seen people who started learning to invest at age 12 and then went to Wharton (or whatever) do it straight out of school.
The truth is you can only work from where you are at today, and that you will only make yourself miserable if you compare yourself to others. Do what you enjoy, and do it as well as you can, and you shouldn’t have any regrets in life.
I don’t think you are too old at all. The firm I work for targets 25 to 35 for incoming analysts.
That pre MBA experience can be relevant though which would be an edge. A lot of people think of an MBA as a second chance to break in
Your odds are better than breaking in with unrelated work experience
i’m from Canada…average age here is around 35…27 is still young…
Interesting. I already have an MBA from a non top 50 program. Good to know my window is wider than I originally thought.