thommo77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Make sure your wife is on board > too. Listen to this man.
Fabio - we are the same age. I received my Charter in 2007 - so I was 33ish at the time. I have been immensely disappointed as I had hoped that employers really sought folks with the credentials. Indeed that is not at all the case. Be advised that the CFA Jobline (i.e. the job listing site run by the CFAI) is absolutely horrific. Also, the local chapters simply use efinancialcareers as their job listing database. Imagine a business school without a career center - well that’s what CFAI gets you. Now mind you, I would be doing you a disservice if I didn’t note a few things - I do not work in equity research or asset management (these roles are really the only jobs that validate the charter; you will need to seek the advice of someone who works in those disciplines to know if the CFA meant anything to their career) - The employment market is horrible and has been ever since I became a CFA I have no illusions that I am owed anything by obtaining the Charter. I simply thought I would be in more demand. That has not been the case. Colleagues of mine that are also CFAs (many unempoyed) echo these thoughts. It’s a great exercise in knowledge, but mind you 75% is forgotten within 2 years; 90% within 4.
> I am 36 years old Search other forums for “age” or “geezer” – plenty of folks finish when they’re over 40. (I finished at 46 and it’s been great for my career.) > some nights, after a long day at work, I find it very difficult to study Get your lazy butt up earlier in the morning! If this were easy, everyone would be doing it.
It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard… is what makes it great. - Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks)
I started in 12/04 at age 46 and went 3 for 3. It helped me get my career back on track after being out of banking for a while.
Never too old (within reason). I finished my undegrad at an older-than-average age and was a lot more focused, motivated, and successful at it. It may or may not have a large impact on your remaining income-earning years, but it’s certainly better to have than to not. Honestly, how can having an extra credential (even if only Level II) hurt?
Super I Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I started in 12/04 at age 46 and went 3 for 3. It > helped me get my career back on track after being > out of banking for a while. Props & kudos
Super I Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I started in 12/04 at age 46 and went 3 for 3. It > helped me get my career back on track after being > out of banking for a while. I am 36 and a Corp Finance data/IT process monkey, and I am still starting !
Dr.Mavashi01 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Super I Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I started in 12/04 at age 46 and went 3 for 3. > It > > helped me get my career back on track after > being > > out of banking for a while. > > > I am 36 and a Corp Finance data/IT process monkey, > and I am still starting ! you made it, you made it!!
I don’t believe anything on this thread…36 years old?? There’s no way someone that old can use the internet! *Edit: To be clear, I’m jk (just kidding)
NYCGorilla Wrote: > you made it, you made it!! A W E S O M E ! ! ! … what did I make ?
NYCGorilla Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dr.Mavashi01 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Super I Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I started in 12/04 at age 46 and went 3 for 3. > > > It > > > helped me get my career back on track after > > being > > > out of banking for a while. > > > > > > I am 36 and a Corp Finance data/IT process > monkey, > > and I am still starting ! > > > you made it, you made it!! Hahahahahaha Gorilla you crack me up brah.
My grandma, 89, is taking L2 this year. She just requested a seat close to a power outlet so she can plug her artificial kidney. So no, you’re not too old. Oh and she insists she’s a Level 3 candidate. “Ask the CFAI if you don’t believe me”, she says.
fabio_74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > … > I would like to share a feeling about my > motivations in pursuing the charter. > Sometimes, I think I am too old for CFA! > I am 36 years old and still willing to learn > something new, but… some nights, after a long > day at work, I find it very difficult to study for > the exam (level 1) and I chew over my age and my > declining memory. > … Well, if you want to do it, do it. You can’t do it at age 25 anymore, so the choice is between doing it now, do it later or not doing it at all. You might want to read up on study techniques though, like the SQ3R method. Sign up for some classes (live or on-line) if you think that would help. The declining memory thing could also be about not using proper study techniques; when you’re 17 and still in school you can use brute force and simply study the night before any exam, cramming, an exam which in all likelihood covered only a limited amount of stuff anyway, so there wasn’t much use for a techniqueif you were fairly smart you could get by anyway. It’s different now: the stuff one has to learn for the exam is both huge and fairly difficult and must be mastered in detail. Maybe you belong to the ‘fairly smart’ category (many people do) so you didn’t actually have to bother about learning any study techniques back then, and now you just don’t have the right technique to assist you. Views, anyone?
I am 53 and not in the finance industry. I am a surgeon by profession but believe I should know more about finance and investment. I took CFA level 1 last year and got a grade 7 fail, after doing a prep course and no mock exams. I am repeating level 1 this coming Dec after doing most of a post-graduate diploma in investment management. The material still seems difficult to me, but the exam now looks and feels passable, provided I sit down to do a few mock exams and read around my weaknesses (and it feels like they are all over the place). The cfa designation will do nothing for me except for telling me how little I know now and how much the professional guy will need to know.
And 36 is definitely not too old to follow your dream.
mid 30’s is so old, you might as well kick the bucket now
Yeah, beat it gramps.
lol
Age is nothing but a number that accurately reflects your abilities and worth in the job market, as well as your mental and physical prowess in the life cycle.
I hope that provides the encouragement you were looking for… But given that at your age, you might be hard at hearing (see ‘physical prowess’), I said I HOPE THAT PROVIDES THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
Just kidding… I am only 13 yrs old and a Level 3 candidate. Go for it … I think in all seriousness, a lot of people spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME debating whether or not it’s worth it, or worth their time/effort/bla bla and will the opportunity cost be worth it, etc… that they get crippled by all this thought and wind up doing nothing. Meanwhile while those people are banging their heads pontificating about these things, you have the go-getters in life who take action and blast past them.
Be a go-getter… I said BE A GO-GETTER.