John Rogers is OUT

[el_macca17]

I nominate CFAvsMBA, but the question is, is the world ready to see a fully black president?

RIP pac.

[MoreMoneyPleas]

@former_trader

The CFAI should have a mentor/mentee program. Match newbies in the business with well established people.

+1

like Northeastern U’s famous coop program but for CFAI

[MoreMoneyPleas]

@former_trader

^ Not every mentee will be chosen. There will be a selection committee to make the appropriate match between the aspirations of the mentee and the work experience of the mentor. 1 mentee for every mentor to keep the relationship effective. If there are only 50 willing mentors in your chapter, then only 50 mentees can be chosen. If the 50 mentors are traders, then only mentees that want to get into trading will be considered. The mentor will also have the right to decline a match or terminate the relationship once it has begun if he/she feels he/she cannot be helpful.

Also, there is no reason a third party can’t do the matchmaking. Could just partner with CFA to get space in newsletters and then you simply connect the willing parties with whatever process works. Partnering is not a must but would make getting the word out to mentors and mentees easiest. Maybe just connect with each society individually.

getting CFA to adopt this will take a decade. Could create a website for it and vet people yourself. Charge an applicatoin fee to mentees and done. Pretty easy upstart.

[itera]

@ohai

If itera became president of CFAI, we would get some interesting monthly newsletters. “Lol, congrats on enrolling in the CFA program. You think you are the only genius to take this exam thinking you will get a finance job? No one is saying it doesn’t help at all. After all, buying 2 lottery tickets instead of 1 means you doubled your chances of winning. But that doesn’t mean your overall odds are very good. ROFL!”

Ohai come on man, would an investment bank put a sell rating after leading the same company’s IPO?

If I was president, I’d be all “Do the CFA! charge ahead!! Rah! Rah!”

then I’ll go count my money after CFAI gives me a boatload of it.