will be 39 soon. 3rd try on L3. really thought I passed last time and ended taking a year off. now Im back!!
- Started L1 in 2007 which now seems like a life time ago. After passing L2 in 2008 I took 1 year to reflect, 2 years for b-school, and 1 year to get my bearings at the new job. Finally took the L3 after a 4 year hiatus and am I glad to be done. I love what I do now (rates strategist for a bb) but hope this makes me more marketable when the economy goes in the crapper again. With the financial industry in this ugly shape you never know what’s gonna happen.
- Dec 2012 L1, june 2013 L2. Praying to clear L3 in june 2014, amen
buyside analyst. Loving my job but open for other opportunities
18! guessed, right? 
Nope.
35
so old
35, work as a managing director, head of mortgage research at an MBS analytics shop… prepay/default/home price/term structure modeling, pricing, analysis, etc. Lots of buyside and sellside customers. I did 3/3 starting in Dec 11. Main reason was to have some credentials as I never went to college (learned how to program as a kid, got me pretty far) so this should help enhance the reputation of my firm. We have several PhDs but I’ll be the first w/ a CFA charter.
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36, just passed Level III. I’m in asset management, so just fulfilling it to further my career. I graduated MBA from UT-Austin and was an analyst for the Investment Fund while there. I spent 2.5 years as a sell-side equity research associate and now back on the buy-side in private wealth.
Older than busprof but not by much! Lost some of my biking edge the last few years studying but back into it now. Century in September?
i am not greedy, forever 21 is fine by me 
Hank - I was careful to say “most”. I’m nothing special in the world of cyclists - mostly I put in the time. I used to be a competitive runner in my youth (10 flat for 2 miles), and had to give it up at 40 due to a messed up knee. I got away from it for the next 10 years and took up cycling more seriously at age 51.
A good younger guy (or someone who competed) will usually smoke my aged ass. And I’m at the age where I’m slowing down - I’m about 1 mph slower than last year due to a minor heart attack in December, and I need to put some serious time working legs at the gym this winter to get the quads and hamstrings back up to code.
But I bet I can still beat MOST of the guys here on a 40 miler.
Was going to do a hilly 2-day 130 miler the week before the exam, but ende up only doing the 50 mile second day due to a small heart attack in December. My goal is to do at least one ride > my age each year. So im doing a metric century in early october.
Suzie - what part of the world/states are you in?
I was going to guess mid-fifties?
LOL
29 also w/ MBA, work for private REIT in asset mgmt
26
- Failed L3 last year, passed this year, hopefully will futher my current career.
- Analyst for Fund of Hedge Funds.
I dislike manager selection and am trying to break into equity research. Passed Level 3 this year, gave me some confidence. Now I have some time on my hands. Wall Street Prep course here I come…
24, unemployed, collecting acronyms.
I’m extremely surprised that so many young guys. I need to be faster and better.