CFA for a Graduate .Net developer

[katr]

hi
I am a fresh graduate(Comp Eng)(24 years old) who is considering on doing CFA in june 2009(25 years). I will have a years experience in the .Net world by june 2009.

How will doing CFA level 1 help me?

Will it bring oppurtunities in getting a good IT job in london for an financial firm(investment bank/hedge fund etc..)


Your advice would be immensely helpful.

[a.myth]

CFA helps in making a career switch to finance sector. If you are planning for career progression in IT sector than CFA will be only act as an added advantage to your resume and in case you are planning to switch to a role of an analyst than hands on experience in finance domain will also be required to make the switch.

[katr]

Originally Posted by a.myth

CFA helps in making a career switch to finance sector. If you are planning for career progression in IT sector than CFA will be only act as an added advantage to your resume and in case you are planning to switch to a role of an analyst than hands on experience in finance domain will also be required to make the switch.

By "analyst" do you mean the first job title in the investment banking environment-"associate"?

That too but what about a career in C#.Net programming with a CFA ?
How will this benefit me?
Thanks

[rmbt]

Originally Posted by katr

hi
I am a fresh graduate(Comp Eng)(24 years old) who is considering on doing CFA in june 2009(25 years). I will have a years experience in the .Net world by june 2009.

How will doing CFA level 1 help me?

Your advice would be immensely helpful.

Welcome to PG...

There are loads of threads floating around on CFA. Kindly refer them for your preparation and queries:

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/career...ns-on-cfa.html (Need some Opinions on CFA.)

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All the best.