iteracom

The biggest issue you will likely run into switching careers at this point in the game is probably going to be economic in nature... starting at the bottom somewhere. Unless you enjoy sales, then you can sell bonds for anybody and the sky is the limit.

iteracom

Penny-wenny Wrote:
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> greengrape Wrote:
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> > People are not beating you down for the sake of
> > it, they're just telling you the realistic odds
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> > success. What you do is up to you.
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> "The realistic odds of success"...? just out of
> interest, what distributional assumptions (of the
> underlying stochastic process of course) are you
> incorporating in this theory you are developing?


The hardest part of breaking into finance is having a contact inside or a way to initiate conversation. The easiest method to do this is through your school. At 36 your far removed from your education and you don't have that option. All that is left is your personal network and the online application process (read garbage disposal). If you don't have a person with some sway inside advocating for them to view/consider your resume your going to have difficulity. It's not based on any hard numbers it's based on common sense.

I belong to another forum that discusses finance and every so often the CFA comes into discussion. They generally say the CFA is not a career changer and suggest an MBA for that. The only people they encourage to do the CFA are usually fresh graduates who missed their recruiting opportunites during school (as far as for breaking in purposes). I'm not saying this to discourage you. I really like the positive attitude on this forum and as someone said, "you only need one opportunity."