Guys, is it possible to do the CFA without having a bachelor's degree, just with 10+ years of work experience in Banking and Brokerage???

Thoughts on Wealth Management as an industry? Offered a role to work under a senior FA and eventually take over the book (~$800M AUM and growing). It sounds great, but I am worried about the disruption this industry is facing with Robo advisors and other low cost, DIY options. I’d want to make sure the clients stay through the transition, and I don’t want to join a dying industry. Thoughts and advice?

Does anyone have any experience or know of someone who went from FDD to PE operations (think Cerberus COAC). Would be great to hear any insights or thoughts on the jump and transition.

Trying to figure out from a client relations perspective how much I need to be fluent in Google Analytics and the planning and buying process of paid media: social and search.
I want to be more fluent and speak eloquently about it so that I am well rounded in my role.
My current position doesn't allow for any hands on experience. Any advice would be appreciated in terms of how to gain the experience or course recommendations.

If I want to transition into M&A from audit, what are some basic things I should consider?

“I feel like I’m the stupidest person here”
“You are not stupid. You literally work at one of the top consulting firms in the world”
“I literally got a 6% in one exam during undergrad”
“Well damn I guess you are stupid”

WWYD?
I exited earlier this year, and my first few months were brutal for a variety of reasons owing to org changes amongst other things. I’m now close to an offer with another company, and feel torn about leaving so soon. Details in comments

2nd year staff from Big 4 looking for a Staff Acct position?Co pays 70/75k max.CPA not mandatory but pref working on it.High growth env. PERSONALITY important.Hardworking&can put in the hours.Bay Area

Senior to Manager-level Data Scientists, what is the minimum set of skills and experience you require someone to have in order to train them to be a Data Scientist?

I have a handful of people from BI and Marketing who want to learn how to be a "Data Scientist" where some of them have stronger SQL knowledge and ability than others, but some of them have more exposure to languages like Python and R, and a little bit of machine learning exposure.

Appreciate the input in advance.

I am a Angular Frontend developer with HTML, CSS, js, ts as my secondary languages. I also have some idea of Azure app services (and recently passed my AZ900 Exam last month).

Yoe: 4

I wish to upgrade my techstack but not sure what will help me to grow FINANCIALLY and have sustainable career in IT.
Can you guide me on what can I learn for the same.
1. React and react Native
2. Azure and complete any certification such as AZ 204
3. MEAN stack.

What is the next promotion, if you are Level 8 SDE?

Which company would you rather exit to, Microsoft or Paypal?

Looking to exit from 195k base to a sales role base 140 + 40 in guaranteed bonus year 1 to make up for the lengthy sales cycle. I know in the long run total comp through equity and sales commission bonus can be much higher but having a hard time making the jump… mostly my ego to drop drastically in TCO the first year after spending all these years trying to increase base. Still interviewing - unicorn saas account exec. What would you do?

Has anyone found a way to automate salary certifications?

We get about 3-5 requests daily to fill out salary certifications for our employees in EMEA.

At the moment, we have to do all of them manually. We open a pdf, then open their employee file and plug away. It's tedious and time-consuming, but the banks I found won't accept an internal salary certification for some reason. They're adamant about using their form. Has anyone come across this?

How many of you have left or are planning to leave therapy, and what did you transition into?

Hi there,
Which Excel courses you recommend for a beginner?

Is there any internal exam that I need to give in Accenture for promotion/hike?

Level 8 speaking

Just got a job offer at an agency I’m really excited about, but it’d be a complete lateral move. Same position and same amount of pay now. Is it worth it? Or should I wait until I’m able to move someplace with a pay increase or title move? I’m pretty unhappy right now at my current agency and job. But was really hoping for an increase somewhere. Thoughts?

I’m trying to make the jump from legal services to corporate IP. I’ve only been in practice for 2 years and I have 0 experience in corporate. Do I have a chance?

How does everyone feel about the online SHRM learning for SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP for Certification?
Do you skip around? Do you follow the path? Where does one start?

Guys off topic
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Selling 2 United GPUs valid prior to Jan 31,2020. PM me if interested.

I'm applying to places for the first time since graduation (got lucky). I've been working through my fears of rejection - thanks therapy. Any tips for getting through and keeping head high?

Is it pandemic or burnout? Paralegals or admin staff are all trying to push work or bad attitude (FYI in transactions) more and more. Any similar experience?

Anyone else get frustrated when the partner brags about their billable hour amount for the month? Like congrats, you get to bill .2 for each piece of mail. You also get .2 for every letter your secretary types up as a "form letter" you never even look at. As an Associate, I don't get those easy/automatic hours.

Tl;dr “Ask Daddy”

Any tips/scripts on how to negotiate for better salary without turning down what the co is offering?

Do you have a "Design System Council" or "Design Council" in your team? What kind of topics do you talk about? Just learned we have that and unclear what it's about.

Where do you keep your non-library original components in Figma? Do you put them to the side outside of a working frame, within its own “Components” page (like Sketch does for Symbols), or do you keep the original directly inside of one of your layouts?

Anyone have a Soho House (cities without houses) membership here in ATL?

Anyone pitching these days? How are you finding it?

Opening positions for Mid English Copy?

Are LinkedIn learning learningpaths (like, for powerBI, sap) worth getting?

Hmm. I’m attracted to engineers..

Is the Bella Vista area a safe place to live and raise kids?

The HR said that BNP PARIBAS will blacklist me if I decline the offer.
Is it really gonna happen? What can I do to avoid this?BNP Paribas CIB

Seriously need to up the study game rn

I’m tutoring levels 1-3 and eager to assist. Dm me. Wharton mba cfa

Rescheduled my Level 1 exam from December to February. I’m worried that changing the date will means I need to buy new study materials, but how much of the curriculum could actually change? It seems like it should be the same.

Is it true the Feb exams are being postponed now?

Who believes the whole 300 hours of study rule of thumb?

It's an understatement

Thoughts on computer based vs paper based? I’m taking L1. Time being shorter def sounds like a plus. Are we gonna be the collateral damage of a fresh experiment lol?

Anyone got Wiley material and how was your experience with it ?

Thinking of getting a CFA; would appreciate recommendations on test prep providers.

Nothing like losing an entire day of studying because Kaplan was down all day yesterday. Make sure you download the QBank for offline use, seems like this keeps happening on Sunday for some reason.

@FirstNewYorkSecurities User. How long have you been studying & testing for the CFA?

How early do you start studying for Level 3? And is it harder than level 2? I’m a little nervous since there’s a written part now.

Well there are more people on my floor this weekend

I think it went okay

I got 2021 CFA level 1 materials from Kaplan last year. Am I okay using that to study if I plan on taking the test in February, or do I have to plan on buying new materials again?

Hey does anyone have the 2017 Schweser Level II books they want to sell me?

Highly recommend this one cfa your Dm me

My employer has a sponsorship program that the CFA qualifies for. They sponsor 100% but only after 6 months of full-time permanent employment; thus I will qualify in may 2023 (I just started). Should I wait for may for them to pay, or pay the initial costs myself to avoid delaying my career longer? I'm 26 & 1/4th and just graduated college. My new role and future career aspirations are finance / computer engineering hybrid. Current employer is in private banking.

Anyone done level II while working tough hours? How’d you manage the time?

Feb 2021 L1 candidates how are you keeping yourself motivated to study with holiday season upon us...thanks