I'm 23. I'm a FSD in cloud engineering at Deloitte USI with less than 1 yoe. I hold a Bachelors in Chemical Engg from a top 10 college. Some time back, I started investing in the stock market. Now I'm thinking to pursue CS (company secretary) and CFA(Chartered Financial Analyst).

How crazy am I?? Should I proceed with this? Can this affect my career negatively?

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There are two aspects to this:

Enjoying your learning experience:
You are young. If you want to try different things before you pick a long term path, try them.

Assuming of course, you can afford to do this financially - college fees and living expenses is an immediate consideration; delay in getting back into the workforce, making less than your peers in your age group is a medium term (5-7 yr consideration). After that, you’ll catch-up with everyone else.

Long term impact on your career:
Diversity of experiences is extremely valuable in senior management, C-Suite, and board roles.

I do not know how smart and driven you are, so I don’t know if this is going to be applicable to you. And I don’t think anyone, including you, knows where your career will take you in 25 years.

But, what I can definitely say is, reading on a wide range of topics, learning disparate skills, and working in unrelated industries and disciplines, fuels creativity.

Continuous learning is hard work, but if you stick with it, it’ll payoff in the long run. Assuming of course that is what you want.

Good luck with whatever you decide!

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Think about Fee- only financial adviser. They provide you plan with that you can Invest increase your Protfolio

What's your end goal with this? How would a CS/CFA charter help you with that?
I'm also a tier 1 grad with ~3 yoe, currently work in tech but have done a brief stint in banking as well since I too had similar interests. Happy to chat more over DM. :)

You should have done Commerce instead of Chemical engineering. No offence but How much did you earn in share market which makes you think that you should try CFA.

Of course it will affect your future..after a break of 2-3 yrs from your core you can't return to it . Now being in IT you leave it for CA you can't return easyly to IT after 2-3 yrs. If CA goes well it's fine. Else ..tough luck 🤞

I'm not thinking of leaving my current job. I was thinking of doing it alongside it... I know its crazy, but I don't have a lot of commitments. So thought why not take a challenge...
Not possible huh?

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