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Leverage your resources! I got my MBA and it didn’t get me any farther ahead in my career. I have my CFP and won’t be getting any more designations. There are so many designations and I feel like the CFP is the most prominent/important.
Sounds like you need a bit more actual on-the-job experience to decide what you actually want to do. Don't rush it. Just use this time to explore different areas that interest you
Thank you for the insight!
What is your ideal role? Successful wealth advisor with a large book or more on the portfolio management side? If the latter, I would invest the time in the CFA designation. If you are looking to work directly with clients as an advisor, I would invest that time working on sales and relationship skills, spending time meeting people more people/prospective clients, developing centers of influence, etc.
^ this is probably the place I might need the most attention in. I find myself somewhat addicted to “positive stress”, the structure and anxiety of working towards an overarching goal combined with the lack of responsibility outside of work (no wife/kids, rent don’t own a home) influencing me more towards cranking out higher level education to make up for some of the lack of life experience.