What’s the best CFA study material?

After nearly 20 years in the military serving in T&E and HR roles, I’m considering moving on and have been conducting lots of research into consulting. BS, MA, and SPHR cert - no MBA. I’m looking for suggestions or advise about transitioning. DC Metro area is likely landing spot.

Left IBD to quickly - VP1 opps?

Long story short - was lured into an opportunity to do BD for a large PE PortCo… better work/life balance, but honestly miss the deal cycle.

Anyone know of open VP1 opps right now?

Quick background - former MM banker (think Raymond James, Piper Sandler size) doing FinTech and Asset Management within FIG, but also open to other sectors.

Thanks!

Heya! I’m an international student trying to find a job in business strategy or advertising. Yet, many companies do not want to hire me because of the OPT. I double major in Brand Management and Psychology. Any advice or direction on how to get my step through the door as a foreigner in this competitive industry?

I am a recent graduate in Information Systems, looking to start my career in cyber security. Any tips/suggestions/ideas where I could start. (No previous experience).

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.

Late stage analyst 1 at a mid-market heavy TMT focused M&A boutique in London. Keen to increase exit opps and realise it may be worth trying to lateral to a BB / name brand. Any opinions / advice on achievability? If low, what’s the best move here.

Advice on taking and passing the SPHR exam?

Any good site/utube channel to learn SAP HANA

What is the best online training centre for learning devops/SRE?

I'm an investment banker and in late stages of a couple CorpDev roles of Fortune 200 companies. Both roles report to Head of CorpDev. I would be interested to understand the typical career progression. Assuming Head of CorpDev will stay in position for the next 5-10 years, what is the expectation of upward mobility then? Is it more common to progress through jumping around to different companies?

Hello!
I’m a student majoring in Software Engineering. I’m starting my third year in a few months and have an internship where I’m learning more about working with an actual team on real-world projects. However, I feel like I need to do more to stand out and have a stronger software background. Anyone have any tips or suggestions for what I should do on my own time to strengthen my skills?

Has anyone let their work performance suffer to get through the CPA? I can't commit my whole life to work right now and I am really falling behind.

Any downsides to leaving a “Counsel” role and moving into a “Legal Affairs” role? Still practicing and representing the company, just a difference of titles, so core work remains the same - what do you think?

Risk assurance senior and planning to leave for industry to do security compliance soon. Would want to come back to big 4 to do security consulting, how should I plan out my career route? Just a lost young soul who graduated from college 2 years back...

I'm considering switching my practice from tax to exec comp so that I can work remotely indefinitely. If I dislike it, do you think it would be difficult to switch back? I'm a 4th year that works in biglaw.

Other than general tax and estate planning, what are some practice areas can a Tax LL.M. be beneficial in? I’ve heard it can help you in M&A, but I’m curious if anyone has additional thoughts

Any advice on how to switch from big 4 to tier 1 consulting firms like BCG and MCK?

First-year tax staff that started end of Q3, and just had my first year-end performance evaluation meeting. Still a blank slate in terms of tax experience, but I honestly do have a slight interest in international tax. Brought it up and I was given some names to find some work opportunities in that area. Besides SALT, any other specialized areas I should try to get some experience in? Also open to any tips and tricks to help tailor my workflow and experiences for the months to come.

Hi Fishes,

Looking for advice please!!
Have three offers from Shell, BP and Airbus for IT service delivery role.

BP: 23 Lpa + 1L joining bonus with 1 year lock in ( location : pune)
Airbus: 26lpa + 5 L joining bonus with 3 year lock in( location : bangalore)
Shell: 26 lpa ( final offer being rolled out)location : bangalore

Please advice which company would have a good growth story and work life balance....

Airbus looks attractive but have heard some very harsh reviews on work life balance.

Is there any way to travel or live internationally while working for the US government? I’m working in finance and accounting. Would love to know how and where.

Time for an upgrade... 6s or 6s Plus?

Is charging $1 per word reasonable for someone w/10 years of copywriting experience?

Hello Fishesh,

Can someone please help me in filing ITR? CA are charging 10% on returns. Not sure if we can do it by our ownself and save the same amnt.

Thursday I got it in my head that I needed to hedge against potential Dollar devaluation. I looked at other market funds thinking them to be good proxies for other currencies.

I decided to pick up a few but saw the Baltic Index was going up, higher shipping rates means increased demand, so it pointed to the Chinese economy picking up significantly.

I looked at FXI, there was no option interest so they were super cheap. I figured I pick up a bunch.

They opened at +%333 talk about dumb luck.

I have received an email from tcs that your address verification will be done abc company. My question is will there be different companies hired for different checks or will the same company carry further background checks like employment and education?

Hi folks, i have recently joined tcs and now i had received a RnD kind of story and i have prepared the demo and also given the code to client as it was split between me and one client side developer. There are bugs in project but none of them are assigned to me. I had attended all the bug review meetings. Will it be a wise move to ask manager to assign me some bugs? Or should i just wait

Do big4 directors retire with the same benefits as partner or some other?

What are the health insurance benefits provided at SAP India ? What is the base cover and how much can it be extended to ?

Friends Alcon is a Switzerland origin product based MNC. If qny one needs any information regarding company culture, work life balance, benefits etc feel free to reach out me.

How much leave encashment is given in globant on relase

I have left CG 18th of last month, how many days they typically take for full and final settlement?

Hello Fishes,

I joined CG on 27th July, the first project require me to work on documentation not related to my tech(networking) this I said no and went on bench.
The second project/client they tagged asking me to wrok on FTP L1 Monitoring and t-shoot.
Again this is not relevant to my exp(6 years in Network).

How to get released from this? the upper line is not in touch with me not they responding with update

What options do i have, what if I abscond?

Will they give me exp letter?

Got an offer from talentica for around 11 lpa as a software developer.issue is they are giving 2 months to join whereas my notice period is 3 months.
Can someone guide me what to do?
Current ctc- 7.2 lpa
Total exp- 11 months

Hi all,
How much time will they take for background verification in Barclays.
Can anyone tell.

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Hello Fishes,
Looking for an entry level data analyst/ Business Analyst opportunity. I have 2 years of experience in recruiting. Would appreciate all the help tht can be offered.
Thank you!

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

Want to give myself a whole year to prep for L2 to prevent burning out with studies & work - wise or dumb plan?

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

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.

Anyone have any feedback or review on level 2 prep providers- I learn better by watching videos than by reading.
Mark meldrum vs Princeton review vs Nathan ronen

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.

Seriously need to up the study game rn

I think it went okay

Do I have enough time to pass the L1 CFA if I take it in February? Haven’t started yet.

What’s the best course for CFA level 2? Kaplan vs Wiley or Fitch learning? Thanks

Anyone feeling ready? I'm on LIII and have yet to take a mock ...

How’s everyone feeling about the exam postponement? I’m bloody gutted

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

Screw CFA lol

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???

Well there are more people on my floor this weekend

It's an understatement

Anyone else doing the level 1 CFA final review with Kaplan? It’s like a workshop from the 22-24th?

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.