How useful is the CFA designation for my future career?
The answer to this one would be mostly based on individual opinion. However, if your future aspirations is to work in or continue to work in the general field of finance as an analyst, the CFA designation would be beneficial – particularly for those who lack work experience and formal training in finance. Particularly, if you are an engineer, scientist, or have worked in a non-finance field, then the CFA designation would probably be the best thing to consider if you hope to break into the industry. The only thing we would say is that the further into your finance career you are, the less useful the CFA is likely to be – mainly because most of what you learn in the CFA, you would most likely have picked up during your years of experience. This is more a matter of assessing your investment vs reward.
