pre-CFA & pre-FRM

@daved10 – is there any specific field in finance you want to go for? It is important to understand your motivation here for a career in finance (and which part). Getting a CFA charter is not a golden ticket to jobs, so I’m worried you’re spending extra time and money and not getting what you really want to achieve with this.

Honestly speaking – and I don’t mean to be a naysayer – the current employment market is not looking great for all, and finance is an extremely competitive field as is. The 4 year unemployment gap can be an easy target to discount your application, and age may be an issue too with graduates flooding the market.

Switching career and/or job function is never a one-step thing, and usually people achieve one change at a time (i.e. switch job function but different sector, or switch sector but holding the same job function). I wonder whether you would be able to leverage your math/programming background to get into the finance sector to start (but not your ideal job function)?

Lots of food for thought here, and not enough information.

What were you doing before?

I have a master’s degree in economic law and am 33 years old. Can I find a job in marketing?
https://300hours.com/f/frm/t/pre-cfa-pre-frm/geometry dash subzero