So, what am I going to do next?

Sounds like good plans @Jwa, @aliza_khan 🙂

hehe, it never stops there I suppose @MattyJ. Good that you’re thinking ahead, but make sure you’ve time to enjoy life a little and take a break before these start. Personally I think there’s a level of diminishing marginal return about 2 sets of acronyms behind your name, so choose them wisely. Having had CFA already, adding another 2 may be a little much and starts to look a little comical on LinkedIn?

Guys, why not try something more “subjective” – in the sense of developing certain soft skills, such as switching for a new job (that you want), asking for a salary raise, new role, etc. New intellectual challenges doesn’t need to come in the form of more qualifications, and probably tends to dilute your precious CFA, and like @sankrutimehta I kinda agree with your comparisons with pHd, MBA etc (why take them when you have no use for them).

Investing time in developing other sort of skills rather than just academic ones will stand you in good stead for your career anyway. It’s just so easy to chase for endless qualifications to no end – and that’s just easy? I just question whether we’re avoiding the hard parts 🙂 Just my 2 cents…

I would be going for a financial modelling course/workshop along with CFA. A plus point for the career both in terms of CV enhancement and learning.

@aliza_khan: I myself learnt VBA financial modelling during the past 3 months from a book. Dont have good courses around for that 🙁

You’re now on the thing I decided to do next. 😀

Re the IMC – you’ll absolutely blast it. Absolutely right in saying that it’s CFA 0.5, or now that we have it, equivalent to Claritas.

Collecting qualifications is always nice to have so these are two great options…

@MattyJ I’ve just been enjoying doing hobby things since June, although no doubt retaking LIII will ruin my life again for a while. Definitely wouldn’t bother with an MSc though – helped me get my first job but don’t think it would add much now. Overall if I were to do anything more later on it would probably be an MBA, other than technicalities like the IMC, I can’t see anything else adding much.

@sankrutimehta I think Kaplan Financial offers financial modelling course alongside CFA

@aliza_khan: Is it available in India?

@MattyJ: I have long been toying ith the thought “What after CFA”. Believe it or not, I also tried to googleto understand what options do people pursue. I can very much relate to you when you say
I actually did a 3 month course in Mandarin during the break between the exam and the result so that I dont need to contemplate the result n turn bald!! (Gals dont look good bald u know :p)
I am now thinking of pursuing PhD (which I heard is not a great idea with 2.5 years), MBA (Not very cost effective in INR) or MSc (Not a good idea after CFA).
In the meanwhile, I did start GMAT and VBA type learnings which would enhance my CV in either direction I decide to head!!
Hope this helps