DRMW[Purist]
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not much help but......
I'm in a totally different field so I couldn't even tell you what a CFA, MCom or CIPM is! 
The problem I see with some of the replies to you is that they are interchanging experience vs/with credentials. Apples and oranges if you ask me. Generally the one with more with real world experience will trump the person (to a certain degree) who has is freshly out of grad/doctorate school and a student all his/her life. Conversely if you took 2 people with the same amount of experience but one has more titles than the other, it'd probably be a different story. From personal experience, I had a similar discussion with a close friend. His wife is a pharmacy tech and they were complaining that she should be making as much as a pharmacist. Her logic was that she knew more and could do more than the new PharmD's coming out of school. Of course she has 15+ years in the field on them and they were just entering the real world. She didn't see that once the pharmacists get into the flow of things, it wasn't even debatable. See what I'm saying?
Besides, seeking higher education is a personal achievement it may not help you financially but it can make you a better person and I think that's what is most important. Good luck and all the best to you whatever you decide.
-MW
You're not alone!
By: sidneyc : August 19th, 2011-01:01
Hey nice to see other CFA Charterholders/Candidates here! I guess watch nuts are not bound by professions so if there are many lawyers and doctors here, there must be us Mind you I'm the only watch nut in my company almost full of Charterholders. My colle...
yeah I hear you
By: xsw : August 19th, 2011-04:00
Nice to meet u and the "fraternity" here lol. Some guys I surveyed prefer a IWC while others don't really care much. I prefer a JLC and subtle things like ultra thins and reversos. However all the watches seem the same to me. Just different metals on diff...
No...
By: KIH : August 20th, 2011-18:25
.. sure, I am in the finance industry, but I have never felt the need for CFA.... Offers come regardless whether I have such one... Well, I am already in the industry for 20+ years and that may be why OTOH, I met many, many people with CFA proudly printed...
Yes, prevalenet...
By: KIH : August 21st, 2011-14:16
... I know as I had been there in the industry for 17 years. But what I meant was if that makes a huge difference and worth it -> IMVHO, flat no. Well, it may be good when you are to be hired, but that "designation" will soon lose luster and.... Regardles...
I tend to agree...
By: sidneyc : August 21st, 2011-21:31
.. even though I'm a charterholder myself. I'm originally from a computing background but sat the tests as my employer is in the finance industry and it's beneficial to have some sort of qualification on the finance side for me. I do agree with Ken that w...
It really depends if...
By: ED209 : August 21st, 2011-22:55
Does it make a huge difference and worth it? Well, only if having a better chance of moving up the corporate totem pole and increasing salary is meaningful to you :P If you're on the institutional side, it makes a HUGE difference for your firm. In the pas...
CFA
By: Niblita75 : August 22nd, 2011-05:36
CFA candidate here, though I have passed all the exams. I tend to to agree with the previous posts that solid work experience trumps designations/certifications/seals of approval. That said, I took the exams relatively young (passed Level 1 during undergr...
Wow, congrats!
By: KIH : August 22nd, 2011-05:43
... nice first Lange! Similar here, well, it is partially because I make my shirts so that the watch does not show. But it is a very conservative work place by definition, and no one really notices what watch I wear and don't care. I see some wear YG basi...
not much help but......
By: DRMW : August 22nd, 2011-14:34
I'm in a totally different field so I couldn't even tell you what a CFA, MCom or CIPM is! The problem I see with some of the replies to you is that they are interchanging experience vs/with credentials. Apples and oranges if you ask me. Generally the one ...
