yeah you might be right .. why i said ususual was .. i am 22 passed out of college last year, working now and planning to move into finance domain. i never imagined anyone with 10 years of experience in one field and planning a shift then. i am just little surprised ..thats it .. CFA is also well recognized , if you clear level 1 and have decent finance fundaes, you can get into IB as Business analyst.in fact few of my friends did it that way ...