I need advice, should I take CFA level 3 exam or Train Operator exam?

well, depending on how much you need the $$$ - I think you should do what you are passionate about first and foremost (which sounds like finance).
I would probably take the L3 exam as you might have the possibility of landing some type of job in which you can start to accrue finance experience.
You could request an alternative test date as it says on that MTA form as well.
 
At first I thought this was a “CFA vs MBA” spoof thread…but after reading through looks like you’re serious?
Good luck man, doesn’t sound like a bad gig. If you succeed and take this story to the press, they’d probably jump all over it.
 
Go for the train driver. After you get the job you can broadcast your investment ideas to the passengers. A lot of money managers take trains to work so you will have your chance to sell yourself.
 
Wow, I actually never considered the fact that some of the MTA operators were CFA Level III candidates! But, I think as joemontana said, I think the best route is to take the MTA exam now (since it won’t be offered for a while), especially since you only studied for LIII a bit, and then spend next year doing the CFA.
 
geez, subway operators make $26.99 an hour plus comprehensive benefits….not too shabby….much much much better than the proletarians in my socialist motherland….Marx is gonna cry!
No wonder MTA’s gonna raise our monthly pass again by 30% for one of the worst and dirtiest subway system in the world
 
I remember seeing a PBS program that said compared to the rest of the world, NYC subway has a very high per ride subsidy…something like the price should be at least double.
 
Sigh! Even with such a high subsidy, they still don’t have enough money. They run a deficit when the economy is good; They run a deficit when the economy is bad, when more people will choose to ride subways….I wonder if it is time for them to quit thinking about increase revenue and fattening their own pockets, but starting thinking about CUTTING COST.
Let’s start with layers of layers of management, then the unbelieveable compensation package to those operators/workers whose voice no passenger can understand. For a high school graduate to make this much reminds me of good old communist China during cultural revolution….a street vendor makes as much money as a college professor and sometimes more…….so pathetic
 
Actually, the raises for train operators aren’t that high. They top out at about 28.50. Thats not a lot, but it’s a living. There are no inflation raises. They take out money to pay medical and union dues. It’s a middle class job. Do you want them to make 10 dollars an hour?
 
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