“….expect to hear from all of you over the worthiness of CFA program for an IT professional…”
‘Worthiness’ of CFA (or for that matter any other professional qualification ) more depends on the ‘worthiness’ of the aspirant in terms of his/her experience, relevance and scope of work and capability/dedication to achieve future plans not the other way round.
Many IT people ‘needed’ CFA to prosper and grow due to the type of job function and tasks they elected to focus on in investment field from programming to PM. More number of IT professionals are prospering in finance and investment field than IT professionals with a CFA. So decide specifically what you wish to do in the long run and how far the specific knowledge and skill earned by doing CFA will be essential to do so. If it seems to be an essential need (not merely a percieved need) then honestly evaluate whether you have the time, energy and competency to actually complete CFA while doing the job you are doing, as it is one of the most rigorous programmes, specially at level 2 and 3, presuming you get the necessary 48 months of ‘acceptable’ work experience by then. It may not be easy.
As individual’s choice, liking and preference for job functions differ within the wide spectrum of investment field for IT professionals the ‘worth’ of CFA too varies accordingly - from minimal to essential. If you think you need it essentially for future growth and have reasonable amount of confidence to put in the time and effort to do it then only think of ‘investing’ at least 3 years of hard labour without any other diversion just for the CFA charter but be prepared to do so even without any immediate visible financial gain during this period!