Study option before doing CFA

[rojosamuel]

If a person from an IT background want to become a portfolio manager. How should he start his career.Should he directly go for CFA or he should do some master degree course then find a job and after that try to sit for CFA Exam level 1

 

[klaudnine]

Would be close to impossible to be a fundamental PM, but you can always work for one of those quant shops like Two Sigma, DE Shaw, Tower Research and the like…

 

[rojosamuel]

If my final goal is to become a portfolio manager, how should i start my career now. I think directly going for CFA would not be the correct way. Which course or certification I can go for before doing CFA which will help me to enter the financial industry atleast as a financial analyst?

 

[Dpack26]

Walk into JPMorgan resume in hand and say you’ve always wanted to be a portfolio manager.