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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I've been working as an architectural designer since graduation from NUS to finish my scholarship bonds. I am very interested in changing to the financial industry, I have been studying CFA at my own time (haven't take the exam) and planning to take a one year Msc in Applied Finance at SMU to facilitate my shift.
I do not have finance professional or academic background prior. What are the chances of me landing a decent job after getting the MAF at SMU? Ideally, it would be a FO/analyst job at an IB but it likely too much to hope for.
I've just turned 30 and drawing low 4k at my current job. Or it's completely fat hope/not worth it for a shift. I wouldn't want to end up spending 50k on a Master that then lands a job that pay lower than what i have now.
Can someone in the industry share some advice on this? Appreciated |
Poster 444 is correct to say that you must be prepared to work for smaller firms given your lack of experience and age works against you. I must say front office position is out as outlined above. However, you can still expect to enjoy a much higher payout from current salary after your post graduation given your interest and provided you must prepare to intern in a smaller outfit even while you aim to enter the MO function in a top financial firm. I must add that the latter is not given even if you can graduate with flying colours due to still competition. These are the realities you must consider.