Hey guys, I'm trying to break into the banking and finance industry at the age of 30. I used Leo's brute force method and passed the CFA level 1 exam in June with less than 6 months of training and no prior banking and finance background. I need some structure or advice from someone who can empathise with a 30 year old dude trying to make a career change.
My freestyle vision:
* To work in a investment management firm or a financial services company to master managing funds and portfolios for the next 6-10 years.
* To build network and contacts within the industry.
* To build other revenue streams by investing some of this investment banking/asset management money.
* To have my own clients who I can serve and make a decent living and not stressing out like bankers, traders etc.
* To make $150k a year, then use this money to invest and open other revenue streams, and use these returns (whatever they add upto) to support my growth and exploration process of this world.
* It's a rough vision I have so far. I will make it happen.
Why banking and finance?
I wasted 5-7 years of my life in doing mundane, boring and repetitive work at a company where I was not valued at all. I want to use all my energy and apply it in an industry that will reward me financially... plus the self-satisfaction of cracking a tough industry like investment banking/asset management through sheer will and hard work while being fully detached from the result.
It's a skill that'll always bring in money and provide a safety net and perhaps fill in some voids and gaps inside me due to childhood trauma and social conditioning/bullying. Obviously, I am not trying to hide behind money but just want to have a skill that'll help me secure myself financially. I want to grow as a person, read books, travel to countries, explore consciousness, explore the world, and keep pushing myself.
What was I doing all this time?
I wasted my 20s I think. This is probably due to over-protective parenting and the idea of ''conforming = good'' that I internalised very early on as a child, both due to strict Indian parents and due to the societal sheep herd mentality. All this manifested again in my job that i absolutely hated but was stuck in because the employer was sponsoring my visa.
I discovered Leo in 2018 and my life is getting on track. I'm making changes to my routines and taking action. I am finally fixing my life. I don't really have any mentors or people that I can talk about this to so if there are any financial wizards out there, please help a brother out with some information.
***I hope I didn't sound negative. I'm just being real and honest. Peace***
