<p>I am planning to take CFA level 1 in december.. is it helpful? especially for engineering students? Wouuld it be the kind of thing on your resume that tells your employee "even though i am an engineer I am not a finance moron, hire me" or is it just a useless waste of money?</p>
<p>If you're aiming at an ibanking job, it's useless and potentially harmful as it will pigeon hole you.</p>
<p>what jobs will it help in? I mean you can leave stuff on and off so i'll just use it in area it'll help me with</p>
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<li><p>equity research on the sales side</p></li>
<li><p>buy-side</p></li>
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<p>correct me if I'm wrong hmom5</p>