Dont forget than CFA need 4 years of related experience to get chartered....
of course, passing the exam alone is useful in showing that you know something in finance.
wait wait, why a finance master student need to show others that they know finance? ar...right, it really depends on which uni one get the master though...
不都是一样的? omg.....這當然完全不一樣啦......
You can't compare a CFA with those legally protected title (e.g. accounting, doctor, engineering...) at all.
CPA is not used to 证明 a 会计学位, it is a legally required recognition by itself, e.g. you need a CPA to sign off the financial report for a company.
No roles are CFA holder only. At the end, it is just a small plus on the CV, instead of something that put one into a protected pool. Actually same for FRM, or any finance title (finance is something easy...any major can do it)
P.S. a simple example:
if someone get a accounting bachelor from a top university (just assumption.....top university rarely offer weak/slave major like accounting indeed), one still need to fight for a CPA after one is working in accounting. No matter how good the uni is, no matter it is the best role in big 4, he/she need a CPA.
if someone get a finance (or whatever) bachelor from a top university (again just an assumption.....top university rarely offer finance bachelor), and if he/she is employed as an analyst in a ibank (analyst is a job title/level instead of job nature), a CFA is just an option. Who fxcking care a CFA if he/she is top uni + top BB?
what I (or we) are saying here is not mean to say you are weak, you are bad, you are xyz or abc (of course this is a side effect) - the key point is, state what kind of issue you may face, and what you can do for them.
Some concerns are obvious, some are more implicit. Some problems are solvable, some aren't that easy / possible. It is about trade off, but you have to know what you are trading first.
One last advise is: think less about what you 喜欢 or not, and more about what is possible.
think less about 幸福 first this moment first, and more about long-term development.