Pivoting into Finance

I’m a bit new to the world of finance but looking to break into it. In need of new ways to find jobs other than Linkedin, and trying to find my way through testing. A summary of the last ~24 months:

I graduated college in ‘23 with ambitions to work in media and production, found that lifestyle to be not only unrewarding but extremely difficult (i.e, being underworked and underpaid). Was laid off from the job I had in that space which forced me to think long and hard about what I wanted.

Coming from a family of Wall Street lifers, I ended up choosing to follow that path and found it…enjoyable. Passed the SIE on my first try a little over 2 weeks ago and currently preparing for the 66.

The main goal is to focus on foundation building for now and then decide where I want to spend my career. Looking to get into a training program that takes career changers or if I can acquire my testing, perhaps that accelerates my timetable.

Anyone have some advice? I’ve got the networking part down for the most part but looking for more room to breathe.

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