Studying CFA® L3 while in investment banking?

Has anyone went through this and can share their experiences? I'm somewhat keen in starting and studying for CFA®  L3 because I don't start my analyst stint in IB till a couple months, but not sure if it would actually be too feasible to study effectively once work starts

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I am close to finishing L1. My goal is to finish L3 by uni ends. Our uni kind of laid back so we have a lot of time to do our own stuff.

 

Lol was drunk asf thought he was asking for my progress lmao. Cringing at my own comments rn

 

The issue you will have here will be time management.  I would focus on your analyst stint first before embarking on adding study time for the CFA L3.  It takes a huge time commitment.  Start slowly, adding one hour until you get a theme going.  However, I feel your time will be better off relaxing with a mixture time to study when you feel comfortable.  Good luck and congrats on the analyst role.

No pain no game.
 

It seems unreasonable to be in IB and studying for the CFA Level 3 exam. I'm not sure how it would help your IB career and as you know it will take something like 300 hours of time you don't have. Some days it might come down to studying or sleeping and if you half ass your studying, you'll fail it and all that time you sacrificed during IB will be wasted. Does anyone even care at your IB shop that you're studying for the CFA exams?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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