Thanks for landing on my page. Most people trying to get into finance, or trying to get out of a support-side seat and into a front-office one, don't have a skills problem. They have a positioning problem, and it usually costs them three to four years before anyone tells them. I've been on both sides of that. I started with an Economics degree and no MBA, worked through portfolio operations and financial research, then became sector head for Climate Tech and Energy covering a tier-1 US investment bank. Today I work in PE deal origination within Big 4 Deal Advisory, building investment materials across energy transition for European sponsors, and I manage and hire into my own team. I cleared all three CFA levels on the first attempt while working full time, so I'll also tell you honestly when the charter is worth it and when it's an expensive detour. Book me for a straight answer on one of four things: how to actually pass CFA first attempt around a full-time job, how to break into finance from outside it, how to reposition a research or KPO profile so front-office teams take it seriously, or what deal origination and energy transition investing look like from the inside. I'd rather tell you something uncomfortable and useful than something encouraging and generic.