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christine

Say hello to all of us here, tell us a bit about yourself, and earn your First Comment badge!

Sophie

Hello all!

I'm Sophie from London, UK and a 300 Hours guest contributor. I did the CFA exams back in Dec 2009 and completed it on June 2011. I survived the CFA and know how it feels, so basically here to help out and share the pain (+ laughter)!

tacheman

Level I first-timer here. Nice to be part of this forum!

Just starting out in my career as well so any advice on taking the CFA as well as doing well at work would be much appreciated!

Maroon5

Hi @TacheMan, I'm a Level 1 candidate too!

I'm from Los Angeles, US and currently have 2 years work experience in financial services. Looking to learn from the pros here and exchange tips on the CFA exams.

hairyfairy

Johannesburg in ZA here. Taking level 1 for the second time, didn't quite make it last december.

policedog

Level 1 first time. Based in London - potentially interested in some study group action if there is any...

artyeasel

CFA Level 3 - in corporate finance.

fabian

Hi all

I'm currently at level 2 - currently doing finance for a startup.

fabian

BTW - what other badges are there?

Maroon5

Welcome all, @artyeasel I wish I was already Level 3!

Sophie

Hello all, welcome to the 300 Hours community!

hairyfairy

@fabian - you can get another badge by uploading a profile pic

christine

I don't want to give too many surprises away, but generally speaking, you earn more badges the more active you are

mikey

tim here, level 2 for the first (and hopefully only) time...

Reena

Hi all, I'm a Level 2 candidate, looking to work in equity research.

jimmyg

Hi all! I'm a level 3 here - great to be part of the founding group!

Dan

Hey all, this is Dan, getting ready to pass level 1 right now. English is not my first language (I'm from Colombia) but I try to write the best I can.

Only 28 colombians got the CFA so far, so this is me wanting to be one of the first too

christine

Welcome all!

@dan - that's awesome - here's to you becoming number 29! Does that mean you have to fly to another country to take the exam?

Sarah

Hi all! I will be writing the level II exam. Looking for work, graduated a couple of years ago and worked a couple of jobs but nothing that would count towards the 4 years experience I need for the CFA.

Maroon5

hello @Dan, @Diya, welcome!

Dan

@christine Nope, we present the exams in the capital city - Bogota. It would be like an 8 hour trip in car from Medellin, but fortunately air transport is cheap. They are only available in June though, if I wanted to take one on december, I would have to travel to Miami.

christine

@dan: I did speak to a candidate a few months back and he was travelling to Miami for the exams - that wasn't you, was it? How many Colombian candidates are there on average?

Dan

@christine Not me; don't know how many candidates... I know everyone is starting to recognize the certification and the exams, so it is starting to grow imo.

Shwebs

Helllllllooo there, Shwebs from South Africa, CFA Level I candidate and I'm here to claim my badge ....

Sophie

Helllooooo @Shwebs, welcome!

Shwebs

Thanks @Sophie...very well, looks like the community is growing!!

Reena

Yo @Shwebs, we do have a crazy and helpful bunch here so far. You'll get to know us soon

Shwebs

@Reena: Cannot wait for the ranting funny posts ... and not forgetting knowledgeable outlook on the financial industry!!

hairyfairy

There's now a category called Rants. lol

AjFinance

Hi Everyone. I'm a level 3 candidate. Would love to be helpful and learn more in the process. P.S. I might not be as active as I would like to given the upcoming Level 3 prep >-

Sophie

Welcome @AjFinance! Glad to see you around