You know thats exactly what my cousin says : Ahmad (thats my name !) your a fooking idiot...you know that ! Who goes through such a convoluted route just to play it safe ! *Hes working as VP Mergers and Acquisitions for UBS*.
But I thought...hey I do have to work for the 3 years with an audit firm as part of my ACCA/ICAEW so why not work here and in the meantime sit for CFA part 1 and 2 along the way ! So currently I'm working as an audit trainee for Grant Thornton International and I should be done by the time I'm 24 (I'm currently 22 !). Then I was hoping to go to England and try to get into LSE's MBA (Finance) program and finally sit for the last level of CFA ! So that when I do go to an Investment Bank they'd look at my CV and think 'Hmmmn...3 years of work experience with the 5 the largest audit firm in the world, CFA, ACCA, ICAEW and an MBA from LSE and still only 25-26...chaltaaa hai'.
What do you think ?
P.S Na kuch banaaa tou mujhe bhi merei bhai KRAIT ke saath waiter raakh leina !
First of all a very decent plan. Now:
1. FU** LSE - If you told me 15 years ago that you wanted to join LSE, I'd say why not. At the moment it's a piece of ****. All substandard students are having a ball there!
2. No one wants to look at your CV and say that.. WOW...what an outstanding experience! If I saw your CV, I'd say: What a run of the mill douche-bag!
Now what people like me think when hiring - this is how it exactly goes down @ McKinsey & Co
1. Did he finish: INSEAD, Wharton, Kellogg, Berkley.... etc etc?
2. I don't care if you finished first of class..... However, I'll speak to your instructors to see if you're a lively character or not!
3. I don't care if you had 1,2,3,4,5 years of experience.. More you have, worse it is for me to break you and make you again...
4. If you had a huge hole in your CV, and you gave me the explanation that you smoked pot for 5 years, I'd rather take that on your experience!
5. I have to be sure that you think totally out of the box, or are used to asymmetric pattern of thinking.
6. I'll definitely give credit to you, if you are an impeccably dressed individual! (if you were a girl, then I'd prefer huge knockers, of-course decently arranged and managed)
7. I'll ask you about your goals in life - the best answer for me would be that you smile and crack a joke!
Anything else?
Now more to the point: Mate, find a passion in life, and make money from it. It's no fun to work for ANYONE, trust me, been there, done all of that!
... Wait till the mods appear and say " From hell's heart , I stab at thee " ! 
