寻求前辈的帮助CFA还是CPA

    真诚请教前辈，如果有sas编程的经验，如果想考一个对以后的职业发展有利的证书的话，是选cpa好呢还是cfa好？以后发展的方向应该是在金融行业，但是不想放弃sas，因为sas花了很多时间和精力在上面。不知道有没有和sas相结合的工作呢？如果考cpa是不是和sas一点都无关了？cfa呢？请大家踊跃发表意见，本人现在纠结中，谢谢了，看到好的回答就送你10分哈，如果有好的可以加分！

I believe that CFA has more to do with your SAS programming skill.

To determine which certification to pursue, you need to ask what you are going to do with it in the future.

Basically speaking, CPA is more about accounting, especially for publicly traded entities's accounting issue.
It's about audit, tax, capital plan and budget etc. To get a CPA certificate, you must know how to do your journal entry, credit / debit,  and all kinds of accounts. You'd better have a good memory. It is not hard, but very tedious. Without patience, you'd better stay away from it.

If you ask old accountant, I believe no one will tell you he or she really love it.
What's more, normally they will tell you, they support their son's idea to shift concentration.

However, if you want to be a self-employer, I strongly recommend you get a CPA certificate.
With it, you could be more successful. No doubt about it.

CFA is totally different, it doesn't need solid foundation of accounting. You'd better qualified with the knowledge of banking, investment (share / debt), financial derivatives (CDOs, put, call, swap, future etc).
Normally speaking, it require you have a clear quantitative analysis capability.
That is saying, your SAS programming skill will give you a competitive edge.

Last but not the least, theoretically speaking, CFA could make more money than CPA.

In summary, CPA is nearer to our daily life (such as inventory, account receivable, equity etc);
CFA is more about abstract issue. Higher gain, higher risk.
No matter which one you choose, your English is a key to success.
Good luck.

SAA有这么重要吗~

既然是金融行业就是CFA吧，不知道楼主多大了呢 CPA在国内是第一块招牌 学金融当然是CFA啦 但是国内比较认CPA

你这等于没说啊，我看见过你的帖子，比我牛多了，年纪这么小就考过那么多了。。

CPA吧 CFA难度太大了

CPA，因为便宜。。。

cpa实用性高，sas可以和金融联系起来。建议先考cpa，之后转金融~~~

应该看你的职业发展规划吧 从我周围听说的例子来讲两个考试对将来发展的贡献没什么区别，关键在于你选择走哪条路
CFA更相关，接触面更广，个人认为Level I II难度尚可
也可以从CPA另辟蹊径，其实两者的基础是共通的，打好基础，再进入金融领域

有时候我们就是忘记了自己真正感兴趣的东西，有时候别人告诉你一个方向，自己实际上心里也是很认同的，只不过年少的自己没有想到。大家是不是也有这样的一段时光，茫然却充满斗志。仿佛未来触手可及，只等待一路的跋山涉水。加油。