Thanks. Good luck on L3. I found L3 the easiest but some people find it the hardest. I heard they changed it up dramatically from when I took it though. Back when I took it, the trick IMO was to just figure out the direction you wanted to go and stick to it. If you started overthinking your solution and doubting yourself such that you paused too long to think through things, you'd run out of time without any good responses. Just start writing and don't stop. I think they care more about how you got to your answer and the content within rather than about if you actually got the overall recommendation right.

The CFA didn't help me at all in my career though and I hear they're dumbing it down to make it easier for people to get. I work at RBC and hardly anyone even even knows what a CFA is. None know what an FRM is. I honestly feel like I just wasted time. It seems like only women and POCs get ahead in banking and if you're a white male you better be the biggest SJW cocksucker around. Men like me aren't welcome.