WallStreetOasis.com Certified Users

Awesome, I just sent you an email

Cool, emailed as well.

This should be interesting. Some people may not see eye to eye on number 3. Thanks for implementing this WSO.

Hope that it turns out that way.

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I jest, I jest. Good idea WSO.

I don't know how I feel about giving my work address out there...

ideating...you are already certified based on your post history and quality.

i am somewhat iffy on giving out my work email as well but am an analyst at a top 5 BB in s&T. i think this is a great concept as i know when i was going through the process it was helpful to know who really knew their stuff vs college sophomores giving out bad advice.

keep up the good work.

Analyst at top 5 BB in IBD. Good idea, but still a little hesitant about giving out work email.

Am in the same boat as the above two posters, top BB in IBD. WSO, do you have any ideas about certifying those unwilling to give out the work email or do we just wait until you deem our posts worthy?

providing an email with your username will make it 100x easier on me but i understand.
i will delete the email you send to me from your work account as soon as i tag you as certified if that makes you feel any better.

if not, it just might take me a while to go through a lot of the threads and be able to truly deduce whether the person is a pretender or really in the industry. I also will not just be certifying you if you can prove you work in the industry. If you are immature and your posts are not helpful / constructive then you will also not receive certification. If you haven't gotten it yet, don't think that means that I don't value your contributions. Odds are, I haven't had a chance to read your posts yet (and you haven't provided me an email).

Also, if you have a job for next year or are a summer analyst, I cannot certify you. I will only be certifying members that have been in the industry for a at least 1 year, show a good understanding of that industry and are willing to share their knowledge with maturity.

Thank you for your patience.

I sent you an email as well.

********"Babies don't cost money, they MAKE money." - Jerri Blank********

...if I have a star now :-)

Great system. I'm in no position to get that magic star, but it'll help me know whose advice I can rely on.

do users in other fields besides banking, such as equity research, get certified as well, or is this tag exclusively for bankers? i had several years' experience in BB research before recently moving to private equity.

also, i'm not sure if your website tracks IP's and domain names, but if it does, isn't it pretty easy to see what firms people work at? this would make it a lot easier to verify the credibility of users without requiring them to divulge their contact information.

Worried about privacy. So if I can get certified w/o a work email, that would be great.

Thanks

what if ur an independent trader?

If you're an independent trader you're going to have to get certified through your post quality, maturity and helpfulness to others.

Excuse me...hahaha Drama aka untitled123 aka bapebanker let's look at his former posts and his history...

First he said he went to Princeton and was trading at a BB in FICC and up 24%.
and then in another post, he said he was a first year analyst
he also said he had a amex black card
he also works in private equity
he also is not a day trader and went to Ivey

Obviously the most qualified person on WSO
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So what do you do?
-I work for an investment banking firm.
Oh okay; you are like my brother, he works for Edward Jones.
-No, a college degree is required in my profession

This helps us new guys a lot