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 | As the community continues to grow and evolve, let's try to keep it at least somewhat civil, useful and entertaining.
To that end, here are a few items to keep in mind as you participate in the community:
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<li>Please do your best to avoid starting a thread on a topic... Message Board Rules and Netiquette | 0 | 6 years 9 weeks ago by WallStreetOasis.com | n/a |
| Please read in the <a href="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/wso-user-guidelines">WSO User Guidelines</a> in detail before posting to... WSO User Guidelines | 0 | 45 weeks 3 days ago by WallStreetOasis.com | n/a |
 | An investment banker was taking a few days off near a small coastal Mexican village, where he came upon a fisherman............
The banker complimented the fisherman on his catch, and was astonished to learn that it didn't take long for the fisherman to complete his daily work. The banker... Keeping Perspective... | 14 | 7 years 5 weeks ago by BananaMan | 1 year 2 weeks ago by Anacott_CEO |
| Anybody still awake? I think I'm going to be in the office for another few hours and I could use some fast food -- late night pick up window from Wendy's would hit the spot. frosty, triple decker and fries to clog the... Latenight Window | 5 | 7 years 4 weeks ago by nychimp | 1 year 3 weeks ago by MrBroadway |
 | So it was 3:30am, I had to be at the airport by 6:30am and my model was #Reffing out as usual. My associate starts jumping up and down like a lunatic behind me because we haven't even started printing the 35 pitch books...even though he was the one that messed up the model in the first place... Sometimes You Just Can't Win | 18 | 7 years 2 weeks ago by Anonymous Monkey | 6 years 28 weeks ago by LotsofVodka |
| when I do actually get to go to sleep, I wake up in the morning completely disoriented. I stand in front of the mirror at my bathroom sink trying to muster up the energy to either shave or turn on the shower. I can never remember if I've already done one or the other but eventually I drag... My Life | 94 | 7 years 2 weeks ago by mylifeishell | 2 years 24 weeks ago by consulting_rookie |
| <p>I came across this <a href="http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/articles/041705_buzzwords.html">funny article</a> in the Boston Globe a while back about all the annoying buzzwords people throw around the office.</p>
<blockquote>If terms like... Which office buzzwords do you hate? | 228 | 7 years 1 week ago by bostonape | 14 weeks 1 day ago by joeiz |
| I'm sure many of you can... Brokeback Bankers | 26 | 7 years 3 days ago by sircarnegie | 6 years 29 weeks ago by LotsofVodka |
| I'm a senior in high school, and I'm deciding on a career.
Obviously, money is a big priority for me, but if I-banking is really that bad it doesn't seem worth it.
Anybody in the business currently, if you have any comments, please... Is I-Banking really worth it? | 89 | 7 years 2 days ago by getcrunk123 | 3 years 44 weeks ago by ourdirty2 |
| We all know making pitch books is one of the necessary evils of analyst life. The endless editing, thankless work and useless data sent to clients, often never even read or realized to be irrelevant halfway through a client meeting.
Tell us your best... Pitch Book stories | 31 | 6 years 43 weeks ago by SmartBanker | 6 years 5 weeks ago by sashimi |
| The Pursuit of Happyness
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thepursuitofhappyness/
It is the true story of Christopher Gardner. I am still reading the book, and it is very inspirational.
Here is his website if you are interested in learning more about... Good Movie Coming Out | 11 | 6 years 40 weeks ago by Pumpkin1621 | 2 years 6 weeks ago by heister |
| This one's out on the left field but, how many people here, actually thought that Patrick Batemen* (If thats how you spell his name) Character fitted in with people you know?! (I mean apart from the killing spree etc) Shit it reminds me of me that film just without the nail gun and... American psycho | 5 | 6 years 40 weeks ago by Pickels | 6 years 32 weeks ago by PrivateInvestor |
| summer interning at a BB, basically spent the summer asking for modelling experience, kept getting corp fin stuff (read: make pretty pages) and wondering wtf was going wrong. finally found out that it was deliberate pigeonholing, trying to force me into corp fin.
this colors my whole view of the... pigeonholed | 10 | 6 years 40 weeks ago by morsecode | 6 years 27 weeks ago by citi_banker_06 |
| I read a story in Michael Lewis' "Liar's Poker" about an interview for an i-banking position in which the interviewer started off by telling the anxious candidate to open the window. The only problem was that they were on the 43rd floor of a building, and all the windows were... Mindgames during interviews | 93 | 6 years 39 weeks ago by nureddin | 4 years 39 weeks ago by TT_Lambo |
| Shit, I kind of feel guilty now. Before you all get on your high horse, she isn't married. She came over to drop off some food for my roommate, but my roommate is out of town. It was her first time at the apartment, so I gave her a tour. (First time I met her too). She started complementing me... just had sex with roommate's mother, taking questions | 17 | 6 years 38 weeks ago by zala rules | 10 weeks 4 days ago by MogulintheMaking |
| of Bloomberg... Gosh, she is simply stunning! An extremely beautiful woman... I always look forward to her Bloomberg's reports!
Just to let you guys know... Lori Rothman | 8 | 6 years 37 weeks ago by IBAspirant | 6 years 10 weeks ago by Seanc |
| Would this turn into a horror story since a lot of students get married during the last years of their undergraduate education?... Being married and an investment banker? | 16 | 6 years 36 weeks ago by RogueBanker | 6 years 20 weeks ago by Cornelius |
| I'm just kinda curious. What was his first job at Drexel?
Ben Stein's book basically says he doesn't know and there are varying reports, ranging from IT work to operations to risk management. None of the above sound right.
Somewhere else I read that he started in operations... Michael Milken's first job out of Wharton: What was it? | 4 | 6 years 36 weeks ago by zala rules | 6 years 30 weeks ago by zfreshjive |
| Great story line, entertainment wise on leveragebuyout.com
If only networks would actually make such a show, i'm sure an audience would be there. It could actually be very similar to Entourage...which is by far one of the best shows out... Murray's Hill | 8 | 6 years 35 weeks ago by Amsterdam | 6 years 25 weeks ago by tuneman |
| God i hate this guy....granted he is charismatic...but i just can't stand him....
Talk about just regurgitating the news of the day in a different form...
One day if i have the chance of visiting CNBC studio, first thing i do;
Say hello to Maria Bartiromo...a real turn on...smart... Mad Money Cramer | 27 | 6 years 35 weeks ago by Amsterdam | 6 years 9 weeks ago by iilovepiink |
| what are investment banker hangout places in the... Places to go out in NY | 13 | 6 years 34 weeks ago by clebeda | 6 years 12 weeks ago by Back That Asset Up |
| How many bankers does it take to put in a... How many bankers? | 4 | 6 years 32 weeks ago by zzz888 | 5 years 50 weeks ago by mg61 |
| I just farted in my... Farting | 9 | 6 years 32 weeks ago by zzz888 | 9 weeks 5 days ago by John Daggett |
| And don't everyone pick Enzo Ferarri just because it costs a lot.... So whats your dream car? | 86 | 6 years 32 weeks ago by aspiringmonkey | 6 years 9 weeks ago by WanganRunner |
| and at what time do you get your first i-bank... in wich university you've been graduated? | 13 | 6 years 32 weeks ago by motorhead | 6 years 23 weeks ago by steve0 |
