4/16/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

UpcomingUpcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Webinar: Biotech/Pharma Consulting Case Study -- 9pm ET, 4/16/18
Podcast: Disrupting The GMAT -- Bhavin -- 4/17/2018
Webinar: Project Finance Case: American Chemical -- 8pm ET, 4/18/18
Webinar: BB TMT Associate - Week In The Life -- 7pm ET, 4/23/18

Posts of the Week:

RESCINDED FT Analyst Offer by @tomsmith23". 9 SB’s.
How Do You Deal With "Bad" Associate? by @blackishberry". 5 SB’s.
What Makes Someone A POOR Summer Analyst by @SirGrayWalrus". 6 SB’s.
The Joyous Process Of Hiring by @ThrowADart". 11 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

F*&King Analysts by @overpaid_overworked". 150 comments.
Why Would Anyone Go Into Consulting? by @Matthew". 83 comments.
RESCINDED FT Analyst Offer by @tomsmith23". 78 comments.
Why Doesn't Everyone Invest In Index Funds? by @mike ross". 71 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA - Commercial Banking Credit Risk SVP In Southeast USA by @MidasMulligan". 9 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @TechBanking" in the post “Most Ridiculous Or Inappropriate Fashion Attire You've Seen At Work Among SA”. 21 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @CRE". 1013, 2. @DickFuld" 950, and 3. @LReed" with 652.

See where you rank here.

New WSO Certified Users:

I wanted to take the space here to thank and congratulate the new Certified Users from the past week. Welcome to the club. Some of these are new members, but all have confirmed that they work in the indicated industry at the level selected on their profile. All Certified Users have a yellow star next to their usernames when posting in the forums, so you all know which sources you can trust the most. As WSO Certified Users, they get 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@jbh_banker" - Generalist - 3rd+ Year Associate
@BarksdaleEmpire" - Generalist - 1st Year Associate
@Alibabes56" - DCM - 1st Year Analyst
@TheCityBoy" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst

Private Equity
@TMoneyNY" - Other - Vice President
@Ryry" - Growth Equity - Investment Analyst

Consulting
@thegreen" - Consultant

Asset Management
@OGToucanSam" - Other - 1st Year Analyst

Corporate Finance
@Isaiah_53_5" - Manager
@matrotter43" - Other
@gator10" - Other

Risk Management
@svanzi" - 1st Year Associate

Other
@MBAmarathon" - Research - Other - 2nd Year Associate
@Bigbulge" - Other - Business School
@Keepondreaming69" - Other - 1st Year Associate

Are you a working professional and you're interested in joining the WSO Certified User club? E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] your username and send a link to your LinkedIn profile.

 

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