Happy Monday all. Here are this week's @Mentions,
Upcoming events:
We're hosting a webinar this Wednesday 7pm et entitled "Webinar: Stock Pitch Preparation for a hedge fund interview + Q&A". More info here.
Also @"in the flesh" and the NYC crew are hosting a happy hour Friday eve at 48 lounge, more info here
Post of the Week:
The Official 2014 Summer Internship Feedback Thread - obviously for the comments not the op, add to the discussion if you haven't already!
This post by the professor @"aswath damodaran", and this post by @"Jared Dillian" are also worth a read.
Discussion Topic of the Week:
Cities with the Best Cost of Living / Work Life Balance in Finance posted by @"thomas1282", 103 comments and counting.
Comment of the Week:
This comment posted by @"DingDong08" in the thread "How has the money changed you?"
Most Active Monkeys in the past 7 days:
1. @"thebrofessor" 150, 2. @"Dingdong08" 119, and 3. @"notthehospitalER" with 91
See where you rank here.
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 i) 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value), ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless) and iii) a free ticket to attend the 2014 WSO Annual Conference in New York on June 28 ($200 Value!). Without further ado:
Investment Banking
@MJK - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst
@Discounted Cash Bro - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst
Hedge Fund
@evilmindbulgaria - Other - 1st Year Analyst
Equity Research
@haanil - 2nd Year Analyst
@Braininajar - 1st Year Analyst
corporate finance
@hungaroe - Vice President
@elmsley4 - Other
Consulting
@-E- - Consulting - Associate Consultant
@the_stig – Other
Asset Management
@CZtrader - Equities - 1st Year Analyst
Investment Advisor
@Grayson - 3rd+ Year Analyst
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.
