Monday @Mentions December 29, 2014

Happy Monday WSO!

Posts of the Week:

Three great posts worth checking out:

A Story of Persistence: If I Can Make It, You Can Too by @"madmoney15", 12 sb's.

Sales - debunking MYTHS (From a veteran) by @"Disjoint". 5 SB's.

Money: Master the Game by @"Deconstructing Excellence". 5 SB's.

Q&A of the week:

I'm a London-based Distressed Debt Analyst - Q&A by @"vulture-fund2015", 4 sb's.

Discussion Topic of the Week:

How to Get Over Burnout, 41 comments and counting, posted by @"Stripstrapoption"

Comment of the Week:

Lol, this comment posted by @"snatch" in the thread "Women in the Workplace: How do you Guys Deal?". 13 total SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 7 days:

1. @DickFuld 92, 2. @Matrick 83, and 3. @dabears92 with 79

See where you rank //www.wallstreetoasis.com/userpoints/most-active-monkeys/7">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 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
@UtilitiesBanker - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Analyst
@gwu3 - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst
@MadMoney15 - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Risk Management
@nkhanlegend - 1st Year Analyst

Hedge Fund
@Cries - Other - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Consulting
@Dr. Jim Taylor - - Consultant

Other
@Alistair-Clark
@Learn Signal

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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