Monday @Mentions July 27th 2015

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming events:

Los Angeles Happy Hour for Real Estate Professionals (and others) -- July 30, 6:30PM, posted by @The Duke of Wall Street".

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: Fixed Income Universe -- 7pm ET, 7/27/15
-Webinar: MSF to banking transition -- 7pm ET, 7/28/15
-Webinar: Building a Career in Fintech (from a Finance background) -- 7pm ET, 7/29/15
-Webinar: How WSO Saved My Life (And How YOU Can Start A Business On The Side To Eventually Quit Your Job) -- 8pm ET, 7/30/15

Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):

How to Prep for a PE Megafund Interview, 7/27/2015
The Boutique vs. Bulge Bracket IBD experience, 7/28/2015
Former Goldman intern program manager discusses how to make the most of your summer internship, 7/29/2015
Transitioning from the military to a top MBA, 7/30/2015
How to survive the trading floor as a junior in a dying market 8/1/2015
How to become a Certified Financial Planner, 8/2/2015

Post of the Week:

2016 Summer Analyst IB Recruiting Timeline Megathread, by@wallstreethopeful17" 8 Silver Bananas

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Ever Want to Just Say "F*@k it" and Move to Thailand? by @jankynoname". 39 comments and counting.

Target HIGH SCHOOLS for iBanking colleges by @IHOP or Ibank". 51 comments and counting.

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @SSits" in the post "Ever Want to Just Say "F*@k it" and Move to Thailand?".

I've seen a lot of people who moved to Thailand with this in mind. Usual life path:

1. Marry a local Thai lady
2. Buy property in Thai lady's name (as foreigners generally can't own property in Thailand)
3. Get fat, smoke too much pot
4. Have child with Thai wife
5. Get shaken down by Thai wife's family for money (this can happen at multiple stages)
6. Thai wife gets sick of your shit, family tries to shake you down more for what little cash you have left
7. Thai wife and/or family kills you
8. Thai police make half-hearted attempt to investigate

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Dingdong08" 348 , 2. @DickFuld" 314, and 3. @jgsantos" with 300

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 i) 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value) and ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@illiquidinvestments" - Industry/Coverage - Assistant Vice President
@saconsult3" - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst
@Sunny45" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@AngryMonkey" - Growth Equity – Principal
@TKMonster" - Growth Equity - 3rd+ Year Associate
@so1id" - Other – Other
@Boreed" - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Sales & Trading
@humble grasshopper" - Fixed Income - Junior Trader
@dcrowoar "- Other - 1st Year Analyst

Prop Trading
@PropMM" - Prop Trading

Equity Research
@boom2014" - 1st Year Associate
@Porkbelly" - 1st Year Associate
@nutella" - 1st Year Associate
@PaulAllenIsInLondon" - 1st Year Associate
@Mr. Skilling" - 1st Year Analyst

Commercial Banking
@UCB1991" - 1st Year Analyst

corporate finance
@NZH" - 3rd+ Year Associate

Corporate Development
@all_in" - Other

Accounting
@Ehh and Why" - Audit - 2nd Year Associate
@romborama" - Other - 2nd Year Associate
@CPA85" - Audit – Other

Other
@Ace Rothstein" – Other - Other
@xelink" – Other - Other
@UTDFinanceGuy" - Other - Manager

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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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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