10/16/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming WSO Meet Ups:

WSO San Francisco Meetup, Oct 21st, 5pm, Novela
Singapore Chapter WSO Networking Event, Oct 26th, 7pm, The Bank Bar

Upcoming Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

New York City - Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- Oct 18th-20th, 2017
Podcast: The Path from Banking to Google -- Sameer-- 10/24/2017
Rewind - IB Case: JuiceCo (Part 2) - Business Plan and Modeling of Valuation Techniques + Q&A – 12am ET, 11/1/2017

Posts of the Week:

MSF Class of 2019 by @TNA". 17 SB’s.
AMA - I Work at Strategy&. Consulting by @StrategyAndWhat". 17 SB’s.
Blackstone / PJT Exit Opps by @kingmark21". 21 SB’s.
Bluffing a Job Offer by @C.R.E. Shervin". 3 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

MSF Class of 2019 by @TNA". 146 comments.
Marine Officer/Aviator Ask Me Anything by @flewbye". 61 comments.
Goals - What are yours? by @Dabears50". 55 comments.
The worth of an Ivy League (Penn in particular) over other schools by @Calpheon". 50 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA - I Work at Strategy&. Consulting by @StrategyAndWhat". 17 SB’s.
Marine Officer/Aviator Ask Me Anything by @flewbye". 7 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @Keyser Söze 123" in the post “Goals - What are yours?”. 18 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @WallStreetOasis.com", 2584, 2. @TNA" 941, and 3. @Dances with Dachshunds" with 855.

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
@ap2A_8" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@10x Leveraged" - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst
@QF 2 IB" - Industry/Coverage -Trader

Hedge Fund
@RepThyBananas" - Other - Director
@Patrick Batman" - Other - 2nd 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.

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