Monday @Mentions November 11, 2013

Thread of the Week:

Hat's off to @"Lone Wolf" for his outstanding thread on character titled Character: A valuable trait developed through adversity. A great message and extremely well-written, this post just went up Saturday night and has already garnered 8 Silver Bananas and 18 Facebook Likes. If you haven't read it, you should stop what you're doing and take a minute to do so now. I'll wait.

Comment of the Week:

A little snarky, but straightforward and to the point: in response to the @ios3504 thread "5th Year Top Trader at Top Energy Firm -- Ask Me Anything", @HFer_wannabe earned himself 4 Siver Bananas by pointing out, "Top traders don't call themselves top traders." Bazinga.

Honorable mention in the comment category goes to @"Simple As..." for the evocative imagery of his comment on the Goldman Improving Work Hours for Analysts thread where he observed, "This thread resembles a Tijuana back-alley abortion gone terribly awry." and to @NorthSider for his helpful response to the thread Basic Questions About PE Recruiting.

Guidance Counselor:

@"Singapore Sling" laid out some great advice on navigating the often murky waters of office politics in his thread "What I Learnt This Week – Navigating Office Politics", earning him 4 Silver Bananas. Definitely worth a read, as we could all probably use some help in this department.

Welcome to the Party:

Let's give a hearty WSO welcome to @Turney Duff for his inaugural thread "(Plan) B Student". The bestselling author of The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess picked up 3 Silver Bananas and an astounding 22 Facebook Likes with his first post on WSO. Welcome aboard, Turney!

The Little Engine that Could:

Mad props to @"In The Flesh" for celebrating the six-month anniversary of his passion project Head of Metal. He's done a really solid job over there despite how difficult it is to get a blog off the ground these days. Great job, man!

Most Active Monkeys:

@"Simple As..." had been a busy chimp over the past week, picking up 157 banana points. Also in triple digits for the week was @zeroblued with 117. Keep it up!

Caption Contest Winner:

Congrats to @DBCooper for the winning caption to this week's caption contest. Though I have to admit my personal favorite was from @sayandarula with, "That's the last time I hire R. Kelly for my daughter's pool party!"

That's it for this week, fellas. Keep up the great work and have a fantastic week!

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