11/20/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Podcast: Investment Banking to Private Equity to Headhunting -- 11/21/17
Oil & Gas Industry Financial & Valuation Modeling - Houston, 11/29-12/01
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- Washington DC, 12/6-12/8
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- London, 12/6-12/8

Posts of the Week:

AMA: 1st Year Private Equity Analyst at a MF (KKR, BX, TPG, SLP, WP) by @thelifeofchimp". 7 SB’s.
Forbes 30 Under 30 2018 by @Ash Ketchum". 6 SB’s.
Top Fraternities on Wall Street by @gangstabanka". 7 SB’s.
Friendzoned by Your Job by @dan_yo23". 38 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Are you smiling in your LinkedIn picture? by @corneliustone". 62 comments.
Forbes 30 Under 30 2018 by @Ash Ketchum". 58 comments.
Being a father and a workaholic by @Hedgehog2017". 45 comments.
Is finance less attractive than it was years ago? by @Alessiod". 36 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA: 1st Year Private Equity Analyst at a MF (KKR, BX, TPG, SLP, WP) by @thelifeofchimp". 7 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @Isaiah_53_5" in the post “Being a father and a workaholic”. 39 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Lloyd BIankfein". 1365, 2. @AllStateRap" 1023, and 3. @CRE" with 824.

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
@BB_ennui" - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Associate
@Kinetic Friction" - Corporate Banking - 2nd Year Associate
@Global Trapstar" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Associate
@RobberBaron123" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Associate
@LifeOnTheBuySide" - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Analyst
@sjb498" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst

Venture Capital
@orangemarker" - 1st Year Associate

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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