1/16/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy MLK day WSO!

Posts of the Week:

WSO Happy Hour: 7:30pm @5th and Mad: The New Year's Edition!, 1/19/2017

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

Real Estate Webinar -- 7pm ET, 1/18/2017
Private Equity Case Study -- 7pm ET, 1/22/2017

Posts of the Week:

Are you experienced? Thoughts on growing older by @Iabanker". 39 SB's.
2017 Management Consulted Salaries Out by @aspiringchimp". 31 SB's.
Off The Beaten Path: Commercial Banking to Private Equity (The Non-Traditional Route) by @LeveragedTiger". 23 SB's.
Some Thoughts on Bitcoin, Part 1 by @Eddie Braverman". 17 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Trump Business Plan by @JCI30". 166 comments.
What's your Top Stock Pick for 2017 by @PatrickStar120". 84 comments.
A fatalistic view on life: Why most, if not all, of your success is from luck by @LES". 58 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @aspiringchimp" in the post "Do BB bankers really make that much money when you adjust for the cost of living?".

Dawg, I made an active choice to leave IB and pursue consulting.
BTW - how many opportunities are there in VC/PE out of undergrad? You'll be doing bitch work, same as IB analyst. The best opportunities generally only hire after IB analyst years.
Same thing holds for EBs. And not everyone wants to pursue tech.
Also, arguing with some random college student from some shit state university on the internet that spells 'corporate' as 'corporative' is a waste of my time. See ya later.
Edit: WAIT, EVEN BETTER. I looked up your old threads and you're the moron from community college with a 2.8 GPA. Great story, still a moron.

Success Story of the Week:

My journey from no-name boutique to PE MF by @masters". 16 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @TNA" 1435, 2. @ aspiringchimp" 1030, and 3. @thebrofessor" with 1027.

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
@DebunkingMyths" - Industry/Coverage - Vice President
@centesimus" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@Wallstreetneversleeps" - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst
@thugnificent2123" - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst
@Chicado" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst

Sales & Trading
@Addax" - Commodities - Other

Asset Management
@joey joe joe shabadoo" - Fixed Income - 3rd+ Year Analyst

corporate finance
@cada" - Associate Director

Investment Advisor
@djtalon" - Portfolio Manager
@NassLaMenace" - Financial Representative

Real Estate
@MonopolyMoney" - Commercial - Broker

Other
@Arbitraging" - Other - Business School

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.