12/25/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming WSO Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Podcast: Drugs, fear, focus and taking a punch – leaving a trading job at RBC to be a MMA fighter -- Rolly -- 1/2/18
Webinar: Hedge Fund Case: Nintendo -- 7pm EST, 1/10/18
WSO Houston Happy Hour: Wednesday 1/10/18, 7:00pm. Bovine and Barley

Posts of the Week:

Any Others Dealing With Competitiveness Among Associates / Cut Throat Office Culture? by @Private_Equiteer". 12 SB’s.
AMA - F500 Director of FP&A by @accountingbyday". 11 SB’s.
AMA: Emerging markets investment analyst by @models_and_bottles". 9 SB’s.
To what extent do you tell family / friends about your salary? by @moobybutts". 12 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg condemns GOP tax bill: CEOs like me "don't need the money" by @Prospera", 63 comments.
Best Non-Wharton/Stern Schools for BB Investment Banking by @mediumrare_. 63 comments.
Is Traditional Finance Dead? by @Lawrence-Yan". 47 comments.
Anyone seen Star Wars The Last Jedi? How was your experience? by @Passionate Investor. 48 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA - F500 Director of FP&A by @accountingbyday". 11 SB’s.
AMA: Emerging markets investment analyst by @models_and_bottles". 9 SB’s.
AMA: I got into two T10 MBA programs with a 3.0 GPA by @little-monkey". 17 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @BananaCrazy3620" in the post “How I plan to be an exceptional Summer Analyst next year”. 45 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Dances with Dachshunds". 929, 2. @ Isaiah_53_5" 653, and 3. @thebrofessor" with 624.

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
@Tycho Brahe" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Associate

Private Equity
@zMaverick" - LBOs - 1st Year Associate

Hedge Fund
@roversam" - Other - Director

Equity Research
@sl55amg" - 1st Year Associate

Real Estate
@BlueDevilCRE" - Commercial - Research 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.