5/7/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

UpcomingUpcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Webinar: Specific Tips To Improve Your Networking (Email, Linkedin, Phone, In-Person Etc) -- 7pm ET, 5/7/18
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- Boston, 5/8-5/10
Podcast: ​How To Make Money On The Side In Real Estate -- Mark -- 5/8/2018
WSO New York Happy Hour: Friday, 5/11, 7:00pm @5th And Mad
Webinar: Private Equity Investment Opportunity Case Study -- 9pm ET, 5/14/18
Podcast: Making A Career Out Of What Makes You Happy -- Jordan Taylor Wright -- 5/15/18
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- Chicago, 5/15-5/17
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- New York City, 5/16-5/18
WSO Salt Lake City Meet Up - Thur May 17th, 6pm, Lake Effect

Posts of the Week:

Morgan Stanley Plans To Boost Junior Banker Pay As Much As 25% by @AdjustedEBITDA". 4 SB’s.
Riches To Rags Stories by @Mostly Random Dude". 11 SB’s.
A Controversial “Portfolio Theory” Of Career Planning by @Feinstein". 37 SB’s.
Best/Cool/Interesting Bars By City by @G-I the pharma guy". 10 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Deutsche Bank Offer by @pton2020". 94 comments.
Riches To Rags Stories by @Mostly Random Dude". 94 comments.
Favorite Steakhouse And Cut Of Steak? by @NineONine". 68 comments.
Salary Progression For F500 by @scaredmoneydontmakemoney". 51 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @OkComputer" in the post “When To Announce Internship LinkedIn”. 28 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Isaiah_53_5". 1141, 2. @DickFuld" 778, and 3. @TNA" with 714.

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
@altoidsc" - Mergers and Acquisitions - Business School
@straightnochaser" - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Analyst
@Teller" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@BBnkr10" - LBOs - 2nd Year Associate

Asset Management
@Abhizzy" - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Other
@jhd311" - Other - Other
@CeilingAvenue" - Other - 1st 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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