5/8/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming WSO Meet Ups:

WSO Happy Hour - Paris: Fri, 19 May, 8:00pm @ Les Etages

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

Podcast: How to make the most out of B-School - Max Levenstein -- 5/9/17
Webinar: IB Deal Walkthrough - Public Company takes private LBO -- 5pm ET, 5/14/17
Webinar: REPE Modelling Teach In (Part 2) - Debt and Scenario Analysis -- 6pm ET, 5/15/17
Webinar: PE Case, Part 1 -- 5pm ET, 5/20/17
Webinar: REPE Modelling Teach In (Part 3) - Development Draw & Waterfall -- 3pm ET, 5/21/17
Rewind - Day in the Life of a Natural Gas Trader + Q&A – 12am ET, 5/23/17

Posts of the Week:

How have you helped your parents after you entered finance and are making $$$? by @Pizz". 24 SB’s.
The Art of Cheating Sleep by @kallester". 11 SB’s.
Here are the Target Undergraduate Schools in Canada by @thefinancekid". 9 SB’s.
How does one best fit pregnancy into a PE career by @IBDMagician". 8 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Mental Disorder called Liberalism by @jordan25". 166 comments.
Favorite Athlete by @M. Gustave”. 126 comments.
My hippie mom doesn't want me to go into IB by @Bankers Dozen". 107 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @theofficeguy" in the post “Do you guys wear you work clothes to bars or clubs?”.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @TNA" 1692, 2. @Frank Quattrone" 973, and 3. @Sil" with 766.

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
@Escobar Houdini” - Industry/Coverage - 3rd+ Year Analyst
@Sbux Run” - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Analyst
@Keyser Söze 123” - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Consulting
@StreetShark” - Associate Consultant

corporate finance
@kallester” - Corpfin - Other
@bobby hurley” - Corpfin - Othe

Real Estate
@Non-TargetRTK” - Commercial - 2nd Year Analyst

Other
@Conyak” - Other - 2nd Year Analyst
@WidespreadPanic90” - Other - Business School
@FinanceRob” - Other - Other

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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