6/05/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

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

Webinar: Get Accepted to Top B-Schools with Low Stats -- 7pm ET, 6/6/17 Webinar: IB Case: JuiceCo (Part 2) - Business Plan and Modeling of Valuation Techniques -- 12pm ET, 6/7/17 Rewind - IB Case: Assisting a potential buyer to draft an investment committee presentation + Q&A – 12am ET, 6/7/2017

Posts of the Week:

From BO to IBD, kid gets fired on the first week. by @gridironceo". 53 SB’s. Investment Banking in the UK - An Overview by @Asatar". 41 SB’s. From 100 Plus Rejections, To Accepting A Great Offer by @Wu_Tang Financial". 36 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Week 4 of IBD Internship: Initiation by @moneymogul". 37 comments. How much physical cash do you/should you have on hand? by @MonacoMonkey". 43 comments. Paris Climate Agreement Discussion by @dr_mantistoboggan_MD". 31 comments. How to Spend the Next Year in IB to Prepare for PE by @Nitemare423". 21 comments.

AMA of the Week:

Finished 1st Year at HBS - Ask Me Anything (AMA) by @Deo et Patriae". 13 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @Attack_Chihuahua" in the post “From BO to IBD, kid gets fired on the first week." 62 SB’s.

Success Story of the Week

From 100 Plus Rejections, To Accepting A Great Offer by @Wu_Tang Financial". 36 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

  1. @Obi Gone Kenobi" 1039, 2. @FratLord" 880, and 3. @Sil" with 810.

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 @dyba09" - Public Finance - 1st Year Associate @packmate" - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst @gridironceo" - Generalist - Other

Hedge Fund @Macro Bruin" - Macro - Other

Asset Management @CaptainJapan" - Other - Portfolio Manager

corporate finance @jwuzy" - 3rd+ Year Analyst @BayAreaBro" - 2nd Year Analyst

Corporate Development @Window View" - 2nd Year Analyst

Risk Management @Cov" - Quant

Accounting @Jumped-up country boy" - Audit - 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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