6/4/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Podcast: There Is No Success Without Compassion -- Dale Godboldo -- 6/5/18
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- Washington DC, 6/5-6/7
Webinar: Hedge Fund Case: Nintendo -- 9pm EST, 6/11/18
Podcast: Be A Doer -- Chris Powers -- 6/12/18

Posts of the Week:

The Banker's Guide To Watches by @G-I the pharma guy". 20 SB’s.
About To Graduate From HBS - Ask Me Anything (AMA) by @Deo et Patriae". 10 SB’s.
The Future Of Deutsche Bank? by @student8459". 5 SB’s.
1st Year MM PE Analyst - Ask Me Anything (AMA) by @swordfish". 7 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

College Kiddos Are Disillusioned By College Degrees -- Surprise? by @Appley". 93 comments.
The Banker's Guide To Watches by @G-I the pharma guy". 79 comments.
About To Graduate From HBS - Ask Me Anything (AMA) by @Deo et Patriae". 77 comments.
Starting Small Futures Trading Shop by @TheorPhysicist". 71 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @REPE God" in the post “Pitching A Short For The Stock Of A Bank You Are Interviewing With”. 37 SB’s.

Success Story of the Week:

Where Would You Be Without WSO? by @X2". 5 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Isaiah_53_5". 1202, 2. @Mostly Random Dude" 580, and 3. @APAE" with 451.

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:

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

Sales & Trading
@PJM2ERCOT" - Commodities - Vice President
@ucb_kid" - Other - 1st Year Analyst
@Tryna Trade" - Other - 1st Year Analyst

Asset Management
@technoviking" - Fixed Income - Other
@breeshbroosh" - Fixed Income - 2nd Year Analyst

Other
@i hate audit" - 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.

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