7/16/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Webinar: PE Case - Paper LBO Best Practices -- 9pm ET, 7/16/18
Podcast: ​How Billionaires Set Goals -- ​Geoff Woods -- 7/17/18
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- Toronto, 7/18-7/20
Rewind - PE Case: Valuing Integration Synergy In The Tech Space + Q&A – 12am ET, 7/19/18
WSO DC Meet Up: Sat July 21st, 1pm, Vapianos (All Ages)
Webinar: IB & Finance Resume Advice -- 9pm ET, 7/23/18

Posts of the Week:

Things Employers Tell Interviewees And What They Really Mean by @PrestigeCaller". 63 SB’s.
What Separates The Good From The Great In Private Equity? by @technocrat". 5 SB’s.
Salesforce: May The Force Be With You by @CuriousCharacter". 21 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

AMA: Managing Partner At A Options Trading Firm by @remylebeau1337". 80 comments.
The Zero Stress Life? by @Theaccountingmajor". 63 comments.
AMA: I Hate My Banking Job. Most Likely Transferring To Back Office. by @LateralMonkey". 63 comments.
"F-You, I Quit!" Burning Bridge On Way Out by @MichaelScarn". 53 comments.
Forego The Facial Hair? by @MichaelScarn". 45 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA: Managing Partner At A Options Trading Firm by @remylebeau1337". 12 SB’s.
AMA: Recent Graduate Starting At MBB Soon by @BigHoss23". 4 SB’s.
AMA: Leaving PE To Open Family Office by @Ed Chambers". 2 SB’s.
AMA: I Hate My Banking Job. Most Likely Transferring To Back Office. by @LateralMonkey". 14 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @APAE" in the post “What Separates The Good From The Great In Private Equity?”. 60 SB’s.

Success Story of the Week:

A Small Success Story, Huge Thanks To This Forum by @jamkub". 11 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @APAE". 856, 2. @Isaiah_53_5" 577, and 3. @TNA" with 544.

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. Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@hot1590" - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Analyst
@mergeandacquire" - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst

Sales & Trading
@CaughtShort" - Commodities - Trader

Corporate Finance
@1-800-Call-Saul" - 2nd Year Analyst

Corporate Development
@jrr2ok" - Manager

Other
@zPanda" - Other - Legal

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.