7/23/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Webinar: IB & Finance Resume Advice -- 9pm ET, 7/23/18
Podcast: ​How To Get From BCG To Venture Capital At 500 Startups -- ​Sheel Mohnot -- 7/24/18
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- New York City, 7/25-7/27
Charlotte WSO Meetup, Thur July 26th, 6pm
Webinar: How To Be A Rockstar Analyst Or Associate -- 9pm ET, 7/30/18
Podcast: Driven By Mission -- Sheel Tyle -- 7/31/18

Posts of the Week:

You Know You Have "Made It" When ______ by @famejranc". 8 SB’s.
Q&A: I Hate My Banking Job. Most Likely Transferring To Back Office. by @LateralMonkey". 22 SB’s.
The Promised Land Of Private Equity Turned Out To Be A "Monster Land" by @Pantera". 8 SB’s.
"F-You, I Quit!" Burning Bridge On Way Out by @MichaelScarn". 4 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

You Know You Have "Made It" When ______ by @famejranc". 99 comments.
Do You Even Lift Bro? by @BermudaLovesBusiness". 88 comments.
What Is The Worst Book You've Ever Read? by @WhitePaper". 76 comments.
The Promised Land Of Private Equity Turned Out To Be A "Monster Land" by @Pantera". 68 comments.
Refusing To Party With Boss -- Bad Move? by @MichaelScarn". 57 comments.

Q&A of the Week:

I'm Currently An Equity Derivatives/Vol Trader: Q&A! by @ActuarialQuant". 9 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @buzzkillington" in the post “You Know You Have "Made It" When ______”. 85 SB’s.

Success Story of the Week:

Thank You (BB SA Offer) by @EventDriven". 2 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @APAE". 766, 2. @GoldenCinderblock" 558, and 3. @TNA" with 538.

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
@David Von Pattern" - Industry/Coverage - 3rd+ Year Associate
@yoruba123" - Corporate Banking - 3rd+ Year Analyst
@kd15" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@OrangeFlyer" - Other - 1st Year Analyst
@MagaMucci" - LBOs - 1st Year Analyst

Prop Trading
@ActuarialQuant" - 1st Year Analyst

Asset Management
@mid535" - Other - Director
@Yasuke" - Fixed Income - 3nd Year Analyst
@JT.Marlin" - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Venture Capital
@RelentlessAZ" - 3rd+ Year Associate

Real Estate
@gotmike" - Commercial - Managing Director
@Dick Whitman" - Commercial - 1st Year Associate
@InVinoVeritas" - Commercial - 1st Year Associate
@jayflip21" - Commercial - 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.