7/9/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Webinar: IB Summer Recruiting 101 -- 9pm ET, 7/9/18
Podcast: ​​Lay Out The Options -- ​Fabrice Ginda -- 7/10/18
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

Posts of the Week:

Caught Interviewing And Asked To Leave by @wcfever". 7 SB’s.
Starting Post-MBA Megafund PE - Ask Me Anything (AMA) by @butcherer". 11 SB’s.
Non-Target To Bain/BCG Intern by @1600mPenn". 46 SB’s.
How Do I Deal With Baptism By Fire? by @notbad4aquant". 2 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Who Is On Mt Rushmore In The History Of Finance? by @famejranc". 70 comments.
What Are Your Favorite Documentaries? by @Asprbnker". 52 comments.
Thoughts On Drake Album? by @GoldmanRacks". 52 comments.
What Is Your Favorite Drink? by @BermudaLovesBusiness". 50 comments.
Is 50 Too Old To Break Into Wall Street? by @MichaelScarn". 46 comments.

AMA of the Week:

Starting Post-MBA Megafund PE - Ask Me Anything (AMA) by @butcherer". 11 SB’s.
AMA: From MO Risk At Big 5 Bank To Real Estate Debt by @takeawalkk". 7 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @TNA" in the post “15 Years Ago I Beat Up A Guy Pretty Badly And Now We Work At The Same Company.....”. 37 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @APAE". 723, 2. @Isaiah_53_5" 639, and 3. @G-I the pharma guy" with 600.

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
@IntlBaller" - Generalist - 3rd+ Year Associate
@nyy423" - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Analyst
@Lifestylemna" - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst
@wvu" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@butcherer" - LBOs - Vice President
@ilc22" - Growth Equity - 3rd+ Year Associate

Asset Management
@SeekingSpread" - Fixed Income - 2nd Year Associate

Corporate Finance
@Macronmania" - 1st Year Analyst

Corporate Development
@Investor1" - Manager

Real Estate
@Kurtis Blow" - Commercial -Director

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