8/13/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Webinar: Hedge Fund Case: Event Driven Credit Investing -- 9pm ET, 8/13/18
FP&A Technical Mastery – New York City, 8/14-8/16
Rewind - Hedge Fund Case - Euronet, Going Long + Q&A – 12am ET, 8/14/2018
Podcast: Mr. Opportunity -- Keith Wasserman -- 8/14/18
WSO DC Meet Up: Tue Aug 14th, 7pm, Vapianos (18+)
Financial Modeling Boot Camp -- San Francisco 8/15-8/17
WSO Seattle Meetup: Thur 8/16, 6-8pm, Fado Irish Pub

Posts of the Week:

Lmao Tesla by @BobTheBaker". 14 SB’s.
AMA: Just Finished Managing 3 Summer Analysts by @GoingToBeAnMD". 23 SB’s.
AMA: 3rd Year Hedge Fund Analyst by @ActiveShare". 12 SB’s.
Intern Asks For 2 Weeks Of Vacation Time? by @FierceFalcon". 16 SB’s.
Craziest Travel Story by @LeveredBetaBoy". 16 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Lmao Tesla by @BobTheBaker". 14 SB’s.
AMA: Just Finished Managing 3 Summer Analysts by @GoingToBeAnMD". 101 comments.
Craziest Travel Story by @LeveredBetaBoy".. 67 comments.
Wells Fargo Summer 2019 by @illini-banking". 65 comments.
One Person You'd Like To Grab A Coffee With? by @GingerGuy". 91 comments.
What Cities Will Be The Top Places To Live In The Next 5-10 Years? by @greekmyth". 67 comments.
What Is Your Magic Retirement $ Number? by @MichaelScarn". 79 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA: Multiple Non-Core Colleges > BB > All Over (Mega Fund / MM / Elite Botique) by @ElBeElSimpson". 7 SB’s.
AMA: 3rd Year Hedge Fund Analyst by @ActiveShare". 12 SB’s.
AMA: Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma Consultant With Biomedical Background by @G-I the pharma guy". 3 SB’s.
AMA: Non-Target Sub 3.0 GPA -> VC, M&A, PE Internships by @omegalul". 6 SB’s.
AMA: Just Finished Managing 3 Summer Analysts by @GoingToBeAnMD". 23 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @GoldenBananas" in the post “Explain Your Job To A Child”. 25 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Isaiah_53_5". 909, 2. @Jamie_Diamond" 680, and 3. @JohnnyLlamma45" with 641.

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
@drosen25" - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst
@Losing Interest" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Asset Management
@Kurtz83" - Other - 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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