8/27/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Webinar: What & What NOT To Say To Headhunters -- 9pm ET, 8/27/18
Financial Modeling Boot Camp – London, 8/28-8/30
Podcast: Wash Your Own Glass -- Mark Mullen -- 8/28/18
Rewind - HF Case: LECO – Shorting A Welding Manufacturer + Q&A – 12am ET, 8/31

Posts of the Week:

There And Back Again - A Banker's Tale by @THE PsYcHoLoGy". 48 SB’s.
Summer 2020 Recruiting Has Started.. (See Attached) by @champagnepaki". 7 SB’s.
What Is The Meanest Thing You've Ever Seen A Superior Tell A Subordinate In The Office by @REPE God". 14 SB’s.
Associates Who Started As Analysts: Why Did You Stay In IB? by @therealgekko". 8 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Something You Said In An Interview That Made You Want To Bitchslap Yourself? by @therealgekko". 52 comments.
Am I Screwed If I Don't Have An Offer For SA 2019? by @intlcomm". 52 comments.
What Is The Meanest Thing You've Ever Seen A Superior Tell A Subordinate In The Office by @REPE God". 57 comments.
Want A Promotion? by @DickFuld". 83 comments.
How Do You Spend Your Money Associates ? by @Moistheman". 50 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @lapike" in the post “Top Investment Banks In Each Industry 2018”. 41 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Isaiah_53_5". 1235, 2. @earthwalker7" 787, and 3. @Jamie_Diamond" with 678.

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
@Perfunctory" - Industry/Coverage - Business School

Private Equity
@Excelling" - Other - Investment Analyst
@Private_Equiteer" - LBOs - 2nd Year Associate

Asset Management
@Subutai Baghatur" - Equities - Research Associate

Research
@SomePleb" - Fixed Income - 1st Year Analyst

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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