Congratulations to Thebrofessor - 2018 WSO Member of the Year!

We're very happy to announce that WSO super-user @thebrofessor" was voted by you, the monkeys of WSO, as the 2018 WSO Member of the Year (see the poll results here). He is wise beyond his years and because of his posts offering up advice on careers, investing and just how to be a better human we're all a little smarter. He has been an extremely helpful user over the last five +years and his astounding 6,872 total silver bananas rank him as one of the all time greats. From all of us at WSO, THANK YOU for your contributions!

Also a big shoutout to the other nominees APAE, @brotherbear", @InfoDominatrix", and @Layne Staley". All of you have been a huge part of the community over the years and the site wouldn't be what it is without you guys.

If you're unfamiliar with Thebrofessor's greatness, here's a selection of some of his top posts and comments:

His top post from the last year: A Contrarian View - Raging Bull His all time top ranked comment TLDR - there is no TLDR, life is complicated, read the whole thing Dating advice for men in finance. How to host a party This is the greatest country on earth if you believe in capitalism

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thebrofessor congratulations! Let's celebrate with a party.

...at your house. C'mon, you can't post WSO hall-of-fame content about how to throw a party and then not back it up. APAE will bring the wine, I'll bring the steaks. I don't know what InfoDominatrix will bring, but I bet it'll be fun.

"Son, life is hard. But it's harder if you're stupid." - my dad
 

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Congrats thebrofessor.

I've been buried on a deal so haven't been online much lately.

Thanks to everyone for the nominations and kind words in the other thread, really appreciate it. I feel like this forum gave me a lot as I lurked during school, I try to give back where I can.

I am permanently behind on PMs, it's not personal.
 

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