Feeling empowered

Recently received 10+ silver bananas on a thread—feeling extremely empowered now. Is this more prestigious than landing a spot in Goldman TMT?

There’s nothing better than seeing that ‘Silver Banana Alert’ after a 16-day at the office. Many people relate to the jargon acquired in IB which makes me think…you know maybe IB is paradise (until content erodes).

Looking to gather thoughts on the ‘Hall of Fame’ of replies and topics. What is the most silver bananas / money shits every received? Do we need to evolve from the ‘Congrats on ____’ / Top BB - GS/MS/UBS or will this always be hilarious?

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Wow just realizing now there's a leaderboard for bananas. Curious if any posters here have a higher cumulative number of bananas though

Who's the REAL wolf of wso?

 

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