Monday @Mentions - December 9, 2013

Thread of the Week:

This week's top thread was more educational in nature, with @chipmunkmonkey letting us know what lingo we need to know for PE and VC right here. Not the most inspirational piece we've ever had, but definitely useful.

Comment of the Week:

Comment of the Week this week goes to @BTBanker for his entry into the caption contest "Pink shirt: "The fuck...this isn't decaf"" which earned a record 7 SBs for a caption contest submission.

Guidance Counselor:

@"Jared Dillian" wins this week with his article on sticking with the winners as a trader. Thanks again for the thoughts...

Honorable Mention:

@"300 Hours" had a fantastic post this week titled, 8 Easily Avoidable Mistakes that Candidates Makes at Every CFA Exam. Hopefully you all read this BEFORE the actual exam...

Most Active Monkeys:

@"Simple As..." set the pace again over the past week with an healthy 283 banana points! @Dickfuld and@happypantsmcgee rounded out the top three with 185 and 145 bananas, respectively

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 and access to the private Certified User chat room. Without further ado (list coming tomorrow!:

Investment Banking
@KingEastwood – 1st year analyst, @vovka – 1st year analyst, @SonnyCrockett – 2nd year analyst (DCM), @peinvestor2012 – 3rd year associate

equity research
@SFTechUES – 1st year associate

private equity
@Generals2 – 2nd year associate. @Billy Beane – operating partner

Hedge Funds
@mhy129 - quant

Consulting
@kadgeratnum – 2nd year analyst

Sales & trading
@Omer Rosen - retired

corporate finance
@Jamess1 – 1st year analyst

Asset Management
@EuropeanBob - 1st year associate, @justin88 – portfolio manager

Corporate Development
@Bodhis – 2nd 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.

That's it for this week, monkeys! Keep up the great work, and have a fantastic week out there!