Monday @Mentions February 1st 2016

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming events:

WSO Happy Hour, now in Jakarta, 2/4/2016, posted by @Robertindo"

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: Hedge Fund Investment Pitch -- 9pm ET, 2/1/16
-Webinar: Investment Management Interview Case Study -- 5pm ET, 2/2/16

Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):

Consulting Case Seminar + Q&A, 2/4/2016
Developing a short thesis - Weight Watchers/WTW Stock, 2/5/2016

Posts of the Week:

Advice from an ex-IB MD: How to have a great career and a good life by @wilowallstreet". 29 SB's.
Brief Introduction to Banking Recruiting at the MBA Level by @TechBanking2016". 15 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

What exactly is "pure" strategy? by @cinderella". 23 comments.

Associate back to Analyst by @pe_re24". 20 comments.
Path to Becoming a Real Estate Developer by @Gino-Bautista". 19 comments.

Q&As of the Week:

Interview with a Forecasting Analyst by @Angelz629". 5 SB's.
Q&A - Quant / Actuary turned future MBA student by @vanillathunder". 1 SB.

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @modestlocke9" in the post "Most Frat Bank?".

Probably Lehman because they got kicked off campus

Success Story of the Week:

Coming to America - A Canadian in New York (Q&A) by @TorontoMonkey1328". 11 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @DickFuld" 559, 2. @Dingdong08" 507, and 3. @CRE" with 337.

See where you rank here.

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