Monday @Mentions January 12, 2015

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming events:

3 webinars scheduled this week! Join us at 5pm et TODAY for a webinar entitled "Webinar: Networking in Europe", Tue 8pm et: "Non-Target School to BB IB", Wed 730pm et: "Career Switching - From Engineering to Banking - My Story"

Post of the Week:

Don't Be A CF by @"Jared Dillian". 12 SB's.

Q&A of the week:

Q&A: Investment Manager at Emerging Market by @"FUMoney", thanks for taking the time to answer all the questions!

Success story of the week:

Off The Beaten Path: Commercial Banking to Private Equity (The Non-Traditional Route) by @"LeveragedTiger"

Discussion Topic of the Week:

Where we are heading?, posted by @"mshiddensecret".

Troll of the Week:

In the market for a cat -- most prestigious breeds?, posted by @"fuhnancier".

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @"IlliniProgrammer" in reference to Jared Dillian's CF post about about the differences between being frugal vs cheap.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 7 days:

1. @"dickfuld" 126, 2. @"thebrofessor" 124, and 3. @"ssits" with 109

See where you rank //www.wallstreetoasis.com/userpoints/most-active-monkeys/7">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. As WSO Certified Users, they get i) 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value), ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless) and iii) a free ticket to attend the 2014 WSO Annual Conference in New York on June 28 ($200 Value!). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@kman062890 - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst

Private Equity
@re1098 - Growth Equity - 1st Year Analyst

Commercial Banking
@jmayhem - Manager
@OutrightOptions - 2nd Year Analyst

Investment Advisor
@Sleepy to EBITDA - Assistant Portfolio Manager

Corporate Development
@LBT - Manager

Consulting
@Yekrut - 2nd Year Associate
@6pence - 2nd Year Analyst

Real Estate
@JimboUSC - Commercial - 2nd Year Analyst

Other
@alargefox - 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.