Monday @Mentions January 20, 2014

Post of the Week:

You guys really showed up to play this week, so there was a ton of quality competition for Post of the Week. Congrats to @"BlackHat" for grabbing the title with his post, "Learn From My Mistakes". Using his career arc as a template for advice to younger primates, this post earned him 24 Silver Bananas and 5 Facebook Likes. We've come to expect nothing less from him.

Comment of the Week:

The Comment of the Week was made by @"labanker" in the thread "My PE Recruiting Process", which itself won accolades this week. @"labanker"'s advice on how to get the most out of your model was spot on, and earned him 5 Silver Bananas. Bottom line: you'll never create the perfect model, but if you concentrate on the functional you'll create something that's actually useful.

Caption Contest Winner:

We actually have a tie for the first time in this week's Caption Contest. Both captions received 5 Silver Bananas. @"Dr. Shakalu" said of the Excel screen full of #REF's: "This looks like a Steelers fan's Twitter account...", and @"rufiolove" went into devious detail with: "Finished model. Check. Accepted immediate start offer. Check. Deleted one cell in circular calc. Check. Saved model and sent to the associate I hate the most in my group for him to review while in the Hamptons. Check. Phone straight to voice mail. Checkmate." Funny stuff, guys. Though I think after last night's game the 49er fans will be screaming about the refs louder than anyone.

Guidance Counselor:

The Guidance Counselor award this week goes to @"ThatIsNotMyName" for her aforementioned post "My PE Recruiting Process". She was extremely forthcoming with the details of where she was at in her career and in the PE recruiting process, and we all wish her the best of luck and look forward to regular updates on her progress. She earned 13 Silver Bananas and a Facebook Like for this gutsy post.

Lou Mannheim Award:

@"mikesswimn" wins our first ever Lou Mannheim Award for Excellence in Management for his thread, "7 Things I've Learned About Being a Manager". His excellent post on the care and feeding of minions pulled in 15 Silver Bananas and 21 Facebook Likes. Well done, sir.

Most Active Monkeys:

Now this is more like it. @"alyyas" led the pack this week with 200 banana points, while @"TNA" and @"Going Concern" brought up the rear with 141 and 103, 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:

Investment Banking
@Monopolisf – vice president, @heebbanker – 2nd year associate, @navyrugby – Investment Advisor – 1st year associate, @jpc100 – 3rd year analyst, @Consuming Goods – 1st year analyst

Private Equity
@PanAfricanBanker – 3rd year analyst, @big unit – 3rd year analyst

Hedge Fund
@on the road – Director, @Gondwana – 3rd year analyst

Consulting
@ric vans – consultant, @Doc_Holiday09 – consultant, @lifeofpurpose – manager, @jcspree23 – 3rd year analyst,

Real Estate
@notaspammer – 1st year analyst

Corporate Development
@HashtagCorpDev – manager, @offthewall – 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.

That's it for this week, monkeys. If you happen to have today off, smoke 'em if you got 'em. Otherwise, godspeed and get out there and make a killing.