Monday @Mentions May 25, 2015

Happy Memorial Day WSO!

Upcoming events:

Webinar: Banking Fit Interviews (Analysts / SA's / Associates) -- 730pm ET, 5/27/15
Webinar: Growth Equity as an Asset Class -- 530pm ET, 5/28/15

Post of the Week:

Is your CEO worth his (her) pay? The Pricing and Valuing of Top Managers! by @Aswath Damodaran". 8 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

The weak post-MBA finance job market by @MBAGrad2015". 117 comments and counting.

"Wife Bonuses" - Allowances of the Upper East Side by @CRE". 57 comments and counting.

My review of online dating sites by @MBAGrad2015". 85 comments and counting.

Worst Interview Experience? by @Bert_Breakfast". 50 comments and counting.

Know Anyone Involved In A Scam? by @CRE". 48 comments and counting.

Q&A of the Week:

 Q&A Discretionary Hedge Fund Trader by @derivstrading". 5 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @DickFuld" 523, 2. @Dingdong08" 506, and 3. @CRE" with 391

See where you rank 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
@DiggsRTC - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst

Equity Research
@abrakadabra - 2nd Year Analyst

Real Estate
@waynetsa - Other – Partner
@23mich - Other - General Manager
@SoutheastEquity - Commercial - 1st 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.

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