Monday @Mentions November 23rd 2015

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: Consulting Case -- 5pm ET, 11/24/15
-Webinar: Consulting Case Seminar -- 12pm ET, 11/29/15

Upcoming webinar rewinds:
Consulting Case Seminar - Consumer Goods Retail Strategy -- 11/25/2015
Walkthrough of a Hedge Fund Short Sell Thesis - "You on Demand (Nasdaq: YOD)" -- 11/26/2015 Private Banking Wealth Management - Everything You Need to Know -- 11/29/2015

Post of the Week:

Banking vs. The Buy-side: 10.5 considerations by @geoffblades". 22 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Pokemon by @Dingdong08". 60 comments.

Where are you now versus where you thought you would be? by @networkyournetworth". 18 comments.

AMA of the Week:

A Day In The Life of a SaaS Sales Development Rep by @UTDFinanceGuy". 7 SB's.
AMA: S&T>>MBB by @Failure". 5 SB's.

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @DickFuld" in the post "You Can Now Rent A Mom".

Success Story of the Week:

Non-Targeted Southern School with No Connections, 2016 Capital Markets Analyst by @dj_clem". 2 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @DickFuld" 494, 2. @Dingdong08" 470, and 3. @CRE" with 464.

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) and ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@Zatopek- Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Associate
@hayjaykay” - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst
@Heights” - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst

Private Equity
@FCP4” - Growth Equity - 1st Year Analyst
@LSOMonkey” - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Associate

Hedge Fund
@prubens” - Other – CEO
@EmulatedBYJ” - Event Driven - Research Analyst

Sales & Trading
@Robb9” - Equities – Director
@monkeyshit” - Other - 1st Year Analyst
@ACD_Trader” - Other – Trader
@EmpiricalTrader” - Other – Trader

Consulting
@dmm001” – Other

Asset Management
@ErnstBlofeld” - Other - 3rd+ Year Associate
@GoldenEagle2009” - Equities - Investment Analyst
@Xaipe” - Other – Other

Equity Research
@gman5556” - 1st Year Associate

Other
@quester” - Other - 2nd Year Analyst
@greatlakes77 - Other – Other

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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