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+4 Unpaid interns 4 3y
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+1 Political Campaigning While In IB? 5 3y
0 MUFG Rundown 1 3y
0 IBKR API? 1 3y
+13 CorpDev --> IB specific case 3 3y
+16 Your thoughts on long-term planning 2 3y
0 Portable Triple Monitors, Reviews? 1 3y
+2 Am I F*k?! 3 3y
+30 Backpacking / Solo Travel 48 3y
0 Single senior bankers 1 3y
+16 When were you when CS dies? 4 3y
+10 Florida Monkeys - Is Florida still growing? 21 3y
+35 When to cut off a friend? 17 3y
0 Congratulations to Credit Suisse on their unicorn exit to UBS! 4 3y
+7 Tech Sales vs IB Salary Progression 5 3y
+22 I got scammed by a matchmaker service 18 3y
+84 Golf Clubs 35 2y
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+23 Most Prestigious Frats & Sorodities 10 3y
+157 What topic do you have a contrarian view on? 128 3y
+80 When to move-in together 74 3y
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+52 Is my life-plan dumb? 24 3y
+3 Random Silver Bananas and Monkey Shit 1 3y
+3 Delete 1 3y
+94 Why you don't want to be rich? 29 3y
+47 Ruining my chances with a college minor? 19 3y
+16 We Americans don't party 21 3y
+13 Unlimited FDIC coverage 9 3y
+1 Massive Dilemma: Uchicago Vs. Cornell Vs. UVA 3 3y
+67 Is Quant Finance Halal? 26 2y
+9 Best Neighborhoods for San Francisco SA 1 3y
+50 Cattle Contracts with 15% Return -- Anyone Do This? 25 2y
+9 London - Looking for Roommate (Work in City) 4 3y
+53 Major overhaul to the CFA program 27 3y
+5 Tips on How to Fix Sleep Schedule? 2 3y
+139 Let's have a reasonable discussion: IB vs Big Law 85 1y
+64 Who is Your Favorite Athlete? 93 3y
+26 Why do parents hyper-control their children? 20 3y
+23 Juice isn't as healthy for you as you think 14 3y
+39 Unpopular Opinion: As long as you studied Finance you can do nearly every role in the space 16 3y
+11 49 Financial 3 3y
+190 Has the post-pandemic world made anyone else very cynical/libertarian? Or just me 38 3y
0 As long as the musics playing… 1 3y
+7 Bathtub Water Chiller 11 2y
+12 Best collective noun for a group of bankers? 9 3y
+3 Does WSO shadow-ban topics? 6 3y
+80 Most prestigious personal email? 41 3y
+3 What newsletters do you subscribe to 3 3y
0 Solomon Brothers Yield Curve papers 1 3y
+196 Fuck you money 93 1y
+309 Thoughts on Covid Lockdowns 3 years after the fact? 115 3y
0 SF Housemates 1 3y
+2 Deleted 1 3y
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+50 Would bankers make good spies? 30 3y
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+21 Chief Monkey's Birthday Today 11 3y
+26 San Francisco thinking about reparations to black people 9 3y
+12 Houston Spring 2023 Meet 10 3y
+9 Atlanta FT Roommate(s) 1 3y
+6 Hot 'take': Anyone else? 8 3y
0 Delete 2 3y
+86 Future SVB Situations - What Can Be Done? 54 3y
+71 Living in DC 38 3y
+102 Not interested in any careers 72 3y
+8 NCAA high-seed upsets? 3 3y
+10 The crash of SVB proves that DEI and ESG investing is not only ineffective but actually guarantees you will fail 25 3y
+6 Power Slap 9 3y
+227 The "I love NYC" thread 108 3y
+6 How to get an affordable FT subscription? 3 3y
+20 LSE - How does my GCSE Profile affect my chances of entry? 11 3y
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+3 Wso mentors 6 3y
+37 Abcdefghojsjwnlwjemen 14 3y
+5 Why did the chicken cross the road? 1 3y
+19 My ex started an only fans after I broke up with her 12 3y
+9 Best T Shirts 13 2y
+3 How to break in to Digital / Social Media Marketing? 1 3y
+3 Slow days at work 1 3y
0 Eye discomfort and headaches 3 3y
+46 SVB collapse 55 3y
+26 Has anyone seen a nepotism hire in London? 41 1y
+9 Anyone care about money more than the things it can buy? 1 3y
+9 Get Crush'd (10% ABV) 6 3y
+37 Were you surprised at how much a broken heart actually hurt? 19 3y
0 NYC Looking for Roommate 25 y/o in PE - chill guy 1 3y
+11 If a country wanted to take over the world without firing a shot, how would they do it? 6 3y
+4 Who's the most prestigious person on this site 4 3y
+184 The Silver Banana Farm 107 1y
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+19 Investment Consulting with CFA - what are the exit opportunities? 8 3y
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