+51 Should I pursue a long-term relationship with this girl for FU money? 63 3h
+51 Is media used to manipulate the stock market? 18 9mo
+51 Fiber optic drones used in warfare 37 11mo
+50 Former GS Head of M&A died aged 68 having worked until he was 64 10 4mo
+50 Why are firm names so gay now? 10 7mo
+50 Made it but am fat now 49 8mo
+50 Has the IQ-Wealth Relationship Completely Changed in the Last 20 Years? 17 8mo
+49 The “Congrats On” Comments… 11 3mo
+49 Claude Coworker - the end of junior bankers, lawyers, etc. - What are we thinking? 29 7mo
+49 Getting hate for my lunch 29 11mo
+48 What Bank Will Make Women Instantly Fall In Love With Me? 14 1mo
+48 Looksmaxxing Will Get You Into IB Faster Than Your 400-Question Guide 27 6mo
+48 London vs NYC 33 7mo
+48 bad reputation after dating 30 9mo
+48 Getting out of the fog 5 9mo
+48 Bidets in the Office will increase Revenues 10 11mo
+47 I don't know how homeless people survive 8 1w
+47 What are your Vices 43 1mo
+47 Made $4.5 million in the stock market at 22 19 1mo
+47 did i ruin my life by graduating with a 3.4 23 4mo
+47 Let's talk internal politics/mentorship 8 6mo
+47 Guide of Best Places to Live in London in Finance 8 9mo
+46 Finasteride is Paradise 20 4mo
+46 Is there any real buyer demand for sub-$50k businesses 28 9mo
+46 Coke Usage in IB 18 10mo
+45 TikTok Larping FinBros 21 6mo
+45 30+ yr olds - advice to mid 20s? 8 7mo
+44 The 5 Levels of Nepotism 4 6mo
+44 Moving to NYC – where to live (Midtown office, $5.5k budget, 2BR, active lifestyle)? 28 9mo
+44 Your Finance Brother Tiktok 29 2w
+43 How tall are you? 39 1mo
+43 Dating issues 12 5mo
+43 Rumblings of Uprising in the CVP Bullpen ?!? 7 7mo
+43 MD Dating My Mom! 15 8mo
+42 AI and our futures 15 11mo
+41 quit finance to pursue a writing/novelist career...struggling with the mental side of leaving the industry 23 5mo
+41 What happened to Chipotle? 28 9mo
+40 Attracted to non-banker, how to kill feelings? 6 2w
+40 Are there like real MDs on here at all lol 26 4mo
+40 What’s your number? $1M? $5M? $25M? 29 4mo
+39 EpsteinBooks Dispute: Child Molestation Optimization Process 6 2mo
+39 Stimulants & Finance 11 5mo
+39 Left v. Right Debate: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon Face-off 9 7mo
+39 A Rant About Lawyers' Moronic Workflows 16 7mo
+38 Fun Cheap Convertible 26 4mo
+38 Favorite poem 14 4mo
+38 Meaning / Purpose in relation to finance. 14 6mo
+38 High End Convenience Stores 21 9mo
+37 Dressing for internship in Teen X / 0pium style? 11 4mo
+37 Marry Rich or Pursue IB Dreams 14 6mo
+37 Fast Weeknight Dinner Recipes 21 8mo
+36 9/11 After 25 Years 11 3w
+36 Dad died... How do I navigate my family's finances? 10 4mo
+36 Can we get rid of the WSO AI comments? 7 5mo
+36 How much do you read? 30 6mo
+36 Need to get this off my chest: I’m tired of the simp sh*t 13 7mo
+36 How much of the poor white collar job market is due to structural vs cyclical factors? 8 10mo
+36 Most impressive person you've encountered? 12 11mo
+35 No hate, but it is painstakingly obvious this is the case right? 12 4mo
+35 GF Cheated On Me With MBB Consultant. What Now? 6 7mo
+35 The Buy-One-Get-One Bowl That Almost Ended My Career 6 10mo
+35 Are restaurant POS systems a potential buyout target for companies like Uber Eats or Doordash? 19 11mo
+34 Wall Street’s premier CoC clan 8 2mo
+34 Keep indexing and chill, invest in Franchise/SBA, or with CRE 7 9mo
+34 thebrofessor is back! 14 10mo
+33 Lindsay Clansey 13 1mo
+33 How did you meet your significant other/partner? 53 3mo
+33 Wow I'm glad I didn't go into CS (Outsourcing / AI) 23 7mo
+33 Bad Analyst 11 10mo
+33 Can AI (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) Replace Junior Analysts? 22 10mo
+32 Stealth-Listening Devices 8 3mo
+32 Funny Things to Say to Interns 15 4mo
+32 Advice for incoming college student? (UVA) 14 4mo
+32 Need Advice 10 6mo
+31 Pres Made 1B Off Pump and Dumps 18 3mo
+31 Drunk at my desk 7 4mo
+31 Who is God's Diddy? 13 5mo
+31 What did you spend your sign-on bonus on ? 17 6mo
+31 Is Bill Ackman Just Insecure? 21 10mo
+31 How do self-made billionaires actually get into “boring” industries like food manufacturing or packaging? 9 8mo
+30 Should I use Claude or chatgpt? 17 3mo
+30 How to buy a Rolex? 16 4mo
+30 All nighter feels like taking shots 10 5mo
+30 A Note on NYU Stern 7 4mo
+30 Do EAs just suck? 19 5mo
+30 Tgghhggyhhjhhhhhbbbbnnnnnnnj 14 5mo
+30 Need Advice Post-Grad on Loans / Debt 20 6mo
+30 SpaceX 34 3mo
+30 Groundbreaking AI for Finance...MidlevelGPT 3 6mo
+30 How to cut down on sweets and chocolate? 28 10mo
+29 H-1B vs AI? 28 1w
+29 How do you guys actually make friends in NYC? 18 3w
+29 How the Hell Do People Actually Get Into Private Golf Clubs? 28 2w
+29 How to Aura max in the office? 20 2mo
+29 about to graduate — recruited rx and regretting it 8 5mo
+29 Moving a Month Early to NYC- crazy? 9 6mo
+29 [2026] What's the most valuable and versatile Undergraduate Degree nowadays and looking into the future? 10 8mo
+29 Republicans Push Back on Stephen Miller's Strange Desire for Greenland 7 9mo
+29 Laughed at work this morning 5 9mo
+29 Where are today’s richest Gen Z actually coming from? 20 6mo

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