+55 What would/did you do if/when you found out that your SO cheated on you? 52 6y
+55 What time do you get off work? 39 6y
+55 No Nut November: Who's doing it? 41 6y
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+55 Pretentious name 34 6y
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+55 WSO Acronyms? 10 6y
+55 Dark Mode for WSO? 11 4y
+55 How do you actually get your foot in the door when networking? 14 4y
+55 Drugs in Banking 30 4y
+55 Best Morning, Daily and Nightly Routine? 17 5y
+55 Funniest breakup stories? 20 4y
+55 If you could redo your undergrad, where would you go? 84 4y
+55 Are there any good casual games with low spec requirements? 66 4y
+55 When do you stop sacrificing and start being happy? 24 5y
+55 what do you guys do when you are not able to sleep? 40 5y
+55 Post grad struggle 20 2y
+55 GME - Real Time to Short? 97 5y
+55 What Are Your Favorite Movies? 119 3y
+55 Goldie's Brief Foray Into Steroids 22 3y
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+55 Wisconsin Hospital Replaces All Anesthesiologists with CRNAs. 44 3y
+55 Girlfriend in person on West Coast (not SF/LA). I’m virtual (East Coast). Should I join her? 38 4y
+55 Chronically Second Place, any advice? 33 4y
+55 How's life as a college freshman? 37 4y
+55 Highest Paying ESG Careers in Finance? 46 4y
+55 [Research] WSO Political Spectrum -- Where do you all fall? 30 4y
+55 It's so easy to get into HYPSM 82 4y
+55 What’s the next burgeoning asset class? 66 4y
+55 Podcast recommendations 48 4y
+55 Any late bloomers on here? What did you realize as you get older? 20 3y
+55 If you could open any style of restaurant and someone just gave you the money, what style would you pick? 58 4y
+55 Deleted 28 3y
+55 Lateral to McDonalds? 9 3y
+55 Prestigious Pets 27 2y
+55 I fucking hate life 9 3y
+55 I hate LinkedIn 41 2y
+55 Hate this first year in my group 15 2y
+55 Is it a bad idea not to save anything as a junior? 28 2y
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+55 I Burned Out But I'm Better Now... Avoid The Top 6 Mistakes I Made During My First 2 Months As a Private Equity Analyst 11 2y
+55 Whomst Hardo? 9 2y
+55 . 9 2y
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+55 Which firms juniors consume the most ZYNs? Rankings 40 10mo
+55 The Cornell hate needs to stop 40 1y
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+54 Finance V Law V Medicine V Other 47 15y
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+54 What Headhunters REALLY Think of Bankers 42 13y
+54 Weekend Wars: Objectivism vs. Objectivity 23 15y
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+54 Poverty is bad for business 17 14y
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+54 Europe at the Brink 19 14y
+54 Ron Paul Surging in South Carolina 51 6y
+54 Natural Gas Cars 48 14y
+54 Are You a Psychopath? 47 14y
+54 The New Mile High Club 59 14y
+54 Ayn Rand and Corporate Control 33 14y
+54 How to DCF like a rock star 25 13y
+54 How to gain weight in finance? 57 13y
+54 CFA Schedule Template 35 8y
+54 WSO Happy Hour: Best Practices And Recaps (UPDATED!) 54 11y
+54 Of Men and Bosses 31 13y
+54 Should you pay off your student loans right away? 22 13y
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+54 Why is NYC so blue? 24 6y
+54 Superiors 41 12y
+54 WSO Caption Contest - Oct 30th... Win a Beautiful Free WSO T-shirt. 70 12y
+54 Is it Ok to text girls during work hours at Big Four 70 11y
+54 What is something productive to learn while in high school? (Financial modeling) 80 11y
+54 Ultra Liberal Columbia Student goes Bat Shit Crazy in School Newspaper Article 46 11y
+54 Thinking vs doing 10 11y
+54 Car - buy vs lease? 42 6y
+54 Do women only like rich men? 48 6y
+54 What is your essential go to app? 46 5y
+54 Wireless Headphone Recommendations? 45 7y
+54 Rejected from 3 Final round PE Interviews as well as from the girl I love 30 6y
+54 Credit Card of Choice - Points, Cashback, or Miles? 27 9y
+54 What is your Patrick Bateman workout routine? 50 8y
+54 Church 57 9y
+54 Kyrie to Celtics, Isaiah to Cavaliers 27 8y
+54 CFA Level 1 Topic Tests 28 8y
+54 What to do with my life? 30 8y
+54 Would you travel to third world countries to become uber-rich ? 32 8y
+54 What is community banking? 20 8y
+54 Poor People are Finance Experts? 39 7y
+54 Curb or Seinfeld? Which is funnier? 47 5y
+54 Who Was Your Biggest Influence? 18 7y
+54 Gary Vaynerchuck. Yay or Nay 28 7y
+54 What is the biggest sacrifice you've made for your career? 25 4y
+54 How to beat your boss in a pissing contest, literally. 10 7y
+54 How do Ugly Stupid College Guys Get Hot Girls? 32 1y
+54 BB&T + SunTrust = ?? 41 6y
+54 What are your thoughts on raising the minimum wage? 23 7y
+54 If there was a Mount Rushmore of the most corrupt companies, who would you put on it? 47 4y

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