WSO Weekly Wrap-Up 07/13 - 07/19
In case you missed them, here's some of last week's most popular topics:
Audit vs IB Part 2: Compensation
The accounting compensation is going to be greatly overshadowed by the finance pay. It just isn’t that sexy. Accountants don’t get rich through employment (with the exception of CFO/Director level executives) but it is definitely enough to put them in the upper middle class.
'Let me be blunt: Detroit's broke,' says Michigan's governor Rick Snyder.
AM vs HF The Business of Our Business
Hedge funds get all the glory... and now they're even going to get all the press, courtesy of the JOBS Act, and I'm more than excited to see who thinks they actually need to advertise to bring in the flows.
I have noticed some changes in my life since I have pursued a Wall Street career, and most of which are pretty sad and disturbing to me.
As a fair warning, I just got home from a networking event - mostly college kids, like myself - and I don't know if I should be extremely pleased or extremely irritated. I'm currently both.
This is too cool. Elon Musk recently let it slip that he's working on a technology he calls Hyperloop which is a transit system that would get people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in a half hour.
Alright guys, i've seen some mixed opinions on this so let's set the record straight: can you wear a solid black suit to the office or not?
The Decline of Chicago Prop Trading
It's sad to see how far Chicago prop trading has declined in recent years.
A few weeks ago, I shut down my ThinkPad for the last time, turned in my security badge, and said farewell to my colleagues – and to private equity.
I’ve written this post to share some insights into recruitment and to give a specific example of a prospective intern who blew us all away.
What did you do for money in college?
I ran into a similar post on this website about a year ago but I'm sure it's dead and the search engine on this page isn't the best.