WSO Weekly Wrap-Up (5/2-5/8)

In case you missed them, here's some of last week's most popular topics:

Common Pitfalls of Early Analyst Life & Unemployment Post By @M- Weintraub"

Handling Unemployment Incorrectly

Take stock of your personal life. The day you walk out of the office in defeat, give yourself time to recuperate. Take a week or two to remove yourself from the idea of “I’m in finance” and try to observe exactly what it is you’re working so hard for. Your career will not always carry you, but your motivation and dedication can and absolutely will. Give those things time.

A Q&A Interview: Recruiting, Bonus Bucket Placement, And Starting A Business Post By @Ben_CharismaOnCommand"

If you have questions about starting a career finance, feel free to look check out my audio recordings. Topics covered include: 1. Tips to making a great impression early 2. How to get top bucket bonus placement 3. Pros and cons of going into IB/PE, and why I ultimately left finance altogether.

Do post some feedback on what the topics you would like me to cover in future as well.

Wall Street Diet Post By @HopelessIntern"

As we all know, your body and health is threatened when sitting on the desk for countless hours a day for the first 2-3 years of your lives. Can you guys outline your diet, and what helped you stay energized/healthy/coherent.

I have listed my diet this past summer. On top of this, I run about 2 miles every day at 5 am to start my day.

Completely ignored by MD during Superday lunch Post By @duyhoang"

Any thoughts/comments/advice?

Also, I want to ask how important a post-superday casual lunch/dinner is? Will people in the team still use that time to evaluate each candidate?

If you could do it all over... Post By @flewbye"

I am interested in your ideas of an ideal career. I am extremely ignorant on career paths and I am using the next three months to answer that question for myself. I want to make sure I am not overlooking something just because I don't know about it.

Thanks!

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