Is there another good finance-career forum out there?

I was reccomended to this forum by a friend - he said it was the best one out there - and there does seem to be a lot of knowledgable experts in here. But, there also seems to be about 3 or 4 times as many bitter smart arses. So, I was just wondering, do any of you know of any good alternative forums out there?

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In my experience, this is hands down the best finance and Wall Street forum on the internet. We give out a ton of good advice, brutal truths, and I even know some people that have gotten jobs or internships through WSO.

Just wait until you've worked in finance for a few years. Maybe someday you can be a bitter smart ass too.

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auvee_bhattacharjyaRedacted is very a good one.

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I would agree with the first 2 links, not sure about the last 2, especially the last one :) Did you actually go to the last 2 forums and see any quants there?

 

I would suggest you stick around and figure out who the helpful people and "bitter smart arses" are. Most of the senior members (look for Top WSO Users and Silver Banana Leaders to the right of the screen) are very kind and have useful information to contribute from their experiences; along with other users too.

WSO is a fairly large forum with a lot of traffic so it's a given that there will be some... err... disgruntled users. Being a finance-centric forum doesn't help much with toning down the pretentious or inflamed egos. Just ignore them, they never stick around too long anyway.

 

Your just not gonna find the breadth of knowledge/resources/involvement anywhere else. On top of that, its pretty fucking stupid to ask people here to tell you about a 'better' forum. If there was a place that was far superior to this one, don't you think most, if not all, of the people here would be using it.

PS you need a thicker skin if you want to go into this business though I hope none of the bitter smart arses hurt your feelings.

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