3/13/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):

Webinar: Private Equity Case -- 9pm ET, 3/19/16
Rewind - RE Webinar - Multifamily Sector + Q&A – 12am ET, 3/26/2017
Webinar: Natural Gas Scheduler - Day in the Life -- 7pm ET, 3/26/17
Rewind - Real Estate Private Equity - Industry Overview + Q&A – 12am ET, 3/27/2017

Posts of the Week:

How much damage has banking done to your life? by @NuckFuts". 83 SB’s.
Here is some life advice. Hope you'll find it useful. by @Passionate Investor". 31 SB’s.
4 Real-Life Consulting Exit Opps of My Former Colleagues by @Christie Lindor". 10 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Yelled at for saying "No Problem" by @Alecbond19". 89 comments.
Anyone Play Videogames? by @FaberGrad". 82 comments.
Gender Pay Gap - Is it real? by @buku18". 74 comments.
How bad is f*%&ing a co-worker? by @takenotes08". 49 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA: Non-target -> TAS -> MM IB by @StrategyJunkie". 19 comments.

Comment of the Week:
This comment by @Sil" in the post “Bankisms".

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @TNA" 1239, 2. @thebrofessor" 1157, and 3. @Virginia Tech 4ever" with 1102.

See where you rank here.

New WSO Certified Users:

I wanted to take the space here to thank and congratulate the new Certified Users from the past week.  Welcome to the club.  Some of these are new members, but all have confirmed that they work in the indicated industry at the level selected on their profile.  All Certified Users have a yellow star next to their usernames when posting in the forums, so you all know which sources you can trust the most.  As WSO Certified Users, they get 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value).  Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@iBankedUp" - Mergers and Acquisitions - Other
@Business is good" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@coopman" - Other - 1st Year Analyst

Consulting
@Fisher19" - Associate Consultant

Equity Research
@JimMcElwain" - 1st Year Associate

corporate finance
@Tielemans" - 1st Year Analyst

Corporate Development
@moomoo77" - Other

Real Estate
@Louis Winthorpe III" - Commercial - Other
@CRE SC" - Commercial - 1st Year Analyst

Accounting
@finance4life" - Other - 1st Year Analyst

Are you a working professional and you're interested in joining the WSO Certified User club?  E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] your username and send a link to your LinkedIn profile.

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