7/3/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds, Bootcamps:

New York City - Financial Modeling Boot Camp - Jul 12th-14th, 2017
Webinar: REPE Case -- 7pm ET, 7/13/17
Webinar: IB Case: JuiceCo (Part 2) - Business Plan and Modeling of Valuation Techniques -- 12pm ET, 7/16/17
Webinar: PE Case -- 7pm ET, 7/18/17
Toronto - Financial Modeling Boot Camp - Jul 19th-Jul 21st, 2017
Webinar: Private Equity Case -- 5pm ET, 7/20/17
Rewind - PE Case Investment Opportunity + Q&A – 12am ET, 7/20/2017
Rewind - HF Case: Building M&A Model and Calculating Accretion/Dilution Part II + Q&A – 12am ET, 7/21/2017
Webinar: Panel Discussion - How to Choose MBA Programs -- 7pm ET, 7/26/17
New York - Financial Modeling Boot Camp - Jul 26th-28th, 2017

Posts of the Week:

This forum helped me go from Blackstone to Facebook to YCombinator startup founder (rebrand.ly/getourchat). Ask me anything! by @sometechfounder". 27 SB’s.
What do boutiques do when there are no live deals? by @SuperLehmanBros". 7 SB’s.
J.P. Morgan HireVue: What to expect by @msft". 6 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Is Investment Banking Paid Slavery? by @themonkeyking". 93 comments.
What do we think of Infamous "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli? by @charmingchimp". 71 comments.
Music for making it rain by @itriedtobecreative". 67 comments.
Was it wrong for Google to do this? by @To IB or not to IB". 62 comments.
The Ten Best (and Worst) Places to Make a Living: 2017 Edition by @Kamchowder". 42 comments.

AMA of the Week:

This forum helped me go from Blackstone to Facebook to YCombinator startup founder (rebrand.ly/getourchat). Ask me anything! by @sometechfounder". 27 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @breeshbroosh" in the post “If you could ask HR anything...”. 42 SB’s.

Success Story of the Week:

Don't lose hope, from BO/MO to ER by @ERhelp". 8 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @thebrofessor". 866, 2. @Angel Molester" 841, and 3. @CRE" with 766.

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
@DatesExcelModels" - Industry/Coverage - Business School

Hedge Fund
@adrenalinejunkie" - Other - Assistant Portfolio Manager
@TrickyTriangles" - Equity Hedge - 1st Year Analyst

Sales & Trading
@UnfinishedSentenc" - Commodities - Junior Trader

Equity Research
@Dazed_Iam" - Research Associate
@ERhelp" - Research Associate

Venture Capital
@pe-b1tch-hehe" - Other

Real Estate
@DCDigger" - Other - Developer
@mogul_wannabe" - Commercial - Broker

Risk Management
@Im not very creative" - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Accounting
@tehoriginal" - Audit - Manager

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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