Highest Ranked Comments In The Last Year

+-1 Using BGO/TPG interchangeably with Nuveen is crazy but if at the latter, go Stockbridge - Bellwether is subpar to say the least. If actually at BGO or TPG and not being pushed out, stay Retired in PE - Other
+-1 Based on the most helpful WSO content, here’s a roadmap to help you catch up and position yourself for a successful finance career: WSO Monkey Bot
+-1 If you have a little tan go into DEI department and coast and coast. pjm.priv
+-1 Correction SWE is going to be very important and actually get a boost, coding is dead. pjm.priv
+-1 Your mother Prospect in IB - Gen
+-1 No shot they are paying their Principles less than senior associates at UMM firms Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+-1 Stern bate0
+-1 id rather work in fp&a and make more lmfao Intern in IB - Cov
+-1 Why would someone apply to and go to Cambridge when Oxford is so much more prestigious than Cambridge? Intern in IB - Restr
+-1 Yeah I totally agree. From getting exposure to LevFin at some BBs, I can say that LevFin offers the same exits (if not better) than RX does and teaches you more actually about how credit works. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+-1 Who the hell are you? Intern in IB - Cov
+-1 NYU isn't a state school, it's private.UVA isn't in the same tier as Ross/Stern, which are more prestigious and harder to get into than McIntyre.UChicago/Princeton are another tier above Ross and to paulrabil33
+-1 Associate 2 in PE - LBOs laka
+-1 I think this list is reflective of 2025, given Q/EVR/CVP's amazing year, whereas PJT in 2026 has been on par with UBS lol Intern in IB-M&A
+-1 To effectively network for hedge fund opportunities, especially in the therapeutics or biotech space, here are some actionable tips based on the most helpful WSO content: WSO Monkey Bot
+-1 I gave you the SB and not that other chode (hit him w/ monkey shit) because no one should ever paste anything that poorly formatted in the AI era. I smite him x100.  Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+-1 You know you can quit and do something else, right? Determined
+-1 If you don't mind me asking, I am in a similar boat.. Thing is, I kinda value social life, chill environment, travel, parties & less academic pressure ( I didn't had a college experience so). princey.8999
+-1 what about you stimulate your fucking brain and come up with a solution to overcome the career plateau that is not quitting? GS under Blankfein
+-1 or become so indispensable to their carry $ that they have to promote you.  GS under Blankfein
+-1 Agree with above - HL not a major player in O&G market and Intrepid hasn’t been relevant in more years than I could count. rolo25
+-1 Not a bot. I found this forum when I was a high school senior interested in finance. ojapar20
+-1 Del ImagineSisyphusHappy
+-1 Do a good job, don't be weird, and no one will care.  Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+-1 . JS12345678910
+-1 putting together a team of engineers and going out and buying a bunch of small businesses and agentizing them nndsnso
+-1 yo dm me for a deal looks like u need this one bud bankingthevendinmachines
+-1 My apathy is preventing me from getting emotional but what is the limit? When do we get rid of this guy? anonymous investor
+-1 The people in tech that you ought to envy are not the standard SWEs making $200K a year... it would be the people at OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. wificactus
+-1 What do you goon to in your free time? Intern in IB - Gen
+-1 IB Analyst 01What is Guggenheim Houston team’s reputation like? LeRoyJenkins69
+-1 Broadly agree with the points here but still think it’s a good entry path into the industry. Intern in HF - EquityHedge
+-1 you're retarded Prospect in IB-M&A
+-1 Yes! johnstamosky
+-1 gonna tip mine $2,500 for great service this quarter bankingthevendinmachines
+-1 Say I wrap up my internship next month with a return offer, should I start reaching out to headhunters for PE before starting as an Analyst?  AnonymousMonkious
+-1 Great perspective here. Thanks for sharing. Mumbles
+-1 God Bless the USA wannaberichhandler
+-1 My sense too. He’s got vascular dementia. His decline is accelerating  auto
+-1 You know many of us have similar access to this type of information right… Works at Janus Henderson Global Investors
+-1 levfin is elite Analyst 2 in IB - Restr
+-1 "preferably should also have prompts to actually show you the calculations outside the models in its answers, and if the main lines match, should be good to go" Principal in AM - Other
+-1 Anonymous Monkey: Yes, this is verbatim a question I got on an interview: Associate 1 in IB-M&A
+-1 $90mm this year let’s say 25% growth annually next five years. So $270mm revenue 30% mgn is $80mm of EBITDA. Exit at 5x EBITDA is $400mm EV plus cash build to get to maybe $5-600mm of equity value  HFPM15
+-1 It's not though. This is professional services. They own zero real hard capital. Zero intellectual property. It is whoever is driving the value's company.  Principal in PE - LBOs
+-1 PE is not professional services. But if it was - the value comes from owning clients and not doing the work. You’ll get paid fine to execute. pudding
+-1 PE is literally a professional service.  Principal in PE - LBOs
+-1 Professional services are legal, accounting, consulting.  pudding
+-1 You don’t go to a target school sorry…. diddyblud420
+-1 Anonymous Monkey: Yup. Director in IB-M&A
+-1 Anyone open to a referral? Credit experienced in BB. Happy to provide more info as needed Finworld123
+-1 Anyone open to a referral? Credit experienced in BB. Happy to provide more info as needed Finworld123
+-1 Stupid comment. My reasoning scores were high, quick memory recall was low. Which an AI would be able to do at high proficiency. hrw2099
+-1 Ardea has strong deal flow but bad hours, obviously PJT/CVP/EVR work on big deals, LionTree also will work on some big deals. Tidal and Axom also growing Prospect in IB - Gen
+-1 Saaar Nurse Rahma Dikhinmabhatt
+-1 yea bro just lie about you being in a different school good idea like background checks dont exist! Nurse Rahma Dikhinmabhatt
+-1 I’ve been using AI (specifically Claude Code) more to build the systems and scaffolding to make me more efficient as opposed to relying on its outputs. choooobs
+-1 maybe it just means men can't handle the work as well as women and have to resort to drugs :/ VP in PE - LBOs
+-1 Do RX, trust Analyst 1 in IB - Restr
+-1 I definitely can call myself a researcher with two pubs. BananaMuncher04
+-1 congrats on Q buddy Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+-1 $360k is not that much you’ll regret leaving  u7o2q0qla4
+-1 Yeah dude, because molecular bio research screams clinical. Get out of my fucking face neanderthal BananaMuncher04
+-1 HSBC and Standard Chartered exits will be significantly worse than a JPM/BofA for buyside. VanillaMan24
+-1 -Tiger Global-D1 Capital Partners-Garda Capital Partners-Estuary capital management cristiano
+-1 Oh man you’ve got a lot to learn toldyouso_________
+-1 That’s about right for MM and UMM PE. Principal in PE - LBOs
+-1 If you stretch your budget a bit, I’d go for Hamilton or Christopher Ward. As other suggested, can’t go wrong with Tissot. sleepygoat
+-1 HSBC lol Prospect in Non-profit
+-1 Thoughts on SocGen energy? Seen then on some deals Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+-1 Any reasons on why you went to study/are in Chemistry despite aiming for IB? GS under Blankfein
+-1 so what's the point of UK universities GS under Blankfein
+-1 Ok, I’ve actually been in a similar spot. Really feel you man here’s exactly what to do, step-by-step: 1) Go get laid 2) Go outside and touch some of that green stuff rolo25
+-1 Not gonna read all that but if you’re dead set on HF, then consider doing ER instead of IB Amazon Prime
+-1 Vandy The best established IB pipeline after a masters program. I hear nothing but good consistent feedback. Telemachus
+-1 You don’t succeed in finance without doing things the right way. I guess one can, if one is super smart and able to handle conducting fraud (technically and socially complex endeavor to say the least). rooseveltfan
+-1 Don’t join company is sinking Intern in PE - LBOs
+-1 You seem like a bundle of joy to work with! Any 2 IB - Cov.
+-1 I wonder if he died inside because you didn't know evercore or if it was because he realized he was interning at a firm full of retards... Prospect in IB-M&A
+-1 most of the problems in America are downstream of letting women vote. Per Peter Thiel:  Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+-1 base salaries aren’t going to be different at BBs, but it’s overall downward pressure on market salaries   Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+-1 White Europeans take 8 weeks of vacation per year and work 20 hours a week. I highly doubt they're building shit--look at Europe's GDP growth Associate 3 in PE - LBOs
+-1 There’re already only a handful of banks that are open to hiring internationals, and they do only if the foreign candidate outperforms all other domestics in the hiring process. 0singles_litters
+-1 Cuz that’s how things work lol nothinglol
+-1 Are you having a stroke mate nutmegger189
+-1 Pls fix grammar, thx. Intern in IB - Gen
+-1 All I can say is that it came from a reliable source. Apparently it wasn't even investments division, it was some client/product function. NYC office too, if that matters. juker
+-1 Go apply to the 90% of banks that don’t sponsor and see if you get an offer then.. Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+-1 The issue with hiking rates is that it doesn’t actually fix the global shortages that Donald Trumps war war will cause. It’s merely used as a tool to decrease demand. And even if Goldman ballsack
+-1 ojapar20Sorry guys but you're all wrong. IsItREPE
+-1 Hopefully Trump dies soon. Not that chubby eyeliner boy is much better, but his daddy Peter Thiel won’t let him ruin the economy.  IsItREPE
+-1 Seems like there's a lot of fear mongering about this group. It averages like 70-80 hours per week, which is nowhere near the worst on the street. Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+-1 Anonymous Monkey: generating alpha48291
+-1 Thanks for all the help guys Prospect in IB-M&A
+-1 I studied abroad twice and am going for my third time next spring. I went to Beijing through Columbia and Valencia Spain through UVA. I'm going back to Spain in December.  Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎
+-1 Still provided no evidence of causation or correlation, very bald to assume a full career path from a post terrore
+-1 Thank you, this was really helpful — appreciate you taking the time to write it out. xprf99
+-1 Replace the intern with Claude.  Determined
+-1 As someone who transferred from a decent big10 school (Purdue, UIUC) to penn engineering (and I'm in the wharton clubs) these kids aren't even smarter than the top 20% of kids at my shitter, although that might be because Prospect in IB-M&A
+-1 and if I want to leak a deal that hasn't been reported on, who is doing that on WSO? Analyst 2 in IB - Gen