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+488 Banker With Terminal Illness - If I Can Make It So Can You IB 37 15h
+411 Tipping MD in 2022 IB 82 1w
+367 Data Rooms are Paradise IB 27 2w
+301 Five Random Acts of Kindness - Do It OFF 20 2d
+299 Why would anyone willingly choose to live in NYC / SF / CHI? IB 153 3d
+246 Your embarrassing/weird/best/worst interview stories HF 83 1d
+231 Texas pay vs everywhere else OFF 109 57m
+228 Rainmaker Analyst - My Story IB 81 1h
+224 Management Presentations are Paradise IB 17 1w
+200 I have five DUIs. will that kill my offer chances during the background check? JOB 32 1w
+196 Most Overhyped Investment Banks On WSO 2022 IB 90 1w
+195 Buzzfeed Won OFF 39 21m
+191 I met SBF. What a douche. OFF 74 10h
+177 CRE’s Brave New World RE 46 3d
+175 Banking and Business Development IB 33 2d
+171 Dating in IB - NY - The Ultimate Guide/Thread OFF 82 1d
+163 Females in IB IB 71 1w
+162 Some of these Mods have to go OFF 74 1w
+158 Made a joke with my associate today and it didn’t go down well… IB 72 2w
+156 Having car issues and am thinking of saying fuck it and getting a nice car. Anyone have personal experience in making bad financial decisions? OFF 119 2w
+155 Sweet Sweet Victory IB 27 20h
+148 Why the fuck is Kevin O'Leary popular? OFF 45 3d
+147 Who else drives a beater even though they make good bread? OFF 92 1w
+142 仅2022奖金Megathread (IB) IB 134 14h
+139 Associate is planning on quitting, team doesn't know IB 33 3d
+130 Where do top Wharton UG students go IB 66 4d
+118 Are the "classic" books worth reading? OFF 60 3w
+118 GF stressed from job search and wants to take a break -- HELP NEEDED! JOB 57 2w
+118 IB exit opportunities for women that want to have kids IB 64 13m
+112 Ranking the Shape of States in the USA by Prestige OFF 49 2w
+111 Odds of HSW from MF PE? PE 55 6d
+111 Why do people invest in hedge funds? HF 54 2w
+108 Turned down a spot on Forbes list, may turn down my girlfriend next OFF 29 3w
+106 Saying Goodbye to Finance? PE 27 3d
+106 I Hate Tipping Culture OFF 31 4d
+105 2022 Bonus / Comp Thread HF 144 17h
+105 Should I Sue? IB 32 4d
+105 Dealing with friends that are anti-Wall Street OFF 45 22h
+103 Associate positions at AMs will die off at an accelerated rate AM 54 1w
+101 Do you think finance is a brain drain? OFF 60 1w
+99 2022 Compensation - What Are You Guys Expecting? IB 122 1w
+98 Tribute to a newly minted VP IB 8 1w
+98 Should there be a separate forum for private credit? PE 19 2d
+97 The growing jealousy towards Tech on WSO is getting ridiculous OFF 66 3w
+96 What's it like working at Millennium HF 37 1d
+93 Math PhD to IB (M&A) JOB 66 6d
+90 Can you really afford to miss one or two technicals? IB 60 2w
+90 Another year end coming OFF 47 2w
+84 Thoughts on oil and gas IB? IB 69 2w
+84 Quit IB and become a Cowboy? Thoughts? IB 29 23h
+83 commute from home arbitrage? OFF 41 3d
+82 Where do bottom HYPWS students go BSCH 61 2d
+80 How to respectfully turn down a job offer from someone in your network? OFF 22 2w
+78 Anyone else hate the holiday shakedowns on junior bankers for the staff bonuses? IB 64 1w
+77 Buy-Side vs. Sell-Side M&A IB 29 1w
+75 Tribute to a laid off analyst IB 7 3w
+72 I have no idea what I want in life anymore. Any tips on soul searching? IB 18 2w
+71 Undergraduate Decision BSCH 41 5d
+71 Why do people who don’t have a good reason ask to switch seats on planes? Getting ridiculous OFF 33 4d
+69 Analyst Class 10 Years Out? (Calling all WSO vets) IB 31 15h
+66 Let's hear something good that happened to you this year! OFF 31 12h
+64 Another year has come and gone. Who were your most listened to artists on Spotify? OFF 64 3w
+63 Why doesn’t Goldman Fire David Solomon IB 23 4d
+62 Is being pushed into managing data a good thing for my career in Development? RE 21 22h
+61 Glass Ceiling for Internationals? HF 55 1w
+61 Single Apparel OFF 47 2w
+60 Hypothetical - 6 Months to Do Whatever You Wanted IB 28 6d
+59 Any PE people considered leaving to pursue search fund/entrepreneurship paths? PE 21 1w
+58 What Colleges Can be considered IB semi-targets which have a high acceptance rate 60%+ BSCH 35 1w
+58 Rearranging Logos Sucks OFF 13 1d
+57 Best T2 or lower banking city? IB 64 1w
+57 I have a strange question about investment banking IB 21 5d
+57 Expectations vs reality of being a first-year IB analyst IB 20 16h
+56 LA-approved Transfer Taxes RE 29 1w
+56 Do any of you own any ultra high end cars or luxury items OFF 35 15h
+56 Exploding Offer - CS (Tech) NY vs. Harris Williams (Generalist) VA OTH 43 3d
+54 Raising Friends and Family Money / First Deals RE 45 1w
+54 Need help for VP promotion IB 9 2w
+54 Semi-Target is Paradise OFF 4 1w
+53 Updated view on Carlyle (specifically TMT Group)? PE 11 2w
+53 Just got laid off IB 62 1w
+53 Told you, you’re going to lose your job to AI pt. 2 OFF 50 1w
+53 Private Jet PE 38 5d
+52 Most Prestigious Email Signoffs IB 24 2w
+51 Reasons for MDs to Lateral? IB 22 2w
+50 Best pitches (stocks, bonds, loans, etc.) you've seen? HF 11 1d
+49 Have you ever turned down more responsibility for personal reasons? OFF 17 3w
+49 Unable to reconnect with family (or fit in) OFF 20 1h
+48 Q&A: CFA Charterholder, left finance to join the Army, now going into IB IB 3 3w
+47 Is it bad form to not annouce new positions on LinkedIn? JOB 25 3w
+47 Wells Fargo (energy group) & Financo (subsidiary of Raymond James) (Consumer/Beauty/Fashion group) Merger IB 11 2w
+47 I’m so bad at this job IB 10 1w
+47 I don't understand why PE funds hire analysts PE 17 1w
+47 Quitting Trading in your early 30s TR 12 9h
+46 Super day canceled an hour before... IB 35 1w
+46 Multifamily & Industrial Cap Rates RE 8 1w
+46 I got a bad performance review as a first year associate at a B4 strategy consulting firm; how fucked am I? CO 26 1d
+46 Worried about potential layoff at my firm via PIP IB 29 13h
+45 Consulting WLB? CO 12 4d
+44 Is traveling fully back? CO 7 5d
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