Good afternoon. Today I bring you hilarious drama from WallStreetOasis (WSO). WSO is a forum for try hard students pursuing finance and management consulting jobs. They have "courses" you can buy (but nobody does) but as it stands the WSO forum is probably the go-to place for any discussion among junior analysts and lower level associates at finance firms of all sizes. People who post on here grind out problem sets and technicals for days on end to land their job, and so as you can imagine, are not big fans of DEI.

Some terms to know:

RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Commonly considered a "mid" or lower tier bank by finance professionals, which means the pay isn't as great and nobody has this as their "first choice" of where to work.

CVP: Centerview Partners - One of the most notoriously hard-to-get internships. Every single finance sweat is grinding day and night to get here. Starting pay for analysts is something like 260k when you factor in signing bonuses, exit opportunities are great, etc. This is one of the places to be.

The drama started with a now-deleted thread, which I can't find. In this thread the person in question (SS) gets doxxed. But the "discussion" and doxxing continued in others here and most recently in this thread as well:

Why Did WSO Delete The RBC/CVP Thread?

WSO, we are literally just discussing something without assigning any negative connotation to it. It is not cyberbullying if this diversity kid deserves it. To SS, you are pathetic.

There are two different stories as to what "SS" did to cause this outrage.

The diversity kid's story

So the diversity kid was some intern analyst at RBC. After this internship, he gets a job offer at CVP. But he turns it down, and posts on LinkedIn (someone find this actual post please) saying that he turned down his CVP job offer to pursue some kind of start-up vision. This is obviously a risky move, turning down what is essentially a guaranteed millionaire-job path to "pursue a vision." So he posts about it, a lor.

One WSO comment sums up this side pretty well:

Man, it's not just about the CVP offer anymore—it's about the bigger picture. He had the courage to turn down both CVP and MBB to follow his own path and chase his dreams. That's something most people wouldn't do, and it's admirable. It seems like you're not upset because he's diverse; you're upset because he had an incredible opportunity and chose to walk away from it for something he's passionate about. That's a level of risk and ambition that can make anyone reflect on their own choices. A lot of people in this industry tend to settle and play it safe. He didn't. Instead of tearing him down for following his dreams, maybe it's time to ask yourself why it bothers you so much. Criticizing someone for having the courage to take a different path can come across as insecurity. Let's elevate the conversation, focus on personal growth, and maybe recognize the strength it takes to step away from the expected in pursuit of something more meaningful. By the way, if you're so confident in your stance, feel free to share your bank, and we'll see how your coworkers appreciate how you spend your weekends. Let's keep it real.

The WSO Story

But did he actually turn down his offer?

will tone it down for the mods. was basically the worst intern in history at rbc, which caused cvp to hear about it and pulling their offer. but then this guy is telling ppl that HE TURNED DOWN CVP, even though he was 100% a diversity hire

He showed up to work high everyday. He skipped days of work. He also bragged about going to cvp so much to everyone. He left early as well. Just so much bad shit

maybe even funnier if true

basically there was a diversity hire (black male) who was a sophmore ib analyst at rbc. bragged about cvp throughout the internship and didnt do anything. they then beefed with someone at cvp on wso, and got his offer pulled. he then created a bunch of fake wso accounts saying that he actually turned down cvp to become on entrepreneur.

Turns out this kid, who was already a DEI hire and probably a lower quality candidate, might have been the worst intern ever at RBC. CVP heard after he bragged about it online, and pulled his offer, not the other way around. Also, if this side is to believed, the diversity kid himself is on 5-10 different alts in that very thread defending himself. So now a forum of incredibly bitter, try hard finance students and interns who dream about that exact position the DEI kid fumbled begin seething.

Some sample comments

A kid is lying on LinkedIn about not getting his offer pulled. He said he turned down centerview to pursue entrepreneurial ventures. Which is false. We all know he got his offer pulled. We are trying to set the record straight yk

Why does it matter you absolute loser

Because he is lying. He got fired from RBC and is acting like he didn't get his offer pulled. He literally is flexing cvp on his LinkedIn like they didn't cut ties with him. That's just some fraud shit. He has to exposed. He literally was a shitty intern.

Bro keeps defending himself on his alts 💀

lol, lmao

You have never experienced the touch of a woman so I understand the angst. It's ok bro

Shut the frick you cumt. Why aren't you mad this kid is lying about the prestigious jobs we work hard for. Kid got it since he was black and lost it since he acted like the incompetent full he is and got exposed at Rbc and lost his offer at cvp and got fired and now he is lying online

No sorry I am not a woman I cannot touch you to make you feel better. Better luck next time

SS it's okay centerview pulled your offer man. I know it's hard in life to accept you fumbled your diversity hire. Badge.

Okay. SS stop hiding it's okay cvp pulled your offer. Stop acting like you're an enterpueer. You gonna lose money and end up as a stifel analyst you fricking bum. Face reality you fricked up at Rbc got your offer pulled and take that shit off your LinkedIn and you might be able to save your face.

im not him, you paranoid psychopathic loser. He wouldn't know who Jeff Chang is just like you dont. Funny thing is, he made two banks and you didn't. hahahahahaha and you have him living rent free in your fricking head. Rent free and you still didnt make Centerview let alone any investment bank, you sound like some dorky kid with no social skills upset because someone else who got it didn't appreciate it.

There are so many more layers here. Someone please dive deeper than I have. Apparently this kid has a substack?:

So there are at least 4 confirmed substack articles written by the guy. One was from a search on archive ph, and two are from his twitter. The titles are as follows:

[FOUND] The Dangers of Prestige and Status

[PAYWALL] Accepting Reality

missing ride-or-die-why-its-all-about-the...

missing Prioritizing the Hustle: Why I'm Choosing My Grind Over Dating and Relationships

I read all his posts before he made them paid. Kid thinks he's franklin saint lmao and brags about smoking weed in Japan and eating fish and chips. Dude also wrote some corny stuff about he's learning machine learning and how his friend runs an agency lmao. Blogs were pretty funny (one about how he was at a dinner with CVP people and was texting his friend "frick this" - also a lot of interesting screenshots such as the one he sent to decline the offer). Regardless, the kid didn't deserve a CVP seat and it should be a wake up call for just how bad diversity hiring has gotten. Kid's got an admirable story way better than 99% of the prep school kids but the industry really needs to stop making sexist/racist recruiting efforts for people of different gender/skin color.

rdrama, who do you believe?