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How much money did you make this year? ($$$)

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Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/18/25
710K
Indecent bright double fault church
  12/18/25
lawyer?
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/18/25
yea
Indecent bright double fault church
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
shaky tattoo chapel
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
galvanic dysfunction
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
shaky tattoo chapel
  12/18/25
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Arousing dragon
  12/18/25
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deranged feces
  12/19/25
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gold brunch pisswyrm
  12/19/25
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Deep supple temple
  12/19/25
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offensive sapphire son of senegal
  12/20/25
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Provocative hospital striped hyena
  12/21/25
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Hideous ceo
  12/21/25
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stirring ultramarine step-uncle's house
  12/21/25
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harsh indigo laser beams boistinker
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Bespoke Brass Kitchen Round Eye
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Bespoke Brass Kitchen Round Eye
  12/18/25
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deranged feces
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
ruby garrison brethren
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
splenetic school cafeteria goal in life
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
ruby garrison brethren
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
bateful set
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
ruby garrison brethren
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
geriatric charismatic piazza
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
geriatric charismatic piazza
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
geriatric charismatic piazza
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Greedy chrome den sandwich
  12/18/25
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Indecent bright double fault church
  12/18/25
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pearly haunted graveyard boiling water
  12/19/25
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wonderful genital piercing
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
deranged feces
  12/19/25
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Aquamarine tanning salon
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
geriatric charismatic piazza
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
carmine stage stock car
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
obsidian racy queen of the night
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
deranged feces
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
aqua ungodly senate
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
deranged feces
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
floppy abode sex offender
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
pearly haunted graveyard boiling water
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Hyperventilating multi-colored black woman shrine
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
confused titillating digit ratio
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Greedy chrome den sandwich
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
ocher halford weed whacker
  12/18/25
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dun insane whorehouse
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
geriatric charismatic piazza
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Vivacious really tough guy
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Vivacious really tough guy
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
brindle nursing home
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Vivacious really tough guy
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Cowardly dashing menage shitlib
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
deranged feces
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Cowardly dashing menage shitlib
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Cowardly dashing menage shitlib
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
Low-t slate chad
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Provocative hospital striped hyena
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Exciting church building
  12/22/25
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Exciting church building
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Exciting church building
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Cowardly dashing menage shitlib
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Greedy chrome den sandwich
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
dun insane whorehouse
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Greedy chrome den sandwich
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Deep supple temple
  12/19/25
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deranged feces
  12/19/25
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Exciting church building
  12/22/25
not enough.
pearly haunted graveyard boiling water
  12/18/25
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Soul-stirring grizzly messiness
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Adventurous mental disorder
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
geriatric charismatic piazza
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
shaky tattoo chapel
  12/18/25
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Marvelous red hall old irish cottage
  12/18/25
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floppy abode sex offender
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Adventurous mental disorder
  12/19/25
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Hyperactive Cruise Ship
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Diverse self-absorbed background story clown
  12/18/25
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Arousing dragon
  12/18/25
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pearly haunted graveyard boiling water
  12/18/25
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Arrogant sick turdskin stag film
  12/20/25
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stirring ultramarine step-uncle's house
  12/21/25
-$184K
Translucent Excitant Jap
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Coral Contagious Corner
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Thirsty principal's office
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
gold brunch pisswyrm
  12/19/25
low-200s
shimmering exhilarant deer antler
  12/18/25
0
Curious forum
  12/18/25
like 2 million
drab histrionic locale blood rage
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
ruddy crackhouse nowag
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
heady lilac puppy school
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
spectacular startled base
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
heady lilac puppy school
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
harsh indigo laser beams boistinker
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
spectacular startled base
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Hyperventilating multi-colored black woman shrine
  12/19/25
thank you
spectacular startled base
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Odious Prole
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
mildly autistic sound barrier legend
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
Orange Embarrassed To The Bone Telephone
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
comical effete azn lay
  12/19/25
what happened
gold brunch pisswyrm
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
comical effete azn lay
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
Deep supple temple
  12/19/25
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Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
Electric Useless Trailer Park Milk
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Aquamarine tanning salon
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
passionate garnet stead reading party
  12/20/25
~$900k
aqua ungodly senate
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Gay Crusty Hairy Legs Parlor
  12/19/25
Wow.
Soul-stirring grizzly messiness
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
pearly haunted graveyard boiling water
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Gay Crusty Hairy Legs Parlor
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
pearly haunted graveyard boiling water
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Gay Crusty Hairy Legs Parlor
  12/19/25
lol
glittery incel
  12/19/25
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pearly haunted graveyard boiling water
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Hyperventilating multi-colored black woman shrine
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
milky bat shit crazy range french chef
  12/19/25
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Hyperventilating multi-colored black woman shrine
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
brindle nursing home
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
fragrant pale location mood
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
Kink-friendly Area
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
fragrant pale location mood
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
milky bat shit crazy range french chef
  12/21/25
You sound poor
harsh indigo laser beams boistinker
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
Arrogant sick turdskin stag film
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Swashbuckling Indirect Expression Quadroon
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
chocolate apoplectic bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Swashbuckling Indirect Expression Quadroon
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
heady lilac puppy school
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Swashbuckling Indirect Expression Quadroon
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
Indecent bright double fault church
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Exciting church building
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Swashbuckling Indirect Expression Quadroon
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Adventurous mental disorder
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
chocolate apoplectic bawdyhouse
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Soul-stirring grizzly messiness
  12/20/25
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Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/20/25
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Indecent bright double fault church
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
offensive sapphire son of senegal
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
ruddy crackhouse nowag
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
laughsome cream windowlicker multi-billionaire
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
laughsome cream windowlicker multi-billionaire
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
laughsome cream windowlicker multi-billionaire
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
nubile high-end tank
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Talented property sweet tailpipe
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
nubile high-end tank
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
nubile high-end tank
  12/21/25
...
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
fragrant pale location mood
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
carmine stage stock car
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
cerebral flirting national bbw
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Black theater stage
  12/21/25
...
Hideous ceo
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
Silver knife lettuce
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
fighting market candlestick maker
  12/21/25
180 last note
Cowardly dashing menage shitlib
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Talented property sweet tailpipe
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Lascivious ebony theatre
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
Low-t slate chad
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
splenetic school cafeteria goal in life
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Talented property sweet tailpipe
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Maize gaming laptop
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
Startling national security agency
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
stirring ultramarine step-uncle's house
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
Indecent bright double fault church
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
fragrant pale location mood
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Maize gaming laptop
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Soul-stirring grizzly messiness
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
Indecent bright double fault church
  12/23/25
cap gains
brindle nursing home
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
Indecent bright double fault church
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Soul-stirring grizzly messiness
  12/25/25
~$500k
cerebral flirting national bbw
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Indecent bright double fault church

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Indecent bright double fault church

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: shaky tattoo chapel

Me: 842k

Wife: 267K

Including last year's bonus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49519915)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: galvanic dysfunction

Lawyers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520498)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: shaky tattoo chapel

My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Arousing dragon



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: deranged feces



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: gold brunch pisswyrm



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Deep supple temple



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: offensive sapphire son of senegal



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Provocative hospital striped hyena



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Hideous ceo



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: stirring ultramarine step-uncle's house



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: harsh indigo laser beams boistinker



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Bespoke Brass Kitchen Round Eye

$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in over the next two weeks

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Bespoke Brass Kitchen Round Eye

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: deranged feces



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: ruby garrison brethren

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: splenetic school cafeteria goal in life

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: ruby garrison brethren

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: bateful set

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: ruby garrison brethren

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: geriatric charismatic piazza

A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49519948)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: geriatric charismatic piazza

When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was the shit. Xoxo told me that it was the only CR goal for a lawyer. And I had no kids.

Now I'm nearing 40 and practically live paycheck to paycheck. Exit ops are SLIM.

Turns out I was a retard for going in house.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520231)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:08 PM
Author: geriatric charismatic piazza

To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and early 30s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520240)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:26 PM
Author: Greedy chrome den sandwich

you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages ago, moron

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520352)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: Indecent bright double fault church



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520383)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:56 AM
Author: pearly haunted graveyard boiling water



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522387)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: wonderful genital piercing



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528363)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: deranged feces

In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from the exit option. What do you have in mind?

This is like seeing the ship you're on in the middle of the ocean catch fire, getting into a lifeboat and rowing away, and then saying you want an exit option from the lifeboat. You're lucky to be on that lifeboat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522250)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:55 AM
Author: Aquamarine tanning salon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522385)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:32 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522508)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: geriatric charismatic piazza

Over $400k if you add wife.

After tax income: ~200k

Housing (vhcol area + 3 kids): ~100k

Child care: ~$50k

Add in some money to retirement and kids college, and not much left for day to day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522995)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523480)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:26 PM
Author: carmine stage stock car

you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not 200k after income taxes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525980)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fuck and apparently we are prepaying for next quarter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528347)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: obsidian racy queen of the night

286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49519951)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: deranged feces

Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and other work-related expenses (work clothes, work commute, work bag, work Starbucks, work $19 lunch salad...)?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522256)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: aqua ungodly senate

PATRIARCHY!!!

Of course it doesn’t.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522337)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:45 AM
Author: deranged feces

Oh. So why does she work?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522351)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: floppy abode sex offender

180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49519965)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: pearly haunted graveyard boiling water

don't you brag about being rich?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522392)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: Hyperventilating multi-colored black woman shrine

sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full of guys bullshitting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522784)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: confused titillating digit ratio

me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k

but i was also laid off



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49519995)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: Greedy chrome den sandwich

if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520019)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: ocher halford weed whacker

Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520082)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: dun insane whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520207)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

$790K. Wife made about $15K.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520114)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

Doing what, and why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520142)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

I am atty.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520156)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:59 PM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

I know that, I meant your wife

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520161)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: geriatric charismatic piazza

He's an attorney. What's so complicated?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520202)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: Vivacious really tough guy

I understand that he's an attorney

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522699)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Vivacious really tough guy

I understand that he's an attorney

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522705)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

I understand that he's an attorney

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527326)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 12:33 AM
Author: brindle nursing home

He's an attorney. What's so complicated?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49532966)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 2:25 PM
Author: Vivacious really tough guy

I understand that he's an attorney

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49534294)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: Cowardly dashing menage shitlib

Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier this month. I'm fucking rich.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520223)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: deranged feces

I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522258)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527328)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:49 PM
Author: Cowardly dashing menage shitlib

You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of prefthige. Intangible honours are more valuable than silver or gold.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527624)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. In 1993.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531954)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: Cowardly dashing menage shitlib

Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for bragging about a discount walmart watch?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531959)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed I’m buying a Rolex. One would hope there are more posters than that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531998)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: Low-t slate chad

I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49532872)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Provocative hospital striped hyena

lol I make more money than lex tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528370)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528421)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Exciting church building

I feel safe in this subthread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531586)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Exciting church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531589)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Exciting church building

lex how’s your dating life? jw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531592)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Cowardly dashing menage shitlib

I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: threads.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531824)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: Greedy chrome den sandwich

why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520253)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: dun insane whorehouse

Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in their annual rice harvest numbers for the past 3000 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520283)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: Greedy chrome den sandwich

i don't even know whether my wife has a job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520363)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Deep supple temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522246)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: deranged feces



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522259)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Exciting church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531594)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: pearly haunted graveyard boiling water

not enough.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520256)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 7:07 AM
Author: Soul-stirring grizzly messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524556)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: Adventurous mental disorder

little under $6M

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520288)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:18 PM
Author: geriatric charismatic piazza

MFCR. State occupation, thank.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520304)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: shaky tattoo chapel

271K TOPS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520377)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: Marvelous red hall old irish cottage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520585)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:17 PM
Author: floppy abode sex offender



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520702)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Adventurous mental disorder

sorry ur mad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522735)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Hyperactive Cruise Ship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525741)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: Diverse self-absorbed background story clown

Six figures, champ.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520329)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Arousing dragon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: pearly haunted graveyard boiling water



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520594)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: Arrogant sick turdskin stag film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524786)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: stirring ultramarine step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528564)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: Translucent Excitant Jap

-$184K

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520375)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Coral Contagious Corner

I fail to see how this is relevant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520501)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:08 PM
Author: Thirsty principal's office

Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits, write ups, write downs, etc.? Including retirement account contributions, distributions, roll overs? Including K1 returns of capital? Including present value of future earnings? Including appreciation on value of assets? Net of amortization and depreciation on those assets? Very unclear op

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520506)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: gold brunch pisswyrm

holy fuck how jewish are you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522240)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: shimmering exhilarant deer antler

low-200s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520548)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: Curious forum

0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520555)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 8:07 PM
Author: drab histrionic locale blood rage

like 2 million

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520858)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: ruddy crackhouse nowag

$360k in tech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522161)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: heady lilac puppy school

Less than I want but way more than I deserve

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522182)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: spectacular startled base

I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. Therefore, I sold off my winners but held my losers so that our tax bill in April shows bigly long-term capital gains for 2025 when in reality I barely beat the index.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522192)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: heady lilac puppy school

Shrew'd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522198)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: harsh indigo laser beams boistinker

lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy them and the lifestyle you can provide (ideally one where they don't think about money at all). Any woman autistic enough to care about big number on long term gains is going to be autistic enough to care about overall performance, not just a big number on a line. The woman you're describing does not exist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522202)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:36 PM
Author: spectacular startled base

She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. She’ll see the big reported income but not the unrealized paper losses. She is indeed high T and autistic so she does care about the number.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522694)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: Hyperventilating multi-colored black woman shrine

(guy playing the long game)

at the same time, this is the sort of thinking that leads guys to do big ponzi schemes and then when they get found out they freak out and killself - don't do that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522791)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: spectacular startled base

thank you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522969)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: Odious Prole

I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be said for doing high roller ponzi until found out and then whatever happens happens

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524077)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: mildly autistic sound barrier legend

Who wants to pay off my house

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522200)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: Orange Embarrassed To The Bone Telephone

negative money (lived off debt)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522220)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: comical effete azn lay

~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522245)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: gold brunch pisswyrm

what happened

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522255)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:37 AM
Author: comical effete azn lay

i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if i had just held i'd be up even more today, but there's fucking way i would've survived that draw down.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522320)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: Deep supple temple

if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual earnings are flame.

my income fluctuated probably 400% from 2024 to 2025 but nothing really changed. money comes in at random without any reference to what "year" it is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522248)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522284)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: Electric Useless Trailer Park Milk

Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to think I'll never cross into the 2 million range

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522287)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: Aquamarine tanning salon

$600k as solo lolyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522333)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: passionate garnet stead reading party

Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decimated my year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525725)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: aqua ungodly senate

~$900k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522345)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: Gay Crusty Hairy Legs Parlor

Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522793)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: Soul-stirring grizzly messiness

Wow.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522813)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: pearly haunted graveyard boiling water

Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523151)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Gay Crusty Hairy Legs Parlor

How many blowjobs can I get for that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523174)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: pearly haunted graveyard boiling water

well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying in bulk, i can go to $15. So, 1,333.33 blowjobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523284)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Gay Crusty Hairy Legs Parlor

That 1/3 sounds disappointing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523287)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: glittery incel

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523843)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: pearly haunted graveyard boiling water



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531645)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:18 PM
Author: Hyperventilating multi-colored black woman shrine

you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so itt and honestly am pretty happy about it given my in-house lifestyle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522815)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: milky bat shit crazy range french chef

the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads are max pullups in a single set threads.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49522960)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:27 PM
Author: Hyperventilating multi-colored black woman shrine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523114)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: brindle nursing home

I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the last one, at 235 bodyweight not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523288)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: fragrant pale location mood

Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523407)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:24 PM
Author: Kink-friendly Area

if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off like 30+

maybe once a month i will see someone at the gym doing legit full ROM dead-hang pull-ups. the rest are kipping crossfit turds just bouncing tension off their brachials and could probably not squeeze out eight clean reps.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:11 PM
Author: fragrant pale location mood

Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by swinging unless you also don't go more than 1/2 up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525630)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: milky bat shit crazy range french chef

LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups from a true dead hang (like required by most military testing) are substantially more difficult than what RFK and the road rules guy were doing. MTV was marginally better for form but still bad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49529038)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 6:06 PM
Author: harsh indigo laser beams boistinker

You sound poor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523499)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: Arrogant sick turdskin stag film

but self-selection...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524790)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Indirect Expression Quadroon

I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearly enough. Being working class rich fucking sucks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523808)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: chocolate apoplectic bawdyhouse

XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!"

*rubs hands togther*

"But I made 750k last year!!!!!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523866)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Indirect Expression Quadroon

Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t survive ITE probably have a very different perspective than I do.

And how many times when your friends kid asks you about going to law school do they sit down and tell you about their 158 LSAT / 3.4 GPA and grand dreams of going to Drexel and getting in at Dechert or Morgan Lewis. Maybe Drinker if they’ve got some sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523884)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:23 AM
Author: heady lilac puppy school

Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawyers. Way less than half of the women.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524660)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:14 AM
Author: Swashbuckling Indirect Expression Quadroon

It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law school classes over time. I got a good return on mine, but yea all of the people who drop out of/evolve away from the profession would almost certainly have been better off not going $300k into debt (above and beyond undergrad) in their early 20s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525097)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Indecent bright double fault church

back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're going to a t14

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525701)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Exciting church building

Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a cliff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525737)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Indirect Expression Quadroon

TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of starting lawyer salaries” scholarship was explosive at the time, and for good reason. It only came out in like 2008 and the blog it was on has been lost to time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49526155)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: Adventurous mental disorder

this is correct.

I started with 26 people in my summer class.

Of my summer class only two are partners at law firms - me and another guy I hired back to work for me as a W2 partner.

Two other guys have their own law firms but makes like 300k-500kyr

three others are in-house

All others are somewhere other than law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: chocolate apoplectic bawdyhouse

amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525050)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: Soul-stirring grizzly messiness

The personality that really likes it here actually thrives in law practice too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525106)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525129)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Indecent bright double fault church



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525700)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: offensive sapphire son of senegal

$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there’s been no inflation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49523890)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: ruddy crackhouse nowag

I paid just under that in taxes this year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525732)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:29 AM
Author: laughsome cream windowlicker multi-billionaire

somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit this year, however.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524680)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:30 AM
Author: laughsome cream windowlicker multi-billionaire

this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524683)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:32 AM
Author: laughsome cream windowlicker multi-billionaire

actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep close track of how much i make altogether; i focus on how much i save. won't know the exact number until i do taxes probably.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49524686)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:11 PM
Author: nubile high-end tank

A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. Pay taxes on much less.

Depositing 400k in fees first week of January too.

Solo PI.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525770)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: Talented property sweet tailpipe

How do you get your taxable income lower?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525966)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:37 PM
Author: nubile high-end tank

Bought a car (100% depreciation)

Pay myself rent -- I own office building

Office building depreciation/property taxes

Did a lot of work to the office building. New AC/Furniture. I fully renovated it a couple years ago for like 200k. All adds value to property and gets written off.

like 75k in meals and travel

Gas

Health Insurance

Mortgage interest home/office

I prepay whatever expenses I can for the next year -- car insurance, ad spend, web marketing, etc.

~150k in staff salaries. Paralegal always pays for herself by bringing in cases so I don't really count that. I'm sending a demand on a DUI wreck she brought in in January for $1 mil.

Creative but nothing fraud.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49526021)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

Creative but nothing fraud tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49526159)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527453)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: nubile high-end tank

Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing what she's talking about. Lots of family members. She's probably brought in $1 mil in fees since she started with me ~8 years ago. I bought her a car last year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528026)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528065)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: fragrant pale location mood

About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyone who has 5mil networth can make over 10%/yr in qqq and pay much lesser than I.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525872)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: carmine stage stock car

425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49525997)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:03 AM
Author: cerebral flirting national bbw

still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527285)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:29 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started the year as an equity partner where i got a monthly draw, then moved in april to a firm where i'm a nonequity partner. i forget exactly how much my equity payout for 2024 was, but i think it'll come in around 580.

next year, with my origination bonus for 2025, comp should be around 610-650. not sure what this place is doing with my base for next year, but it better go up because i had $1.8m in originations in 9 months.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527322)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:31 AM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in? Is it pretax. Do you get your accountant to withhold tax?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527331)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. they returned that to me after i left, but it had increased to like $45k. i figured they were gonna just keep my money. this was all w-2 income with withholdings done. that firm is set up so that everyone is a "shareholder" and employee of the firm it isn't a partnership. when i was in biglaw, when i made partner i got paid on a k-1 basis, which fucking blew.

i'm eligible for equity at this firm at the end of 2026, and i will make it no question. the money i have in the pipeline would be enough originations for 2026 to qualify because the threshold is pretty low here. even if my book implodes in january, i'll have enough.

equity formula, i understand, looks something like: 40% of your "working attorney" number plus 20% of originations, plus something for being a "good firm citizen." i'm filling a need this firm desperately needs - despite having a bunch of labor attorneys, they are entertainment labor lawyers, which means they don't do ANY NLRB litigation or collective bargaining. all they do is interpret 600-page CBAs that were negotiated decades ago and are renegotiated by some employer association. so i guess they will do something for me to reflect that.

if my book in 2027 looks like it does right now, i'd make $1,080,000 or so my first year as an equity partner. this firm is an actual partnership, unfortunately, so i will have to start my own corporation or some kind of bullshit and pay way more in taxes.

we have a dood in my office who sues foreign govts for terrorist acts and brings in like 20 million a year, and that apparently winds up being a windfall to all the equity partners.

all firms should be set up as companies, this partnership stuff sucks ass.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527344)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earned and whatever is left we split between each other based on ownership proportion. So if we had 4 million in profit and if I have a 25 percent interest then I get a million, less whatever I’ve been taking out to live on during the year. Say $200k for that.

It’s complicated by the need to leave some of that money in operations for the following year because we don’t take loans for that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531713)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning less each year and next year I am really gonna be down big, meanwhile you keep going up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527341)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:39 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the business side of law. i've always been regarded as really good at what i do, but kind of an oddball and oblivious to biz dev, etc.

when i was in biglaw, an of counsel i hung around with always told me that if i sobered up and quit doing drugs/drinking 24/7, i could have a big book. turns out he was right ($2m is big for me, anyway, and i never thought i'd have anything like this.)

you're doing great brother, anything over 300k is really good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527346)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:42 AM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltwater tank threading and miss it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527349)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditional labor law?

i'll be saltthreading again soon. we moved out of our house in august to do a renovation. i have to run over there every few days to feed the fish and maintain the tank. it's 120.

we should be moving back in within a couple weeks and i will resume tank threading and maybe throw in some home renovation threading.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527357)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom for u instead?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527369)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur ass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527372)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

are you still pozzed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527430)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

undetectable brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527434)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:26 AM
Author: Maniacal scourge upon the earth psychic

i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527443)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: Low-t slate chad

wow this is hot, let's take this off boart

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527490)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: Black theater stage

$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527325)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Hideous ceo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528452)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Silver knife lettuce

Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business collects as projected in December. The first over $1m year ever, bros.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527340)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: fighting market candlestick maker

600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t really checked

30hr/week

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527544)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Cowardly dashing menage shitlib

180 last note

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49532880)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: Talented property sweet tailpipe

About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and other entrepreneurial activities.

It's a great blessing, and things have blown up fast over the last few years after years of toil. Last year was about 500k, 300k before that, lower for many years before that. This is a result of sustained business building, not one big settlement that won't be replicated.

However, this is a very risky seat to be sitting in. I'm a target in a wide variety of ways that I didn't anticipate, and everything could vanish at any moment. I am trying to take chips off the table and put them into safer assets where I can. But that's not easy to do.

Also, there is a hard, fairly low ceiling on my happiness because of my marriage to an angry, bitter woman who gets mad if she sees me enjoying myself. I don't want to divorce her for family reasons, but matters may come to a head in 2026.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49527645)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: Low-t slate chad

that is 180, very impressive.

very unlikely everything will implode immediately. just plow like $2m into index funds over time and max out retirement accounts. that's what i'm doing. wife and i currently have close to $3m in retirement accounts and if i get to $2m in taxable, i won't worry at all about my book blowing to pieces.

but honestly, you will probably continue doing well so don't worry.

on the marriage, you should try to save it if you think it's salvageable, but if it really is far gone then you should split up. don't stay together for money. but don't be so fast to peace out. maybe if she knows you are putting your foot down, she will knock off her bullshit. maybe not, but you should give it a shot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528240)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Lascivious ebony theatre

I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a mitzvah staying w her for the kids sake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528342)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: Low-t slate chad

i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody should ever do what i did and blow up a good marriage just because they're doing mounds of cocaine and strange pussy, but i also don't believe that you should stay if your relationship is in the shitty and not recoverable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528390)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: splenetic school cafeteria goal in life

just do discreet affairs bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528356)



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Date: December 24th, 2025 11:21 PM
Author: Talented property sweet tailpipe

Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains to come up with their headline numbers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49538515)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Maize gaming laptop

I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do think it’s good to note.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49540547)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Startling national security agency

CSLG free thread. Odd case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531487)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: stirring ultramarine step-uncle's house

Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't know bonuses for a bit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531946)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:06 AM
Author: Indecent bright double fault church

count any bonus you received in calendar 2025

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49533223)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: fragrant pale location mood

I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am and today at 9am started new job. Tomorrow will go for a swim before work.. but so far it doesn't seem like it's that easy. But as long as I get to take a 30minute run for lunch plus actually eat another 30 mins it might be a step up from working nights. Bit hourly rate is also lower.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49531986)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: Maize gaming laptop

About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $470k or so in gains (mostly unrealized) and dividends.

Haven’t done the taxes yet though, will report back later.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49532876)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Soul-stirring grizzly messiness

Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49532879)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: Indecent bright double fault church

whats the other 35%

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Date: December 25th, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: brindle nursing home

cap gains

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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Indecent bright double fault church

are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need to revise my number

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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Soul-stirring grizzly messiness

I'm up like $440k now on the year.

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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: cerebral flirting national bbw

~$500k

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