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

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sapphire tank
  12/18/25
710K
spruce medicated space associate
  12/18/25
lawyer?
sapphire tank
  12/18/25
yea
spruce medicated space associate
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
sapphire tank
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
Grizzly garrison
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
irradiated internet-worthy cruise ship
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
Grizzly garrison
  12/18/25
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insecure cordovan bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
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Bright aphrodisiac office
  12/19/25
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ruddy floppy knife
  12/19/25
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adventurous mad-dog skullcap hospital
  12/19/25
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Awkward double fault weed whacker
  12/20/25
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Comical White Forum Crotch
  12/21/25
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cobalt electric furnace
  12/21/25
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yapping gas station
  12/21/25
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cocky sienna chapel toilet seat
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Excitant sexy shrine
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
sapphire tank
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Excitant sexy shrine
  12/18/25
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Bright aphrodisiac office
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
exciting stubborn tanning salon
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
dull lascivious field azn
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
exciting stubborn tanning salon
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
sapphire tank
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
Saffron reading party
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
exciting stubborn tanning salon
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
insanely creepy fanboi incel
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
insanely creepy fanboi incel
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
insanely creepy fanboi incel
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Rough-skinned Orchestra Pit Trust Fund
  12/18/25
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spruce medicated space associate
  12/18/25
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charismatic jet trailer park
  12/19/25
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Doobsian trip scourge upon the earth den
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
Bright aphrodisiac office
  12/19/25
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pink histrionic stain
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Coiffed home
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
insanely creepy fanboi incel
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Coiffed home
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
infuriating point internal respiration
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Coiffed home
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
black odious mood state
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
Bright aphrodisiac office
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Glassy haunting factory reset button
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
Bright aphrodisiac office
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Fiercely-loyal jewess dilemma
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
charismatic jet trailer park
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
chest-beating preventive strike
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Vivacious locus chad
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Rough-skinned Orchestra Pit Trust Fund
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
big resort
  12/18/25
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vermilion sadistic boltzmann
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Coiffed home
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
sapphire tank
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Coiffed home
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
sapphire tank
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
insanely creepy fanboi incel
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Rose station
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Rose station
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Snowy razzle hissy fit ape
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Rose station
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
amethyst rehab
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
Bright aphrodisiac office
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
amethyst rehab
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Coiffed home
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
amethyst rehab
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Coiffed home
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Comical White Forum Crotch
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Coiffed home
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Multi-colored psychic
  12/22/25
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Multi-colored psychic
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Multi-colored psychic
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
amethyst rehab
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Rough-skinned Orchestra Pit Trust Fund
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
vermilion sadistic boltzmann
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Rough-skinned Orchestra Pit Trust Fund
  12/18/25
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  12/19/25
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Bright aphrodisiac office
  12/19/25
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Multi-colored psychic
  12/22/25
not enough.
charismatic jet trailer park
  12/18/25
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concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story
  12/20/25
little under $6M
fear-inspiring yellow lay therapy
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
insanely creepy fanboi incel
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
Grizzly garrison
  12/18/25
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salmon institution
  12/18/25
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Fiercely-loyal jewess dilemma
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
fear-inspiring yellow lay therapy
  12/19/25
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Stirring school bbw
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
cerebral misunderstood mad cow disease
  12/18/25
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insecure cordovan bawdyhouse
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charismatic jet trailer park
  12/18/25
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ivory razzle-dazzle corner cuck
  12/20/25
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yapping gas station
  12/21/25
-$184K
magenta exhilarant area
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
brindle metal kitty fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
rebellious range laser beams
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
ruddy floppy knife
  12/19/25
low-200s
Diverse fat ankles public bath
  12/18/25
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Talking abode voyeur
  12/18/25
like 2 million
flickering pit
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
stimulating orchid boistinker
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Spectacular free-loading regret
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
kink-friendly turquoise alpha
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Spectacular free-loading regret
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
cocky sienna chapel toilet seat
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
kink-friendly turquoise alpha
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
chest-beating preventive strike
  12/19/25
thank you
kink-friendly turquoise alpha
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Startling bonkers pervert theater
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
aromatic police squad
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
aggressive box office
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Laughsome Pearly Piazza Round Eye
  12/19/25
what happened
ruddy floppy knife
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Laughsome Pearly Piazza Round Eye
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
adventurous mad-dog skullcap hospital
  12/19/25
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sapphire tank
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
swashbuckling codepig hunting ground
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
pink histrionic stain
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Cracking nibblets
  12/20/25
~$900k
Glassy haunting factory reset button
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
mint duck-like stage black woman
  12/19/25
Wow.
concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
charismatic jet trailer park
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
mint duck-like stage black woman
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
charismatic jet trailer park
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
mint duck-like stage black woman
  12/19/25
lol
khaki misanthropic filthpig windowlicker
  12/19/25
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charismatic jet trailer park
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
chest-beating preventive strike
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Chocolate Pungent Sanctuary Partner
  12/19/25
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chest-beating preventive strike
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Snowy razzle hissy fit ape
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
dashing lemon old irish cottage
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
Racy mentally impaired library
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
dashing lemon old irish cottage
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Chocolate Pungent Sanctuary Partner
  12/21/25
You sound poor
cocky sienna chapel toilet seat
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
ivory razzle-dazzle corner cuck
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
gay jap heaven
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
maize school cafeteria
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
gay jap heaven
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Spectacular free-loading regret
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
gay jap heaven
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
spruce medicated space associate
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Multi-colored psychic
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
gay jap heaven
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
fear-inspiring yellow lay therapy
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
maize school cafeteria
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story
  12/20/25
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sapphire tank
  12/20/25
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spruce medicated space associate
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Awkward double fault weed whacker
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
stimulating orchid boistinker
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
galvanic sepia casino karate
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
galvanic sepia casino karate
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
galvanic sepia casino karate
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
Unholy new version
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Shimmering mind-boggling whorehouse
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
Unholy new version
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
sapphire tank
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Coiffed home
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
Unholy new version
  12/21/25
...
Coiffed home
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
dashing lemon old irish cottage
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
infuriating point internal respiration
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
Beady-eyed idea he suggested
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Coiffed home
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Coiffed home
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
sapphire tank
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
sapphire tank
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
sapphire tank
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
sapphire tank
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
sapphire tank
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Cyan international law enforcement agency
  12/21/25
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cobalt electric furnace
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
Godawful crusty striped hyena church
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
Domesticated wrinkle
  12/21/25
180 last note
amethyst rehab
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Shimmering mind-boggling whorehouse
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Coiffed home
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
Cheese-eating nursing home
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
dull lascivious field azn
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Shimmering mind-boggling whorehouse
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Buff Alcoholic Yarmulke Brunch
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
geriatric violent mediation stag film
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
yapping gas station
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
spruce medicated space associate
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
dashing lemon old irish cottage
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Buff Alcoholic Yarmulke Brunch
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
spruce medicated space associate
  12/23/25
cap gains
Snowy razzle hissy fit ape
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
spruce medicated space associate
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story
  12/25/25
~$500k
Beady-eyed idea he suggested
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: sapphire tank



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: spruce medicated space associate

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: sapphire tank

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: spruce medicated space associate

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: sapphire tank

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: Grizzly garrison

Me: 842k

Wife: 267K

Including last year's bonus

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: irradiated internet-worthy cruise ship

Lawyers?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Grizzly garrison

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: insecure cordovan bawdyhouse



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Bright aphrodisiac office



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: ruddy floppy knife



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: adventurous mad-dog skullcap hospital



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Awkward double fault weed whacker



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Comical White Forum Crotch



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: cobalt electric furnace



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: yapping gas station



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: cocky sienna chapel toilet seat



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Excitant sexy shrine

$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: sapphire tank

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Excitant sexy shrine

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Bright aphrodisiac office



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: exciting stubborn tanning salon

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: dull lascivious field azn

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: exciting stubborn tanning salon

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: sapphire tank

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: Saffron reading party

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: exciting stubborn tanning salon

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: insanely creepy fanboi incel

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: insanely creepy fanboi incel

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=2в#49520231)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:08 PM
Author: insanely creepy fanboi incel

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=2в#49520240)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:26 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Orchestra Pit Trust Fund

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=2в#49520352)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: spruce medicated space associate



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:56 AM
Author: charismatic jet trailer park



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Doobsian trip scourge upon the earth den



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Bright aphrodisiac office

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=2в#49522250)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:55 AM
Author: pink histrionic stain



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:32 PM
Author: Coiffed home

Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: insanely creepy fanboi incel

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=2в#49522995)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: Coiffed home

You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:26 PM
Author: infuriating point internal respiration

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=2в#49525980)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Coiffed home

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=2в#49528347)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: black odious mood state

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: Bright aphrodisiac office

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=2в#49522256)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Glassy haunting factory reset button

PATRIARCHY!!!

Of course it doesn’t.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:45 AM
Author: Bright aphrodisiac office

Oh. So why does she work?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal jewess dilemma

180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: charismatic jet trailer park

don't you brag about being rich?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: chest-beating preventive strike

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=2в#49522784)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: Vivacious locus chad

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

but i was also laid off



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Orchestra Pit Trust Fund

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: big resort

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: vermilion sadistic boltzmann



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: Coiffed home

$790K. Wife made about $15K.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: sapphire tank

Doing what, and why?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Coiffed home

I am atty.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:59 PM
Author: sapphire tank

I know that, I meant your wife

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: insanely creepy fanboi incel

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: Rose station

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Rose station

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 12:33 AM
Author: Snowy razzle hissy fit ape

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

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 2:25 PM
Author: Rose station

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: amethyst rehab

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=2в#49520223)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: Bright aphrodisiac office

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:49 PM
Author: amethyst rehab

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=2в#49527624)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Coiffed home

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=2в#49531954)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: amethyst rehab

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=2в#49531959)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: Coiffed home

? 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=2в#49531998)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Comical White Forum Crotch

lol I make more money than lex tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: Coiffed home

Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Multi-colored psychic

I feel safe in this subthread

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Multi-colored psychic



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Multi-colored psychic

lex how’s your dating life? jw

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: amethyst rehab

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Orchestra Pit Trust Fund

why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: vermilion sadistic boltzmann

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=2в#49520283)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Orchestra Pit Trust Fund

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: adventurous mad-dog skullcap hospital



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: Bright aphrodisiac office



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Multi-colored psychic



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: charismatic jet trailer park

not enough.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 7:07 AM
Author: concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: fear-inspiring yellow lay therapy

little under $6M

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:18 PM
Author: insanely creepy fanboi incel

MFCR. State occupation, thank.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: Grizzly garrison

271K TOPS

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: salmon institution



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:17 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal jewess dilemma



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: fear-inspiring yellow lay therapy

sorry ur mad

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Stirring school bbw



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: cerebral misunderstood mad cow disease

Six figures, champ.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: insecure cordovan bawdyhouse



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: charismatic jet trailer park



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: ivory razzle-dazzle corner cuck



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: yapping gas station



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: magenta exhilarant area

-$184K

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: brindle metal kitty fortuitous meteor

I fail to see how this is relevant.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:08 PM
Author: rebellious range laser beams

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=2в#49520506)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: ruddy floppy knife

holy fuck how jewish are you

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Diverse fat ankles public bath

low-200s

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: Talking abode voyeur



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 8:07 PM
Author: flickering pit

like 2 million

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: stimulating orchid boistinker

$360k in tech

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: Spectacular free-loading regret

Less than I want but way more than I deserve

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: kink-friendly turquoise alpha

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=2в#49522192)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: Spectacular free-loading regret

Shrew'd

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: cocky sienna chapel toilet seat

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=2в#49522202)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:36 PM
Author: kink-friendly turquoise alpha

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=2в#49522694)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: chest-beating preventive strike

(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=2в#49522791)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: kink-friendly turquoise alpha

thank you

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: Startling bonkers pervert theater

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=2в#49524077)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: aromatic police squad

Who wants to pay off my house

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: aggressive box office

negative money (lived off debt)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Laughsome Pearly Piazza Round Eye

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: ruddy floppy knife

what happened

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:37 AM
Author: Laughsome Pearly Piazza Round Eye

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=2в#49522320)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: adventurous mad-dog skullcap hospital

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=2в#49522248)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: sapphire tank



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: swashbuckling codepig hunting ground

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=2в#49522287)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: pink histrionic stain

$600k as solo lolyer.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: Cracking nibblets

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=2в#49525725)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Glassy haunting factory reset button

~$900k

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: mint duck-like stage black woman

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story

Wow.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: charismatic jet trailer park

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: mint duck-like stage black woman

How many blowjobs can I get for that?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: charismatic jet trailer park

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=2в#49523284)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: mint duck-like stage black woman

That 1/3 sounds disappointing.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: khaki misanthropic filthpig windowlicker

lol

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: charismatic jet trailer park



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:18 PM
Author: chest-beating preventive strike

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=2в#49522815)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: Chocolate Pungent Sanctuary Partner

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=2в#49522960)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:27 PM
Author: chest-beating preventive strike



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Snowy razzle hissy fit ape

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=2в#49523288)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: dashing lemon old irish cottage

Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:24 PM
Author: Racy mentally impaired library

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=2в#49523780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:11 PM
Author: dashing lemon old irish cottage

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=2в#49525630)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Chocolate Pungent Sanctuary Partner

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=2в#49529038)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 6:06 PM
Author: cocky sienna chapel toilet seat

You sound poor

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: ivory razzle-dazzle corner cuck

but self-selection...

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: gay jap heaven

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=2в#49523808)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: maize school cafeteria

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=2в#49523866)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: gay jap heaven

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=2в#49523884)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:23 AM
Author: Spectacular free-loading regret

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=2в#49524660)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:14 AM
Author: gay jap heaven

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=2в#49525097)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: spruce medicated space associate

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=2в#49525701)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Multi-colored psychic

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: gay jap heaven

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=2в#49526155)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: fear-inspiring yellow lay therapy

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=2в#49524780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: maize school cafeteria

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: sapphire tank



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: spruce medicated space associate



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: Awkward double fault weed whacker

$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=2в#49523890)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: stimulating orchid boistinker

I paid just under that in taxes this year

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:29 AM
Author: galvanic sepia casino karate

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:30 AM
Author: galvanic sepia casino karate

this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:32 AM
Author: galvanic sepia casino karate

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=2в#49524686)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:11 PM
Author: Unholy new version

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=2в#49525770)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: Shimmering mind-boggling whorehouse

How do you get your taxable income lower?

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:37 PM
Author: Unholy new version

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=2в#49526021)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: sapphire tank

Creative but nothing fraud tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: Coiffed home

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: Unholy new version

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=2в#49528026)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Coiffed home



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: dashing lemon old irish cottage

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=2в#49525872)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: infuriating point internal respiration

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:03 AM
Author: Beady-eyed idea he suggested

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:29 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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=2в#49527322)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:31 AM
Author: Coiffed home

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=2в#49527331)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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=2в#49527344)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: Coiffed home

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=2в#49531713)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: sapphire tank

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=2в#49527341)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:39 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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=2в#49527346)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:42 AM
Author: sapphire tank

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=2в#49527349)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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=2в#49527357)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: sapphire tank

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=2в#49527369)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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

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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: sapphire tank

are you still pozzed?

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

undetectable brother

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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:26 AM
Author: sapphire tank

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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

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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: Cyan international law enforcement agency

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: cobalt electric furnace



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Godawful crusty striped hyena church

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=2в#49527340)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: Domesticated wrinkle

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=2в#49527544)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: amethyst rehab

180 last note

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: Shimmering mind-boggling whorehouse

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=2в#49527645)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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=2в#49528240)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Coiffed home

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=2в#49528342)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: Cheese-eating nursing home

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=2в#49528390)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: dull lascivious field azn

just do discreet affairs bro

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



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Date: December 24th, 2025 11:21 PM
Author: Shimmering mind-boggling whorehouse

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=2в#49538515)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Buff Alcoholic Yarmulke Brunch

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=2в#49540547)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: geriatric violent mediation stag film

CSLG free thread. Odd case.

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: yapping gas station

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=2в#49531946)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:06 AM
Author: spruce medicated space associate

count any bonus you received in calendar 2025

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: dashing lemon old irish cottage

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=2в#49531986)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: Buff Alcoholic Yarmulke Brunch

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=2в#49532876)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story

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

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: spruce medicated space associate

whats the other 35%

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2в#49533222)



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Date: December 25th, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: Snowy razzle hissy fit ape

cap gains

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2в#49539832)



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: spruce medicated space associate

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2в#49540017)



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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: concupiscible hyperactive shitlib background story

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2в#49540047)



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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: Beady-eyed idea he suggested

~$500k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2в#49538879)