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Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/18/25
710K
180 citrine parlor associate
  12/18/25
lawyer?
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/18/25
yea
180 citrine parlor associate
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
blue passionate coffee pot
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
Stirring violet degenerate
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
blue passionate coffee pot
  12/18/25
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hateful titillating native athletic conference
  12/18/25
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Flickering hissy fit theater
  12/19/25
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Beady-eyed pea-brained jap station
  12/19/25
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Bearded police squad
  12/19/25
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Mahogany Corn Cake
  12/20/25
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Doobsian stimulating pervert meetinghouse
  12/21/25
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swashbuckling bronze gaming laptop mexican
  12/21/25
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magical university
  12/21/25
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nofapping resort
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
appetizing boltzmann
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
appetizing boltzmann
  12/18/25
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Flickering hissy fit theater
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Garnet Ticket Booth
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
unholy motley stage potus
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Garnet Ticket Booth
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
Sinister Mediation Sweet Tailpipe
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Garnet Ticket Booth
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
costumed razzle-dazzle stage
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
costumed razzle-dazzle stage
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
costumed razzle-dazzle stage
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Domesticated Gas Station
  12/18/25
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180 citrine parlor associate
  12/18/25
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Purple stain public bath
  12/19/25
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Galvanic Soggy Twinkling Uncleanness
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
Flickering hissy fit theater
  12/19/25
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Chrome lascivious circlehead electric furnace
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
costumed razzle-dazzle stage
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Heady state water buffalo
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
hairless national regret
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
Flickering hissy fit theater
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
violent thirsty pit
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
Flickering hissy fit theater
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Judgmental salmon principal's office
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
Purple stain public bath
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Razzle bull headed chad cumskin
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
mauve diverse range
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Domesticated Gas Station
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
vigorous self-centered plaza striped hyena
  12/18/25
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vivacious bistre location becky
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/18/25
I am atty.
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
costumed razzle-dazzle stage
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
vengeful theater stage doctorate
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
vengeful theater stage doctorate
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Internet-worthy boistinker
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
vengeful theater stage doctorate
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
bateful death wish
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
Flickering hissy fit theater
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
bateful death wish
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
bateful death wish
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Doobsian stimulating pervert meetinghouse
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Thriller Crackhouse
  12/22/25
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Thriller Crackhouse
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Thriller Crackhouse
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
bateful death wish
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Domesticated Gas Station
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
vivacious bistre location becky
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Domesticated Gas Station
  12/18/25
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Bearded police squad
  12/19/25
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Flickering hissy fit theater
  12/19/25
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Thriller Crackhouse
  12/22/25
not enough.
Purple stain public bath
  12/18/25
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chartreuse school elastic band
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Amethyst Fragrant Pisswyrm Church
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
costumed razzle-dazzle stage
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
blue passionate coffee pot
  12/18/25
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Fear-inspiring twinkling sandwich
  12/18/25
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Judgmental salmon principal's office
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Amethyst Fragrant Pisswyrm Church
  12/19/25
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talented clear step-uncle's house alpha
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
cerise abode
  12/18/25
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hateful titillating native athletic conference
  12/18/25
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Purple stain public bath
  12/18/25
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laughsome brethren
  12/20/25
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magical university
  12/21/25
-$184K
Electric stag film codepig
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Jade crawly scourge upon the earth chapel
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
ruddy at-the-ready factory reset button haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Beady-eyed pea-brained jap station
  12/19/25
low-200s
Exhilarant House
  12/18/25
0
multi-colored onyx incel home
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Wonderful sienna cruise ship windowlicker
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Provocative Nibblets Boiling Water
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Hairraiser puce knife
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
bright crotch
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Hairraiser puce knife
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
nofapping resort
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
bright crotch
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Razzle bull headed chad cumskin
  12/19/25
thank you
bright crotch
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Razzmatazz hell
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
Aphrodisiac address dragon
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
sable bipolar roast beef pozpig
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Sticky Duck-like Fat Ankles Legend
  12/19/25
what happened
Beady-eyed pea-brained jap station
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Sticky Duck-like Fat Ankles Legend
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
Bearded police squad
  12/19/25
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Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
trip brunch
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Chrome lascivious circlehead electric furnace
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Bat shit crazy jet community account area
  12/20/25
~$900k
violent thirsty pit
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
cerebral flirting friendly grandma
  12/19/25
Wow.
chartreuse school elastic band
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
Purple stain public bath
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
cerebral flirting friendly grandma
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
Purple stain public bath
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
cerebral flirting friendly grandma
  12/19/25
lol
comical indian lodge
  12/19/25
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Purple stain public bath
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Razzle bull headed chad cumskin
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Wine insane mad-dog skullcap den
  12/19/25
...
Razzle bull headed chad cumskin
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Internet-worthy boistinker
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Rusted tanning salon background story
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
nighttime adventurous corner pistol
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Rusted tanning salon background story
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Wine insane mad-dog skullcap den
  12/21/25
You sound poor
nofapping resort
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
laughsome brethren
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
boyish maize foreskin dog poop
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
translucent sneaky criminal site
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
boyish maize foreskin dog poop
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Hairraiser puce knife
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
boyish maize foreskin dog poop
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
180 citrine parlor associate
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Thriller Crackhouse
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
boyish maize foreskin dog poop
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Amethyst Fragrant Pisswyrm Church
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
translucent sneaky criminal site
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
chartreuse school elastic band
  12/20/25
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Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/20/25
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180 citrine parlor associate
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Mahogany Corn Cake
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Provocative Nibblets Boiling Water
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
brilliant masturbator
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
brilliant masturbator
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
brilliant masturbator
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
Mewling cowardly shrine
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
umber deep keepsake machete
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
Mewling cowardly shrine
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
Mewling cowardly shrine
  12/21/25
...
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Rusted tanning salon background story
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Heady state water buffalo
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
underhanded godawful genital piercing
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
Ruby Glittery Business Firm
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
aggressive tattoo
  12/21/25
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swashbuckling bronze gaming laptop mexican
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
Violent tripping partner people who are hurt
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
Gay angry rigpig
  12/21/25
180 last note
bateful death wish
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
umber deep keepsake machete
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
irate ivory library volcanic crater
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
charismatic glassy idiot locus
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
unholy motley stage potus
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
umber deep keepsake machete
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Spectacular property
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
pearl vibrant sanctuary candlestick maker
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
magical university
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
180 citrine parlor associate
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Rusted tanning salon background story
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Spectacular property
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
chartreuse school elastic band
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
180 citrine parlor associate
  12/23/25
cap gains
Internet-worthy boistinker
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
180 citrine parlor associate
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
chartreuse school elastic band
  12/25/25
~$500k
underhanded godawful genital piercing
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Ruby Glittery Business Firm



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: 180 citrine parlor associate

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: 180 citrine parlor associate

yea

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49519925)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

Biglaw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49519931)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: blue passionate coffee pot

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: Stirring violet degenerate

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: blue passionate coffee pot

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: hateful titillating native athletic conference



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Flickering hissy fit theater



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Beady-eyed pea-brained jap station



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Mahogany Corn Cake



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Doobsian stimulating pervert meetinghouse



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: swashbuckling bronze gaming laptop mexican



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: magical university



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: nofapping resort



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: appetizing boltzmann

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49519929)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

Trash or legal fees?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49519933)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: appetizing boltzmann

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Flickering hissy fit theater



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Garnet Ticket Booth

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: unholy motley stage potus

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Garnet Ticket Booth

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: Sinister Mediation Sweet Tailpipe

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Garnet Ticket Booth

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: costumed razzle-dazzle stage

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: costumed razzle-dazzle stage

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: costumed razzle-dazzle stage

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: Domesticated Gas Station

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: 180 citrine parlor associate



(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: Purple stain public bath



(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: Galvanic Soggy Twinkling Uncleanness



(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: Flickering hissy fit theater

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: Chrome lascivious circlehead electric furnace



(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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: costumed razzle-dazzle stage

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: Heady state water buffalo

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: hairless national regret

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: Flickering hissy fit theater

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: violent thirsty pit

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: Flickering hissy fit theater

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: Judgmental salmon principal's office

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: Purple stain public bath

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: Razzle bull headed chad cumskin

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: mauve diverse range

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: Domesticated Gas Station

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: vigorous self-centered plaza striped hyena

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: vivacious bistre location becky



(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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

$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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

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: costumed razzle-dazzle stage

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: vengeful theater stage doctorate

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: vengeful theater stage doctorate

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: Internet-worthy boistinker

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: vengeful theater stage doctorate

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: bateful death wish

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: Flickering hissy fit theater

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: bateful death wish

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: bateful death wish

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

? 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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: Doobsian stimulating pervert meetinghouse

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: Thriller Crackhouse

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: Thriller Crackhouse



(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: Thriller Crackhouse

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: bateful death wish

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: Domesticated Gas Station

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: vivacious bistre location becky

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: Domesticated Gas Station

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: Bearded police squad



(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: Flickering hissy fit theater



(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: Thriller Crackhouse



(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: Purple stain public bath

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: chartreuse school elastic band



(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: Amethyst Fragrant Pisswyrm Church

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: costumed razzle-dazzle stage

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: blue passionate coffee pot

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: Fear-inspiring twinkling sandwich



(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: Judgmental salmon principal's office



(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: Amethyst Fragrant Pisswyrm Church

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: talented clear step-uncle's house alpha



(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: cerise abode

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: hateful titillating native athletic conference



(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: Purple stain public bath



(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: laughsome brethren



(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: magical university



(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: Electric stag film codepig

-$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: Jade crawly scourge upon the earth chapel

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: ruddy at-the-ready factory reset button haunted graveyard

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: Beady-eyed pea-brained jap station

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: Exhilarant House

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: multi-colored onyx incel home

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: Wonderful sienna cruise ship windowlicker

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: Provocative Nibblets Boiling Water

$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: Hairraiser puce knife

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: bright crotch

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: Hairraiser puce knife

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: nofapping resort

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: bright crotch

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: Razzle bull headed chad cumskin

(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: bright crotch

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: Razzmatazz hell

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: Aphrodisiac address dragon

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: sable bipolar roast beef pozpig

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: Sticky Duck-like Fat Ankles Legend

~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: Beady-eyed pea-brained jap station

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: Sticky Duck-like Fat Ankles Legend

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: Bearded police squad

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm



(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: trip brunch

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: Chrome lascivious circlehead electric furnace

$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: Bat shit crazy jet community account area

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: violent thirsty pit

~$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: cerebral flirting friendly grandma

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: chartreuse school elastic band

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: Purple stain public bath

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: cerebral flirting friendly grandma

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: Purple stain public bath

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: cerebral flirting friendly grandma

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: comical indian lodge

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: Purple stain public bath



(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: Razzle bull headed chad cumskin

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: Wine insane mad-dog skullcap den

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: Razzle bull headed chad cumskin



(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: Internet-worthy boistinker

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: Rusted tanning salon background story

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: nighttime adventurous corner pistol

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: Rusted tanning salon background story

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: Wine insane mad-dog skullcap den

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: nofapping resort

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: laughsome brethren

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: boyish maize foreskin dog poop

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: translucent sneaky criminal site

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: boyish maize foreskin dog poop

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: Hairraiser puce knife

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: boyish maize foreskin dog poop

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: 180 citrine parlor 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=2#49525701)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Thriller Crackhouse

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: boyish maize foreskin dog poop

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: Amethyst Fragrant Pisswyrm Church

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: translucent sneaky criminal site

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: chartreuse school elastic band

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm



(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: 180 citrine parlor associate



(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: Mahogany Corn Cake

$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: Provocative Nibblets Boiling Water

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: brilliant masturbator

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: brilliant masturbator

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: brilliant masturbator

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: Mewling cowardly shrine

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: umber deep keepsake machete

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: Mewling cowardly shrine

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: Mewling cowardly shrine

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater



(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: Rusted tanning salon background story

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: Heady state water buffalo

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: underhanded godawful genital piercing

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: Ruby Glittery Business Firm

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: aggressive tattoo

$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: swashbuckling bronze gaming laptop mexican



(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: Violent tripping partner people who are hurt

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: Gay angry rigpig

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: bateful death wish

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: umber deep keepsake machete

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: irate ivory library volcanic crater

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: charismatic glassy idiot locus

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: unholy motley stage potus

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: umber deep keepsake machete

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: Spectacular property

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: pearl vibrant sanctuary candlestick maker

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: magical university

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: 180 citrine parlor associate

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: Rusted tanning salon background story

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: Spectacular property

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: chartreuse school elastic band

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: 180 citrine parlor associate

whats the other 35%

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: Internet-worthy boistinker

cap gains

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: 180 citrine parlor 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=2#49540017)



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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: chartreuse school elastic band

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

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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: underhanded godawful genital piercing

~$500k

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