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

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indecent state
  12/18/25
710K
glittery personal credit line market
  12/18/25
lawyer?
indecent state
  12/18/25
yea
glittery personal credit line market
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
indecent state
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
irradiated lavender casino mood
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
sexy gas station jewess
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
irradiated lavender casino mood
  12/18/25
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geriatric dilemma
  12/18/25
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red brunch stock car
  12/19/25
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Mahogany hateful library friendly grandma
  12/19/25
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burgundy clown corner
  12/19/25
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mauve box office gunner
  12/20/25
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Ruddy principal's office
  12/21/25
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Cruel-hearted bossy boltzmann puppy
  12/21/25
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alcoholic comical windowlicker
  12/21/25
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filthy insane coldplay fan field
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
trip mildly autistic juggernaut indian lodge
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
indecent state
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
trip mildly autistic juggernaut indian lodge
  12/18/25
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red brunch stock car
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Big dull codepig
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Wonderful Roommate
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Big dull codepig
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
indecent state
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
aphrodisiac gaping
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Big dull codepig
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Exciting Stage Reading Party
  12/18/25
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glittery personal credit line market
  12/18/25
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sooty nibblets
  12/19/25
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Buck-toothed Wagecucks
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
red brunch stock car
  12/19/25
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Turquoise nudist locale hominid
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Mind-boggling Internal Respiration
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Low-t national security agency piazza
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
red brunch stock car
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Slate parlour
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
red brunch stock car
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Duck-like Soul-stirring Gay Wizard Step-uncle's House
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
sooty nibblets
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Pearl Milk
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
charismatic nofapping center legal warrant
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Exciting Stage Reading Party
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
Canary depressive
  12/18/25
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Bateful area
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
indecent state
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
indecent state
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Impertinent Chartreuse House Goyim
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Impertinent Chartreuse House Goyim
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
rose legend
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Impertinent Chartreuse House Goyim
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Dashing factory reset button
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
red brunch stock car
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Dashing factory reset button
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Dashing factory reset button
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Ruddy principal's office
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Histrionic indigo locus
  12/22/25
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Histrionic indigo locus
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Histrionic indigo locus
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Dashing factory reset button
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Exciting Stage Reading Party
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Bateful area
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Exciting Stage Reading Party
  12/18/25
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burgundy clown corner
  12/19/25
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red brunch stock car
  12/19/25
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Histrionic indigo locus
  12/22/25
not enough.
sooty nibblets
  12/18/25
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vermilion dysfunction weed whacker
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Elite sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
irradiated lavender casino mood
  12/18/25
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Motley lay ceo
  12/18/25
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Duck-like Soul-stirring Gay Wizard Step-uncle's House
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Elite sneaky criminal
  12/19/25
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erotic aromatic orchestra pit roast beef
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Domesticated travel guidebook address
  12/18/25
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geriatric dilemma
  12/18/25
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sooty nibblets
  12/18/25
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maize beta nursing home filthpig
  12/20/25
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alcoholic comical windowlicker
  12/21/25
-$184K
exhilarant rough-skinned resort
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Tantric generalized bond mad cow disease
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
spectacular orange crotch stain
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Mahogany hateful library friendly grandma
  12/19/25
low-200s
fragrant twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
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thriller zippy rehab gaming laptop
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Brilliant Galvanic Goal In Life Tanning Salon
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Vigorous Chapel
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Saffron shrine
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
abnormal razzle location
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Saffron shrine
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
filthy insane coldplay fan field
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
abnormal razzle location
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Pearl Milk
  12/19/25
thank you
abnormal razzle location
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
violent digit ratio place of business
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
Jade nowag
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
boyish masturbator
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Effete chocolate scourge upon the earth
  12/19/25
what happened
Mahogany hateful library friendly grandma
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Effete chocolate scourge upon the earth
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
burgundy clown corner
  12/19/25
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indecent state
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
flushed odious set
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Turquoise nudist locale hominid
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Stimulating Onyx Theater Newt
  12/20/25
~$900k
Slate parlour
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Pearly feces
  12/19/25
Wow.
vermilion dysfunction weed whacker
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
sooty nibblets
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Pearly feces
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
sooty nibblets
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Pearly feces
  12/19/25
lol
contagious pisswyrm church
  12/19/25
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sooty nibblets
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Pearl Milk
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Vivacious Antidepressant Drug Bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
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Pearl Milk
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
rose legend
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
primrose vibrant half-breed meetinghouse
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
shivering buff station
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
primrose vibrant half-breed meetinghouse
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Vivacious Antidepressant Drug Bawdyhouse
  12/21/25
You sound poor
filthy insane coldplay fan field
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
maize beta nursing home filthpig
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Racy jet-lagged institution
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
Excitant new version mother
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Racy jet-lagged institution
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Saffron shrine
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Racy jet-lagged institution
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
glittery personal credit line market
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Histrionic indigo locus
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Racy jet-lagged institution
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Elite sneaky criminal
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
Excitant new version mother
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
vermilion dysfunction weed whacker
  12/20/25
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indecent state
  12/20/25
...
glittery personal credit line market
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
mauve box office gunner
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Vigorous Chapel
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
massive business firm sweet tailpipe
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
massive business firm sweet tailpipe
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
massive business firm sweet tailpipe
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
adventurous smoky point
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Cowardly space brethren
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
adventurous smoky point
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
indecent state
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
adventurous smoky point
  12/21/25
...
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
primrose vibrant half-breed meetinghouse
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Mind-boggling Internal Respiration
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
cracking mental disorder becky
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
indecent state
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
indecent state
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
indecent state
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
indecent state
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
indecent state
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
arousing white lodge
  12/21/25
...
Cruel-hearted bossy boltzmann puppy
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
sapphire alpha school
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
ungodly elastic band electric furnace
  12/21/25
180 last note
Dashing factory reset button
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Cowardly space brethren
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Costumed sticky stead double fault
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
sadistic beady-eyed temple
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Wonderful Roommate
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Cowardly space brethren
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
startled razzle-dazzle theatre fanboi
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
maniacal bbw
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
alcoholic comical windowlicker
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
glittery personal credit line market
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
primrose vibrant half-breed meetinghouse
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
startled razzle-dazzle theatre fanboi
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
vermilion dysfunction weed whacker
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
glittery personal credit line market
  12/23/25
cap gains
rose legend
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
glittery personal credit line market
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
vermilion dysfunction weed whacker
  12/25/25
~$500k
cracking mental disorder becky
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: indecent state



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: glittery personal credit line market

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: indecent state

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: glittery personal credit line market

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: indecent state

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: irradiated lavender casino mood

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: sexy gas station jewess

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: irradiated lavender casino mood

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49520499)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: geriatric dilemma



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: red brunch stock car



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Mahogany hateful library friendly grandma



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: burgundy clown corner



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: mauve box office gunner



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Ruddy principal's office



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted bossy boltzmann puppy



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: alcoholic comical windowlicker



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: filthy insane coldplay fan field



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: trip mildly autistic juggernaut indian lodge

$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: indecent state

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: trip mildly autistic juggernaut indian lodge

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49520159)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: red brunch stock car



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Big dull codepig

$130k in shitlaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49519936)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Wonderful Roommate

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Big dull codepig

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: indecent state

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: aphrodisiac gaping

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Big dull codepig

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal

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: purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal

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: purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal

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: Exciting Stage Reading Party

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: glittery personal credit line market



(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: sooty nibblets



(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: Buck-toothed Wagecucks



(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: red brunch stock car

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: Turquoise nudist locale hominid



(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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: Mind-boggling 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=2#49525980)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: Low-t national security agency piazza

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: red brunch stock car

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: Slate parlour

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: red brunch stock car

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: Duck-like Soul-stirring Gay Wizard Step-uncle's House

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: sooty nibblets

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: Pearl Milk

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: charismatic nofapping center legal warrant

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: Exciting Stage Reading Party

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: Canary depressive

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: Bateful area



(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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

$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: indecent state

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: indecent state

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: purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal

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: Impertinent Chartreuse House Goyim

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: Impertinent Chartreuse House Goyim

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: rose legend

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: Impertinent Chartreuse House Goyim

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: Dashing factory reset button

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: red brunch stock car

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: Dashing factory reset button

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: Dashing factory reset button

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

? 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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: Ruddy principal's office

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: Histrionic indigo locus

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: Histrionic indigo locus



(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: Histrionic indigo locus

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: Dashing factory reset button

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: Exciting Stage Reading Party

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: Bateful area

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: Exciting Stage Reading Party

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: burgundy clown corner



(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: red brunch stock car



(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: Histrionic indigo locus



(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: sooty nibblets

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: vermilion dysfunction weed whacker



(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: Elite sneaky criminal

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: purple hairraiser multi-billionaire son of senegal

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: irradiated lavender casino mood

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: Motley lay ceo



(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: Duck-like Soul-stirring Gay Wizard Step-uncle's House



(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: Elite sneaky criminal

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: erotic aromatic orchestra pit roast beef



(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: Domesticated travel guidebook address

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: geriatric dilemma



(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: sooty nibblets



(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: maize beta nursing home filthpig



(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: alcoholic comical windowlicker



(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: exhilarant rough-skinned resort

-$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: Tantric generalized bond mad cow disease

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: spectacular orange crotch stain

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: Mahogany hateful library friendly grandma

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: fragrant twinkling uncleanness

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: thriller zippy rehab gaming laptop



(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: Brilliant Galvanic Goal In Life Tanning Salon

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: Vigorous Chapel

$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: Saffron shrine

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: abnormal razzle location

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: Saffron shrine

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: filthy insane coldplay fan field

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: abnormal razzle location

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: Pearl Milk

(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: abnormal razzle location

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: violent digit ratio place of business

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: Jade nowag

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: boyish masturbator

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: Effete chocolate scourge upon the earth

~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: Mahogany hateful library friendly grandma

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: Effete chocolate scourge upon the earth

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: burgundy clown corner

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: indecent state



(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: flushed odious set

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: Turquoise nudist locale hominid

$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: Stimulating Onyx Theater Newt

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: Slate parlour

~$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: Pearly feces

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: vermilion dysfunction weed whacker

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: sooty nibblets

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: Pearly feces

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: sooty nibblets

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: Pearly feces

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: contagious pisswyrm church

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: sooty nibblets



(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: Pearl Milk

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: Vivacious Antidepressant Drug Bawdyhouse

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: Pearl Milk



(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: rose legend

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: primrose vibrant half-breed meetinghouse

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: shivering buff station

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: primrose vibrant half-breed meetinghouse

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: Vivacious Antidepressant Drug Bawdyhouse

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: filthy insane coldplay fan field

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: maize beta nursing home filthpig

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: Racy jet-lagged institution

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: Excitant new version mother

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: Racy jet-lagged institution

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: Saffron shrine

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: Racy jet-lagged institution

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: glittery personal credit line market

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: Histrionic indigo locus

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: Racy jet-lagged institution

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: Elite sneaky criminal

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: Excitant new version mother

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: vermilion dysfunction weed whacker

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: indecent state



(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: glittery personal credit line market



(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: mauve box office gunner

$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: Vigorous Chapel

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: massive business firm sweet tailpipe

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: massive business firm sweet tailpipe

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: massive business firm sweet tailpipe

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: adventurous smoky point

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: Cowardly space brethren

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: adventurous smoky point

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: indecent state

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: adventurous smoky point

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault



(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: primrose vibrant half-breed meetinghouse

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: Mind-boggling Internal Respiration

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: cracking mental disorder becky

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: indecent state

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: indecent state

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: indecent state

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: indecent state

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: indecent state

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: arousing white lodge

$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: Cruel-hearted bossy boltzmann puppy



(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: sapphire alpha school

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: ungodly elastic band electric furnace

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: Dashing factory reset button

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: Cowardly space brethren

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: Costumed sticky stead double fault

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: sadistic beady-eyed temple

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: Wonderful Roommate

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: Cowardly space brethren

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: startled razzle-dazzle theatre fanboi

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: maniacal bbw

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: alcoholic comical windowlicker

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: glittery personal credit line market

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: primrose vibrant half-breed meetinghouse

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: startled razzle-dazzle theatre fanboi

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: vermilion dysfunction weed whacker

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: glittery personal credit line market

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: rose legend

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: glittery personal credit line market

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: vermilion dysfunction weed whacker

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

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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: cracking mental disorder becky

~$500k

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