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

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indigo national hominid
  12/18/25
710K
Wine vivacious sanctuary
  12/18/25
lawyer?
indigo national hominid
  12/18/25
yea
Wine vivacious sanctuary
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
indigo national hominid
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
walnut dysfunction
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
insanely creepy alcoholic hall dingle berry
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
walnut dysfunction
  12/18/25
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red appetizing locus
  12/18/25
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saffron house
  12/19/25
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Diverse tattoo
  12/19/25
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anal jet-lagged karate boiling water
  12/19/25
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hateful glittery bawdyhouse idea he suggested
  12/20/25
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insane sadistic french chef cuckoldry
  12/21/25
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comical travel guidebook
  12/21/25
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Adventurous insecure den
  12/21/25
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Coral ticket booth
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Elite hell ceo
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
indigo national hominid
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Elite hell ceo
  12/18/25
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saffron house
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Sooty Tanning Salon
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Sinister University Sneaky Criminal
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Sooty Tanning Salon
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
indigo national hominid
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
fragrant hairless stain property
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Sooty Tanning Salon
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
filthy cracking market clown
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
filthy cracking market clown
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
filthy cracking market clown
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
vigorous school cafeteria
  12/18/25
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Wine vivacious sanctuary
  12/18/25
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Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king
  12/19/25
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excitant mother
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
saffron house
  12/19/25
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Pale legend
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
filthy cracking market clown
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Nighttime chestnut twinkling uncleanness
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Racy ocher fortuitous meteor knife
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
saffron house
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Very Tactful Territorial Whorehouse Pocket Flask
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
saffron house
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Orange voyeur piazza
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
talking heaven
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Awkward mind-boggling round eye legal warrant
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
vigorous school cafeteria
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
Hairraiser abusive indian lodge coldplay fan
  12/18/25
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stirring church building trust fund
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
indigo national hominid
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
indigo national hominid
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
filthy cracking market clown
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
hot dashing half-breed
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
hot dashing half-breed
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Multi-colored Space
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
hot dashing half-breed
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
aphrodisiac crotch
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
saffron house
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
aphrodisiac crotch
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
aphrodisiac crotch
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
talented boistinker plaza
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
insane sadistic french chef cuckoldry
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard
  12/22/25
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glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
aphrodisiac crotch
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
vigorous school cafeteria
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
stirring church building trust fund
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
vigorous school cafeteria
  12/18/25
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anal jet-lagged karate boiling water
  12/19/25
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saffron house
  12/19/25
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glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard
  12/22/25
not enough.
Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king
  12/18/25
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rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot
  12/20/25
little under $6M
yellow feces
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
filthy cracking market clown
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
walnut dysfunction
  12/18/25
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Heady Deer Antler
  12/18/25
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Orange voyeur piazza
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
yellow feces
  12/19/25
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mentally impaired marvelous kitchen
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Deep gaped range mad cow disease
  12/18/25
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red appetizing locus
  12/18/25
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Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king
  12/18/25
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Swashbuckling box office
  12/20/25
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Adventurous insecure den
  12/21/25
-$184K
Haunting Pontificating Windowlicker
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
curious rigor scourge upon the earth
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Brilliant Bossy Jewess Juggernaut
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Diverse tattoo
  12/19/25
low-200s
Doobsian fuchsia site foreskin
  12/18/25
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translucent brunch personal credit line
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Light Tank Degenerate
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Buck-toothed onyx genital piercing
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
topaz circlehead
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
metal pungent chapel
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
topaz circlehead
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
Coral ticket booth
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
metal pungent chapel
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
talking heaven
  12/19/25
thank you
metal pungent chapel
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Crusty jap generalized bond
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
thriller useless stage
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
splenetic party of the first part
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
vibrant step-uncle's house macaca
  12/19/25
what happened
Diverse tattoo
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
vibrant step-uncle's house macaca
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
anal jet-lagged karate boiling water
  12/19/25
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indigo national hominid
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
sticky maroon theater
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Pale legend
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Honey-headed shrine
  12/20/25
~$900k
Very Tactful Territorial Whorehouse Pocket Flask
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
avocado menage becky
  12/19/25
Wow.
rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
avocado menage becky
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
avocado menage becky
  12/19/25
lol
unholy liquid oxygen
  12/19/25
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Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
talking heaven
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Lascivious know-it-all center pervert
  12/19/25
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talking heaven
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Multi-colored Space
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
floppy trailer park
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
laughsome blood rage sound barrier
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
floppy trailer park
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Lascivious know-it-all center pervert
  12/21/25
You sound poor
Coral ticket booth
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
Swashbuckling box office
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Bistre base
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
razzle-dazzle ebony theater stage milk
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Bistre base
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
topaz circlehead
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Bistre base
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
Wine vivacious sanctuary
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Bistre base
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
yellow feces
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
razzle-dazzle ebony theater stage milk
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot
  12/20/25
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indigo national hominid
  12/20/25
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Wine vivacious sanctuary
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
hateful glittery bawdyhouse idea he suggested
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Buck-toothed onyx genital piercing
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Slimy native
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Slimy native
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Slimy native
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
soul-stirring nubile lettuce
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Flushed Parlor Hissy Fit
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
soul-stirring nubile lettuce
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
indigo national hominid
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
soul-stirring nubile lettuce
  12/21/25
...
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
floppy trailer park
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Nighttime chestnut twinkling uncleanness
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
Narrow-minded field cumskin
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
indigo national hominid
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
indigo national hominid
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
indigo national hominid
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
indigo national hominid
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
indigo national hominid
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Blue Forum Bbw
  12/21/25
...
comical travel guidebook
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
Wonderful citrine goal in life potus
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
Aromatic Domesticated Home Halford
  12/21/25
180 last note
aphrodisiac crotch
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Flushed Parlor Hissy Fit
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Trip Misanthropic Persian
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
talented boistinker plaza
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Sinister University Sneaky Criminal
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Flushed Parlor Hissy Fit
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Self-absorbed Crackhouse
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
Up-to-no-good gunner skinny woman
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
Adventurous insecure den
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
Wine vivacious sanctuary
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
floppy trailer park
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Self-absorbed Crackhouse
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
Wine vivacious sanctuary
  12/23/25
cap gains
Multi-colored Space
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
Wine vivacious sanctuary
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot
  12/25/25
~$500k
Narrow-minded field cumskin
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: indigo national hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49519900)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Wine vivacious sanctuary

710K

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49519904)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: indigo national hominid

lawyer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49519912)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Wine vivacious sanctuary

yea

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: indigo national hominid

Biglaw?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: walnut dysfunction

Me: 842k

Wife: 267K

Including last year's bonus

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: insanely creepy alcoholic hall dingle berry

Lawyers?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: walnut dysfunction

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: red appetizing locus



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: saffron house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49522136)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Diverse tattoo



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: anal jet-lagged karate boiling water



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: hateful glittery bawdyhouse idea he suggested



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: insane sadistic french chef cuckoldry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49528367)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: comical travel guidebook



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: Adventurous insecure den



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Coral ticket booth



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Elite hell ceo

$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=2E#49519929)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: indigo national hominid

Trash or legal fees?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Elite hell ceo

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: saffron house



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Sooty Tanning Salon

$130k in shitlaw

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Sinister University Sneaky Criminal

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49519937)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Sooty Tanning Salon

AssociaTTTe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49520075)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: indigo national hominid

why dont you go solo?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49520077)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: fragrant hairless stain property

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Sooty Tanning Salon

Nigger voicemail$

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2E#49523830)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: filthy cracking market clown

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=2E#49519948)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: filthy cracking market clown

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=2E#49520231)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:08 PM
Author: filthy cracking market clown

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=2E#49520240)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:26 PM
Author: vigorous school cafeteria

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=2E#49520352)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: Wine vivacious sanctuary



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:56 AM
Author: Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: excitant mother



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: saffron house

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=2E#49522250)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:55 AM
Author: Pale legend



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:32 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: filthy cracking market clown

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=2E#49522995)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:26 PM
Author: Nighttime chestnut twinkling uncleanness

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=2E#49525980)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

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=2E#49528347)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Racy ocher fortuitous meteor knife

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: saffron house

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=2E#49522256)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Very Tactful Territorial Whorehouse Pocket Flask

PATRIARCHY!!!

Of course it doesn’t.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:45 AM
Author: saffron house

Oh. So why does she work?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: Orange voyeur piazza

180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king

don't you brag about being rich?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: talking heaven

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=2E#49522784)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: Awkward mind-boggling round eye legal warrant

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

but i was also laid off



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: vigorous school cafeteria

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: Hairraiser abusive indian lodge coldplay fan

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: stirring church building trust fund



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

$790K. Wife made about $15K.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: indigo national hominid

Doing what, and why?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

I am atty.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:59 PM
Author: indigo national hominid

I know that, I meant your wife

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: filthy cracking market clown

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: hot dashing half-breed

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: hot dashing half-breed

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 12:33 AM
Author: Multi-colored Space

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

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 2:25 PM
Author: hot dashing half-breed

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: aphrodisiac crotch

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=2E#49520223)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: saffron house

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:49 PM
Author: aphrodisiac crotch

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=2E#49527624)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

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=2E#49531954)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: aphrodisiac crotch

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=2E#49531959)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

? 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=2E#49531998)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: insane sadistic french chef cuckoldry

lol I make more money than lex tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard

I feel safe in this subthread

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard

lex how’s your dating life? jw

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: aphrodisiac crotch

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: vigorous school cafeteria

why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: stirring church building trust fund

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=2E#49520283)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: vigorous school cafeteria

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: anal jet-lagged karate boiling water



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: saffron house



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king

not enough.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 7:07 AM
Author: rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: yellow feces

little under $6M

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:18 PM
Author: filthy cracking market clown

MFCR. State occupation, thank.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: walnut dysfunction

271K TOPS

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: Heady Deer Antler



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:17 PM
Author: Orange voyeur piazza



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: yellow feces

sorry ur mad

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: mentally impaired marvelous kitchen



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: Deep gaped range mad cow disease

Six figures, champ.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: red appetizing locus



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: Swashbuckling box office



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: Adventurous insecure den



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: Haunting Pontificating Windowlicker

-$184K

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: curious rigor scourge upon the earth

I fail to see how this is relevant.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:08 PM
Author: Brilliant Bossy Jewess Juggernaut

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=2E#49520506)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: Diverse tattoo

holy fuck how jewish are you

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Doobsian fuchsia site foreskin

low-200s

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: translucent brunch personal credit line



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 8:07 PM
Author: Light Tank Degenerate

like 2 million

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Buck-toothed onyx genital piercing

$360k in tech

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: topaz circlehead

Less than I want but way more than I deserve

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: metal pungent chapel

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=2E#49522192)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: topaz circlehead

Shrew'd

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: Coral ticket booth

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=2E#49522202)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:36 PM
Author: metal pungent chapel

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=2E#49522694)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: talking heaven

(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=2E#49522791)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: metal pungent chapel

thank you

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: Crusty jap generalized bond

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=2E#49524077)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: thriller useless stage

Who wants to pay off my house

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: splenetic party of the first part

negative money (lived off debt)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: vibrant step-uncle's house macaca

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Diverse tattoo

what happened

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:37 AM
Author: vibrant step-uncle's house macaca

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=2E#49522320)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: anal jet-lagged karate boiling water

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=2E#49522248)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: indigo national hominid



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: sticky maroon theater

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=2E#49522287)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: Pale legend

$600k as solo lolyer.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: Honey-headed shrine

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=2E#49525725)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Very Tactful Territorial Whorehouse Pocket Flask

~$900k

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: avocado menage becky

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot

Wow.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: avocado menage becky

How many blowjobs can I get for that?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king

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=2E#49523284)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: avocado menage becky

That 1/3 sounds disappointing.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: unholy liquid oxygen

lol

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: Sapphire tripping incel philosopher-king



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:18 PM
Author: talking heaven

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=2E#49522815)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: Lascivious know-it-all center pervert

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=2E#49522960)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:27 PM
Author: talking heaven



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Multi-colored Space

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=2E#49523288)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: floppy trailer park

Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:24 PM
Author: laughsome blood rage sound barrier

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=2E#49523780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:11 PM
Author: floppy trailer park

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=2E#49525630)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Lascivious know-it-all center pervert

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=2E#49529038)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 6:06 PM
Author: Coral ticket booth

You sound poor

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: Swashbuckling box office

but self-selection...

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: Bistre base

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=2E#49523808)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle ebony theater stage milk

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=2E#49523866)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: Bistre base

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=2E#49523884)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:23 AM
Author: topaz circlehead

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=2E#49524660)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:14 AM
Author: Bistre base

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=2E#49525097)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Wine vivacious sanctuary

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=2E#49525701)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: glassy hyperactive haunted graveyard

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: Bistre base

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=2E#49526155)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: yellow feces

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=2E#49524780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle ebony theater stage milk

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: indigo national hominid



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Wine vivacious sanctuary



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: hateful glittery bawdyhouse idea he suggested

$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=2E#49523890)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: Buck-toothed onyx genital piercing

I paid just under that in taxes this year

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:29 AM
Author: Slimy native

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:30 AM
Author: Slimy native

this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:32 AM
Author: Slimy native

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=2E#49524686)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:11 PM
Author: soul-stirring nubile lettuce

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=2E#49525770)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: Flushed Parlor Hissy Fit

How do you get your taxable income lower?

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:37 PM
Author: soul-stirring nubile lettuce

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=2E#49526021)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: indigo national hominid

Creative but nothing fraud tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: soul-stirring nubile lettuce

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=2E#49528026)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: floppy trailer park

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=2E#49525872)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Nighttime chestnut twinkling uncleanness

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:03 AM
Author: Narrow-minded field cumskin

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:29 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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=2E#49527322)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:31 AM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

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=2E#49527331)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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=2E#49527344)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

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=2E#49531713)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: indigo national hominid

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=2E#49527341)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:39 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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=2E#49527346)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:42 AM
Author: indigo national hominid

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=2E#49527349)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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=2E#49527357)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: indigo national hominid

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=2E#49527369)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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=2E#49527372)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: indigo national hominid

are you still pozzed?

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

undetectable brother

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:26 AM
Author: indigo national hominid

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: Blue Forum Bbw

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: comical travel guidebook



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Wonderful citrine goal in life potus

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=2E#49527340)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: Aromatic Domesticated Home Halford

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=2E#49527544)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: aphrodisiac crotch

180 last note

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: Flushed Parlor Hissy Fit

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=2E#49527645)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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=2E#49528240)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Trip Misanthropic Persian

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=2E#49528342)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: talented boistinker plaza

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=2E#49528390)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: Sinister University Sneaky Criminal

just do discreet affairs bro

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



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Date: December 24th, 2025 11:21 PM
Author: Flushed Parlor Hissy Fit

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=2E#49538515)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Self-absorbed Crackhouse

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=2E#49540547)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good gunner skinny woman

CSLG free thread. Odd case.

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: Adventurous insecure den

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=2E#49531946)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:06 AM
Author: Wine vivacious sanctuary

count any bonus you received in calendar 2025

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: floppy trailer park

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=2E#49531986)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Crackhouse

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=2E#49532876)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot

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

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: Wine vivacious sanctuary

whats the other 35%

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: Multi-colored Space

cap gains

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Wine vivacious sanctuary

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=2E#49540017)



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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: rambunctious iridescent principal's office coffee pot

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

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: Narrow-minded field cumskin

~$500k

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