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

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hairraiser kitty
  12/18/25
710K
peach beta hissy fit
  12/18/25
lawyer?
hairraiser kitty
  12/18/25
yea
peach beta hissy fit
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
hairraiser kitty
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
Diverse location
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
Drab thriller center faggotry
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
Diverse location
  12/18/25
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razzle orchid filthpig
  12/18/25
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Big heaven
  12/19/25
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Chestnut Exhilarant Indirect Expression Depressive
  12/19/25
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Concupiscible Violet Bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
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Duck-like jewess chad
  12/20/25
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Floppy state water buffalo
  12/21/25
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Alcoholic Onyx Roommate
  12/21/25
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aphrodisiac theater
  12/21/25
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Flatulent seedy ladyboy mother
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Snowy dashing stage national security agency
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
hairraiser kitty
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Snowy dashing stage national security agency
  12/18/25
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Big heaven
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Vigorous church
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
maize indian lodge community account
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Vigorous church
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
hairraiser kitty
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
godawful multi-colored theatre
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Vigorous church
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
comical indigo university keepsake machete
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
comical indigo university keepsake machete
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
comical indigo university keepsake machete
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
cordovan hell hominid
  12/18/25
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peach beta hissy fit
  12/18/25
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walnut french chef doctorate
  12/19/25
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Boyish rehab halford
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
Big heaven
  12/19/25
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ocher drunken crackhouse
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Glittery set ape
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
comical indigo university keepsake machete
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Glittery set ape
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Stubborn stead
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Glittery set ape
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Talented Generalized Bond
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
Big heaven
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
swashbuckling base cuck
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
Big heaven
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Talking black woman
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
walnut french chef doctorate
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Laughsome Sweet Tailpipe Roast Beef
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Swollen Shivering Factory Reset Button
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
cordovan hell hominid
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
Amber stimulating plaza
  12/18/25
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Vivacious dark goal in life
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Glittery set ape
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
hairraiser kitty
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Glittery set ape
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
hairraiser kitty
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
comical indigo university keepsake machete
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
house-broken nighttime skinny woman juggernaut
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
house-broken nighttime skinny woman juggernaut
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
claret razzmatazz temple
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
house-broken nighttime skinny woman juggernaut
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
Big heaven
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Glittery set ape
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Glittery set ape
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Floppy state water buffalo
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Glittery set ape
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Aromatic angry haunted graveyard
  12/22/25
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Aromatic angry haunted graveyard
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Aromatic angry haunted graveyard
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
cordovan hell hominid
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Vivacious dark goal in life
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
cordovan hell hominid
  12/18/25
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Concupiscible Violet Bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
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Big heaven
  12/19/25
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Aromatic angry haunted graveyard
  12/22/25
not enough.
walnut french chef doctorate
  12/18/25
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Deranged pocket flask
  12/20/25
little under $6M
wine bearded twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
comical indigo university keepsake machete
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
Diverse location
  12/18/25
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Bateful mentally impaired gas station blood rage
  12/18/25
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Talking black woman
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
wine bearded twinkling uncleanness
  12/19/25
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Hideous Sable Gunner
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Low-t alpha spot
  12/18/25
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razzle orchid filthpig
  12/18/25
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walnut french chef doctorate
  12/18/25
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irradiated area
  12/20/25
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aphrodisiac theater
  12/21/25
-$184K
Light shaky abode
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
At-the-ready masturbator property
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Fuchsia casino
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Chestnut Exhilarant Indirect Expression Depressive
  12/19/25
low-200s
smoky jap
  12/18/25
0
up-to-no-good soul-stirring library
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Exciting school
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
180 lime den
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
mischievous charismatic space
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
green pervert macaca
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
mischievous charismatic space
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
Flatulent seedy ladyboy mother
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
green pervert macaca
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Laughsome Sweet Tailpipe Roast Beef
  12/19/25
thank you
green pervert macaca
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
vibrant free-loading nibblets sneaky criminal
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
provocative overrated headpube pit
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
supple burgundy institution corn cake
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
frozen fluffy garrison
  12/19/25
what happened
Chestnut Exhilarant Indirect Expression Depressive
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
frozen fluffy garrison
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
Concupiscible Violet Bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
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hairraiser kitty
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
brindle rigor address
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
ocher drunken crackhouse
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
transparent market
  12/20/25
~$900k
swashbuckling base cuck
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Nubile fortuitous meteor laser beams
  12/19/25
Wow.
Deranged pocket flask
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
walnut french chef doctorate
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Nubile fortuitous meteor laser beams
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
walnut french chef doctorate
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Nubile fortuitous meteor laser beams
  12/19/25
lol
stirring coral senate
  12/19/25
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walnut french chef doctorate
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Laughsome Sweet Tailpipe Roast Beef
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
iridescent heady station associate
  12/19/25
...
Laughsome Sweet Tailpipe Roast Beef
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
claret razzmatazz temple
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Bearded Mauve Boistinker
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
Marvelous piazza
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Bearded Mauve Boistinker
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
iridescent heady station associate
  12/21/25
You sound poor
Flatulent seedy ladyboy mother
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
irradiated area
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
crimson public bath telephone
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
Federal cream field ratface
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
crimson public bath telephone
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
mischievous charismatic space
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
crimson public bath telephone
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
peach beta hissy fit
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Aromatic angry haunted graveyard
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
crimson public bath telephone
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
wine bearded twinkling uncleanness
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
Federal cream field ratface
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Deranged pocket flask
  12/20/25
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hairraiser kitty
  12/20/25
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peach beta hissy fit
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Duck-like jewess chad
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
180 lime den
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Grizzly hairy legs
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Grizzly hairy legs
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Grizzly hairy legs
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
hot ticket booth patrolman
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Infuriating sepia kitchen international law enforcement agency
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
hot ticket booth patrolman
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
hairraiser kitty
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Glittery set ape
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
hot ticket booth patrolman
  12/21/25
...
Glittery set ape
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Bearded Mauve Boistinker
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Stubborn stead
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
sapphire pea-brained box office
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Glittery set ape
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Glittery set ape
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
hairraiser kitty
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
hairraiser kitty
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
hairraiser kitty
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
hairraiser kitty
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
hairraiser kitty
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
indecent aquamarine weed whacker
  12/21/25
...
Alcoholic Onyx Roommate
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
razzle-dazzle native
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
flirting ivory legend
  12/21/25
180 last note
Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Infuriating sepia kitchen international law enforcement agency
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Glittery set ape
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
frum violent circlehead incel
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
maize indian lodge community account
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Infuriating sepia kitchen international law enforcement agency
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
arrogant mental disorder
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
Mint nofapping toilet seat
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
aphrodisiac theater
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
peach beta hissy fit
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Bearded Mauve Boistinker
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
arrogant mental disorder
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Deranged pocket flask
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
peach beta hissy fit
  12/23/25
cap gains
claret razzmatazz temple
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
peach beta hissy fit
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Deranged pocket flask
  12/25/25
~$500k
sapphire pea-brained box office
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: hairraiser kitty



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: peach beta hissy fit

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: hairraiser kitty

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: peach beta hissy fit

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: hairraiser kitty

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: Diverse location

Me: 842k

Wife: 267K

Including last year's bonus

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: Drab thriller center faggotry

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Diverse location

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: razzle orchid filthpig



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Big heaven



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Chestnut Exhilarant Indirect Expression Depressive



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Concupiscible Violet Bawdyhouse



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Duck-like jewess chad



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Floppy state water buffalo



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Alcoholic Onyx Roommate



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: aphrodisiac theater



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Flatulent seedy ladyboy mother



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Snowy dashing stage national security agency

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: hairraiser kitty

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Snowy dashing stage national security agency

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Big heaven



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Vigorous church

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: maize indian lodge community account

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Vigorous church

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: hairraiser kitty

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: godawful multi-colored theatre

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Vigorous church

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: comical indigo university keepsake machete

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: comical indigo university keepsake machete

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=2most#49520231)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:08 PM
Author: comical indigo university keepsake machete

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=2most#49520240)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:26 PM
Author: cordovan hell hominid

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=2most#49520352)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: peach beta hissy fit



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:56 AM
Author: walnut french chef doctorate



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Boyish rehab halford



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Big heaven

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=2most#49522250)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:55 AM
Author: ocher drunken crackhouse



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:32 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: comical indigo university keepsake machete

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=2most#49522995)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:26 PM
Author: Stubborn stead

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=2most#49525980)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

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=2most#49528347)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Talented Generalized Bond

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: Big heaven

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=2most#49522256)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: swashbuckling base cuck

PATRIARCHY!!!

Of course it doesn’t.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:45 AM
Author: Big heaven

Oh. So why does she work?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: Talking black woman

180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: walnut french chef doctorate

don't you brag about being rich?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: Laughsome Sweet Tailpipe Roast Beef

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=2most#49522784)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: Swollen Shivering Factory Reset Button

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

but i was also laid off



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: cordovan hell hominid

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: Amber stimulating plaza

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: Vivacious dark goal in life



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

$790K. Wife made about $15K.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: hairraiser kitty

Doing what, and why?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

I am atty.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:59 PM
Author: hairraiser kitty

I know that, I meant your wife

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: comical indigo university keepsake machete

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: house-broken nighttime skinny woman juggernaut

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: house-broken nighttime skinny woman juggernaut

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 12:33 AM
Author: claret razzmatazz temple

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

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 2:25 PM
Author: house-broken nighttime skinny woman juggernaut

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap

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=2most#49520223)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: Big heaven

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:49 PM
Author: Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap

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=2most#49527624)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

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=2most#49531954)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap

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=2most#49531959)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

? 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=2most#49531998)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Floppy state water buffalo

lol I make more money than lex tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Aromatic angry haunted graveyard

I feel safe in this subthread

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Aromatic angry haunted graveyard



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Aromatic angry haunted graveyard

lex how’s your dating life? jw

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: cordovan hell hominid

why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Vivacious dark goal in life

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=2most#49520283)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: cordovan hell hominid

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Concupiscible Violet Bawdyhouse



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: Big heaven



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Aromatic angry haunted graveyard



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: walnut french chef doctorate

not enough.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 7:07 AM
Author: Deranged pocket flask



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: wine bearded twinkling uncleanness

little under $6M

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:18 PM
Author: comical indigo university keepsake machete

MFCR. State occupation, thank.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: Diverse location

271K TOPS

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: Bateful mentally impaired gas station blood rage



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:17 PM
Author: Talking black woman



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: wine bearded twinkling uncleanness

sorry ur mad

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Hideous Sable Gunner



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: Low-t alpha spot

Six figures, champ.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: razzle orchid filthpig



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: walnut french chef doctorate



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: irradiated area



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: aphrodisiac theater



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: Light shaky abode

-$184K

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: At-the-ready masturbator property

I fail to see how this is relevant.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:08 PM
Author: Fuchsia casino

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=2most#49520506)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: Chestnut Exhilarant Indirect Expression Depressive

holy fuck how jewish are you

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: smoky jap

low-200s

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: up-to-no-good soul-stirring library

0

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 8:07 PM
Author: Exciting school

like 2 million

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: 180 lime den

$360k in tech

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: mischievous charismatic space

Less than I want but way more than I deserve

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: green pervert macaca

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=2most#49522192)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: mischievous charismatic space

Shrew'd

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: Flatulent seedy ladyboy mother

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=2most#49522202)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:36 PM
Author: green pervert macaca

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=2most#49522694)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: Laughsome Sweet Tailpipe Roast Beef

(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=2most#49522791)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: green pervert macaca

thank you

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: vibrant free-loading nibblets sneaky criminal

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=2most#49524077)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: provocative overrated headpube pit

Who wants to pay off my house

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: supple burgundy institution corn cake

negative money (lived off debt)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: frozen fluffy garrison

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Chestnut Exhilarant Indirect Expression Depressive

what happened

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:37 AM
Author: frozen fluffy garrison

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=2most#49522320)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: Concupiscible Violet Bawdyhouse

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=2most#49522248)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: hairraiser kitty



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: brindle rigor address

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=2most#49522287)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: ocher drunken crackhouse

$600k as solo lolyer.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: transparent market

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=2most#49525725)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: swashbuckling base cuck

~$900k

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: Nubile fortuitous meteor laser beams

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: Deranged pocket flask

Wow.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: walnut french chef doctorate

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Nubile fortuitous meteor laser beams

How many blowjobs can I get for that?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: walnut french chef doctorate

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=2most#49523284)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Nubile fortuitous meteor laser beams

That 1/3 sounds disappointing.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: stirring coral senate

lol

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: walnut french chef doctorate



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:18 PM
Author: Laughsome Sweet Tailpipe Roast Beef

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=2most#49522815)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: iridescent heady station associate

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=2most#49522960)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:27 PM
Author: Laughsome Sweet Tailpipe Roast Beef



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: claret razzmatazz temple

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=2most#49523288)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: Bearded Mauve Boistinker

Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:24 PM
Author: Marvelous piazza

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=2most#49523780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:11 PM
Author: Bearded Mauve Boistinker

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=2most#49525630)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: iridescent heady station associate

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=2most#49529038)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 6:06 PM
Author: Flatulent seedy ladyboy mother

You sound poor

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: irradiated area

but self-selection...

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: crimson public bath telephone

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=2most#49523808)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: Federal cream field ratface

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=2most#49523866)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: crimson public bath telephone

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=2most#49523884)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:23 AM
Author: mischievous charismatic space

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=2most#49524660)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:14 AM
Author: crimson public bath telephone

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=2most#49525097)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: peach beta hissy fit

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=2most#49525701)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Aromatic angry 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=2most#49525737)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: crimson public bath telephone

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=2most#49526155)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: wine bearded twinkling uncleanness

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=2most#49524780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: Federal cream field ratface

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: Deranged pocket flask

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: hairraiser kitty



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: peach beta hissy fit



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: Duck-like jewess chad

$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=2most#49523890)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: 180 lime den

I paid just under that in taxes this year

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:29 AM
Author: Grizzly hairy legs

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:30 AM
Author: Grizzly hairy legs

this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:32 AM
Author: Grizzly hairy legs

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=2most#49524686)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:11 PM
Author: hot ticket booth patrolman

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=2most#49525770)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: Infuriating sepia kitchen international law enforcement agency

How do you get your taxable income lower?

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:37 PM
Author: hot ticket booth patrolman

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=2most#49526021)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: hairraiser kitty

Creative but nothing fraud tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: Glittery set ape

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: hot ticket booth patrolman

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=2most#49528026)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Glittery set ape



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: Bearded Mauve Boistinker

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=2most#49525872)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Stubborn stead

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:03 AM
Author: sapphire pea-brained box office

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:29 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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=2most#49527322)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:31 AM
Author: Glittery set ape

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=2most#49527331)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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=2most#49527344)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

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=2most#49531713)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: hairraiser kitty

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=2most#49527341)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:39 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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=2most#49527346)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:42 AM
Author: hairraiser kitty

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=2most#49527349)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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=2most#49527357)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: hairraiser kitty

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=2most#49527369)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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=2most#49527372)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: hairraiser kitty

are you still pozzed?

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

undetectable brother

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:26 AM
Author: hairraiser kitty

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: indecent aquamarine weed whacker

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Alcoholic Onyx Roommate



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle native

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=2most#49527340)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: flirting ivory legend

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=2most#49527544)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Bistre brunch mad-dog skullcap

180 last note

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: Infuriating sepia kitchen international law enforcement agency

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=2most#49527645)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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=2most#49528240)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Glittery set ape

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=2most#49528342)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: frum violent circlehead incel

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=2most#49528390)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: maize indian lodge community account

just do discreet affairs bro

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



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Date: December 24th, 2025 11:21 PM
Author: Infuriating sepia kitchen international law enforcement agency

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=2most#49538515)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: arrogant mental disorder

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=2most#49540547)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Mint nofapping toilet seat

CSLG free thread. Odd case.

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: aphrodisiac theater

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=2most#49531946)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:06 AM
Author: peach beta hissy fit

count any bonus you received in calendar 2025

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: Bearded Mauve Boistinker

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=2most#49531986)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: arrogant mental disorder

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=2most#49532876)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Deranged pocket flask

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

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: peach beta hissy fit

whats the other 35%

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: claret razzmatazz temple

cap gains

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: peach beta hissy fit

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=2most#49540017)



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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Deranged pocket flask

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

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: sapphire pea-brained box office

~$500k

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