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

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Wild range
  12/18/25
710K
exhilarant lay dopamine
  12/18/25
lawyer?
Wild range
  12/18/25
yea
exhilarant lay dopamine
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
Wild range
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
Translucent Coiffed Parlor
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
green slap-happy sanctuary
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
Translucent Coiffed Parlor
  12/18/25
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Narrow-minded crackhouse
  12/18/25
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turquoise swollen private investor
  12/19/25
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Magenta Awkward Becky
  12/19/25
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aphrodisiac at-the-ready school
  12/19/25
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Deep cruise ship round eye
  12/20/25
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excitant adulterous property boiling water
  12/21/25
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Pontificating trump supporter psychic
  12/21/25
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talented pisswyrm rehab
  12/21/25
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Exciting well-lubricated foreskin
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
pearly milk menage
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
Wild range
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
pearly milk menage
  12/18/25
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turquoise swollen private investor
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Electric cordovan den mental disorder
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Garnet Startled Ticket Booth
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Electric cordovan den mental disorder
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
Wild range
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
impressive cerebral haunted graveyard circlehead
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Electric cordovan den mental disorder
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
henna flickering tanning salon
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
henna flickering tanning salon
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
henna flickering tanning salon
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
aquamarine multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
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exhilarant lay dopamine
  12/18/25
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fragrant station
  12/19/25
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Swashbuckling shrine
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
turquoise swollen private investor
  12/19/25
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Clear Whorehouse Half-breed
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
yapping locus
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
henna flickering tanning salon
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
yapping locus
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
ebony chad
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
yapping locus
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Ungodly Out-of-control Liquid Oxygen Doctorate
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
turquoise swollen private investor
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Thriller transparent piazza nowag
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
turquoise swollen private investor
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Avocado spectacular field
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
fragrant station
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Medicated dingle berry national
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Brass home ratface
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
aquamarine multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
carnelian plaza boistinker
  12/18/25
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chest-beating office
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
yapping locus
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
Wild range
  12/18/25
I am atty.
yapping locus
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
Wild range
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
henna flickering tanning salon
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
sable vibrant cumskin
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
sable vibrant cumskin
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
puce prole
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
coral garrison
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
sable vibrant cumskin
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
turquoise swollen private investor
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
puce prole
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
yapping locus
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
yapping locus
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
puce prole
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
excitant adulterous property boiling water
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
yapping locus
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea
  12/22/25
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Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
aquamarine multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
chest-beating office
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
aquamarine multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
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aphrodisiac at-the-ready school
  12/19/25
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turquoise swollen private investor
  12/19/25
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Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea
  12/22/25
not enough.
fragrant station
  12/18/25
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sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Opaque temple depressive
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
henna flickering tanning salon
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
Translucent Coiffed Parlor
  12/18/25
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stimulating factory reset button mad cow disease
  12/18/25
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Avocado spectacular field
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Opaque temple depressive
  12/19/25
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high-end kitchen
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
fuchsia goyim chapel
  12/18/25
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Narrow-minded crackhouse
  12/18/25
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fragrant station
  12/18/25
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tan orchestra pit hominid
  12/20/25
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talented pisswyrm rehab
  12/21/25
-$184K
Painfully honest greedy azn stage
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
stirring obsidian idiot casino
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Fear-inspiring Skinny Woman Goal In Life
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Magenta Awkward Becky
  12/19/25
low-200s
Duck-like glittery patrolman
  12/18/25
0
maroon useless ladyboy double fault
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Lime Slippery Bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
frozen dull stock car new version
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Ruby Telephone
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
Heady center wrinkle
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Ruby Telephone
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
Exciting well-lubricated foreskin
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
Heady center wrinkle
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Medicated dingle berry national
  12/19/25
thank you
Heady center wrinkle
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Razzle-dazzle dog poop
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
curious regret
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
Histrionic unholy heaven
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
hideous boltzmann pistol
  12/19/25
what happened
Magenta Awkward Becky
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
hideous boltzmann pistol
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
aphrodisiac at-the-ready school
  12/19/25
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Wild range
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
Mahogany internet-worthy library
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Clear Whorehouse Half-breed
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Hairraiser Idea He Suggested
  12/20/25
~$900k
Thriller transparent piazza nowag
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Dashing business firm clown
  12/19/25
Wow.
sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
fragrant station
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Dashing business firm clown
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
fragrant station
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Dashing business firm clown
  12/19/25
lol
very tactful galvanic athletic conference
  12/19/25
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fragrant station
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Medicated dingle berry national
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
comical crawly native associate
  12/19/25
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Medicated dingle berry national
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
coral garrison
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
ruddy zombie-like trailer park
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
Spruce degenerate
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
ruddy zombie-like trailer park
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
comical crawly native associate
  12/21/25
You sound poor
Exciting well-lubricated foreskin
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
tan orchestra pit hominid
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Beady-eyed sound barrier
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
Insecure Step-uncle's House Love Of Her Life
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Beady-eyed sound barrier
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Ruby Telephone
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Beady-eyed sound barrier
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
exhilarant lay dopamine
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Beady-eyed sound barrier
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Opaque temple depressive
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
Insecure Step-uncle's House Love Of Her Life
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig
  12/20/25
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Wild range
  12/20/25
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exhilarant lay dopamine
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Deep cruise ship round eye
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
frozen dull stock car new version
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
smoky razzmatazz area
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
smoky razzmatazz area
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
smoky razzmatazz area
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
Buck-toothed gunner abode
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Beta cerise alpha
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
Buck-toothed gunner abode
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
Wild range
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
yapping locus
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
Buck-toothed gunner abode
  12/21/25
...
yapping locus
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
ruddy zombie-like trailer park
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
ebony chad
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
autistic angry keepsake machete generalized bond
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
puce prole
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
yapping locus
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
puce prole
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
yapping locus
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
Wild range
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
puce prole
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
Wild range
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
puce prole
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
Wild range
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
puce prole
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
Wild range
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
puce prole
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
Wild range
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
puce prole
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
boyish nofapping volcanic crater
  12/21/25
...
Pontificating trump supporter psychic
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
adventurous grizzly parlour
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
arousing state community account
  12/21/25
180 last note
Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Beta cerise alpha
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
puce prole
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
yapping locus
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
puce prole
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Garnet Startled Ticket Booth
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Beta cerise alpha
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Brindle hall
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
alcoholic mind-boggling wagecucks
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
talented pisswyrm rehab
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
exhilarant lay dopamine
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
ruddy zombie-like trailer park
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Brindle hall
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
exhilarant lay dopamine
  12/23/25
cap gains
coral garrison
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
exhilarant lay dopamine
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig
  12/25/25
~$500k
autistic angry keepsake machete generalized bond
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Wild range



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: exhilarant lay dopamine

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Wild range

lawyer?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: exhilarant lay dopamine

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Wild range

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: Translucent Coiffed Parlor

Me: 842k

Wife: 267K

Including last year's bonus

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: green slap-happy sanctuary

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Translucent Coiffed Parlor

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Narrow-minded crackhouse



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: turquoise swollen private investor



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Magenta Awkward Becky



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: aphrodisiac at-the-ready school



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Deep cruise ship round eye



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: excitant adulterous property boiling water



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Pontificating trump supporter psychic



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: talented pisswyrm rehab



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Exciting well-lubricated foreskin



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: pearly milk menage

$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: Wild range

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: pearly milk menage

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: turquoise swollen private investor



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Electric cordovan den mental disorder

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Garnet Startled Ticket Booth

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Electric cordovan den mental disorder

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Wild range

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: impressive cerebral haunted graveyard circlehead

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Electric cordovan den mental disorder

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: henna flickering tanning salon

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: henna flickering tanning salon

When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was the shit. Xoxo told me that it was the only CR goal for a lawyer. And I had no kids.

Now I'm nearing 40 and practically live paycheck to paycheck. Exit ops are SLIM.

Turns out I was a retard for going in house.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49520231)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:08 PM
Author: henna flickering tanning salon

To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and early 30s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49520240)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:26 PM
Author: aquamarine multi-billionaire

you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages ago, moron

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49520352)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: exhilarant lay dopamine



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:56 AM
Author: fragrant station



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Swashbuckling shrine



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: turquoise swollen private investor

In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from the exit option. What do you have in mind?

This is like seeing the ship you're on in the middle of the ocean catch fire, getting into a lifeboat and rowing away, and then saying you want an exit option from the lifeboat. You're lucky to be on that lifeboat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522250)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:55 AM
Author: Clear Whorehouse Half-breed



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:32 PM
Author: yapping locus

Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: henna flickering tanning salon

Over $400k if you add wife.

After tax income: ~200k

Housing (vhcol area + 3 kids): ~100k

Child care: ~$50k

Add in some money to retirement and kids college, and not much left for day to day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522995)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: yapping locus

You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:26 PM
Author: ebony chad

you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not 200k after income taxes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49525980)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: yapping locus

I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fuck and apparently we are prepaying for next quarter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49528347)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Ungodly Out-of-control Liquid Oxygen Doctorate

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: turquoise swollen private investor

Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and other work-related expenses (work clothes, work commute, work bag, work Starbucks, work $19 lunch salad...)?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522256)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Thriller transparent piazza nowag

PATRIARCHY!!!

Of course it doesn’t.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:45 AM
Author: turquoise swollen private investor

Oh. So why does she work?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: Avocado spectacular field

180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: fragrant station

don't you brag about being rich?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: Medicated dingle berry national

sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full of guys bullshitting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522784)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: Brass home ratface

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

but i was also laid off



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: aquamarine multi-billionaire

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: carnelian plaza boistinker

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: chest-beating office



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: yapping locus

$790K. Wife made about $15K.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: Wild range

Doing what, and why?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: yapping locus

I am atty.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:59 PM
Author: Wild range

I know that, I meant your wife

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: henna flickering tanning salon

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: sable vibrant cumskin

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: sable vibrant cumskin

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: puce prole

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 12:33 AM
Author: coral garrison

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

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 2:25 PM
Author: sable vibrant cumskin

I understand that he's an attorney

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend

Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier this month. I'm fucking rich.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49520223)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: turquoise swollen private investor

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: puce prole

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:49 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend

You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of prefthige. Intangible honours are more valuable than silver or gold.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527624)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: yapping locus

I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. In 1993.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49531954)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend

Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for bragging about a discount walmart watch?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49531959)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: yapping locus

? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed I’m buying a Rolex. One would hope there are more posters than that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49531998)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: puce prole

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: excitant adulterous property boiling water

lol I make more money than lex tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: yapping locus

Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea

I feel safe in this subthread

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea

lex how’s your dating life? jw

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: aquamarine multi-billionaire

why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: chest-beating office

Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in their annual rice harvest numbers for the past 3000 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49520283)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: aquamarine multi-billionaire

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: aphrodisiac at-the-ready school



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: turquoise swollen private investor



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: fragrant station

not enough.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 7:07 AM
Author: sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: Opaque temple depressive

little under $6M

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:18 PM
Author: henna flickering tanning salon

MFCR. State occupation, thank.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: Translucent Coiffed Parlor

271K TOPS

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: stimulating factory reset button mad cow disease



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:17 PM
Author: Avocado spectacular field



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Opaque temple depressive

sorry ur mad

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: high-end kitchen



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: fuchsia goyim chapel

Six figures, champ.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Narrow-minded crackhouse



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: fragrant station



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: tan orchestra pit hominid



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: talented pisswyrm rehab



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: Painfully honest greedy azn stage

-$184K

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: stirring obsidian idiot casino

I fail to see how this is relevant.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:08 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Skinny Woman Goal In Life

Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits, write ups, write downs, etc.? Including retirement account contributions, distributions, roll overs? Including K1 returns of capital? Including present value of future earnings? Including appreciation on value of assets? Net of amortization and depreciation on those assets? Very unclear op

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49520506)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: Magenta Awkward Becky

holy fuck how jewish are you

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Duck-like glittery patrolman

low-200s

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: maroon useless ladyboy double fault

0

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 8:07 PM
Author: Lime Slippery Bawdyhouse

like 2 million

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: frozen dull stock car new version

$360k in tech

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: Ruby Telephone

Less than I want but way more than I deserve

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: Heady center wrinkle

I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. Therefore, I sold off my winners but held my losers so that our tax bill in April shows bigly long-term capital gains for 2025 when in reality I barely beat the index.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522192)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: Ruby Telephone

Shrew'd

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: Exciting well-lubricated foreskin

lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy them and the lifestyle you can provide (ideally one where they don't think about money at all). Any woman autistic enough to care about big number on long term gains is going to be autistic enough to care about overall performance, not just a big number on a line. The woman you're describing does not exist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522202)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 1:36 PM
Author: Heady center wrinkle

She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. She’ll see the big reported income but not the unrealized paper losses. She is indeed high T and autistic so she does care about the number.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522694)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: Medicated dingle berry national

(guy playing the long game)

at the same time, this is the sort of thinking that leads guys to do big ponzi schemes and then when they get found out they freak out and killself - don't do that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522791)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: Heady center wrinkle

thank you

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle dog poop

I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be said for doing high roller ponzi until found out and then whatever happens happens

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49524077)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: curious regret

Who wants to pay off my house

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: Histrionic unholy heaven

negative money (lived off debt)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: hideous boltzmann pistol

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Magenta Awkward Becky

what happened

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:37 AM
Author: hideous boltzmann pistol

i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if i had just held i'd be up even more today, but there's fucking way i would've survived that draw down.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522320)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: aphrodisiac at-the-ready school

if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual earnings are flame.

my income fluctuated probably 400% from 2024 to 2025 but nothing really changed. money comes in at random without any reference to what "year" it is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522248)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: Wild range



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: Mahogany internet-worthy library

Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to think I'll never cross into the 2 million range

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522287)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: Clear Whorehouse Half-breed

$600k as solo lolyer.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: Hairraiser Idea He Suggested

Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decimated my year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49525725)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Thriller transparent piazza nowag

~$900k

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: Dashing business firm clown

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig

Wow.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: fragrant station

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Dashing business firm clown

How many blowjobs can I get for that?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: fragrant station

well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying in bulk, i can go to $15. So, 1,333.33 blowjobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49523284)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Dashing business firm clown

That 1/3 sounds disappointing.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: very tactful galvanic athletic conference

lol

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: fragrant station



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:18 PM
Author: Medicated dingle berry national

you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so itt and honestly am pretty happy about it given my in-house lifestyle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522815)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: comical crawly native 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=2#49522960)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 3:27 PM
Author: Medicated dingle berry national



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: coral garrison

I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the last one, at 235 bodyweight not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49523288)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: ruddy zombie-like trailer park

Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:24 PM
Author: Spruce degenerate

if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off like 30+

maybe once a month i will see someone at the gym doing legit full ROM dead-hang pull-ups. the rest are kipping crossfit turds just bouncing tension off their brachials and could probably not squeeze out eight clean reps.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49523780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:11 PM
Author: ruddy zombie-like 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=2#49525630)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: comical crawly native 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=2#49529038)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 6:06 PM
Author: Exciting well-lubricated foreskin

You sound poor

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: tan orchestra pit hominid

but self-selection...

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: Beady-eyed sound barrier

I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearly enough. Being working class rich fucking sucks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49523808)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: Insecure Step-uncle's House Love Of Her Life

XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!"

*rubs hands togther*

"But I made 750k last year!!!!!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49523866)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: Beady-eyed sound barrier

Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t survive ITE probably have a very different perspective than I do.

And how many times when your friends kid asks you about going to law school do they sit down and tell you about their 158 LSAT / 3.4 GPA and grand dreams of going to Drexel and getting in at Dechert or Morgan Lewis. Maybe Drinker if they’ve got some sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49523884)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:23 AM
Author: Ruby Telephone

Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawyers. Way less than half of the women.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49524660)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:14 AM
Author: Beady-eyed sound barrier

It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law school classes over time. I got a good return on mine, but yea all of the people who drop out of/evolve away from the profession would almost certainly have been better off not going $300k into debt (above and beyond undergrad) in their early 20s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49525097)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: exhilarant lay dopamine

back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're going to a t14

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49525701)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Supple Gas Station Marketing Idea

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: Beady-eyed sound barrier

TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of starting lawyer salaries” scholarship was explosive at the time, and for good reason. It only came out in like 2008 and the blog it was on has been lost to time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49526155)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: Opaque temple depressive

this is correct.

I started with 26 people in my summer class.

Of my summer class only two are partners at law firms - me and another guy I hired back to work for me as a W2 partner.

Two other guys have their own law firms but makes like 300k-500kyr

three others are in-house

All others are somewhere other than law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49524780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: Insecure Step-uncle's House Love Of Her Life

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: Wild range



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: exhilarant lay dopamine



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: Deep cruise ship round eye

$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there’s been no inflation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49523890)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: frozen dull stock car new version

I paid just under that in taxes this year

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:29 AM
Author: smoky razzmatazz area

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

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:30 AM
Author: smoky razzmatazz area

this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 8:32 AM
Author: smoky razzmatazz area

actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep close track of how much i make altogether; i focus on how much i save. won't know the exact number until i do taxes probably.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49524686)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:11 PM
Author: Buck-toothed gunner abode

A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. Pay taxes on much less.

Depositing 400k in fees first week of January too.

Solo PI.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49525770)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: Beta cerise alpha

How do you get your taxable income lower?

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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:37 PM
Author: Buck-toothed gunner abode

Bought a car (100% depreciation)

Pay myself rent -- I own office building

Office building depreciation/property taxes

Did a lot of work to the office building. New AC/Furniture. I fully renovated it a couple years ago for like 200k. All adds value to property and gets written off.

like 75k in meals and travel

Gas

Health Insurance

Mortgage interest home/office

I prepay whatever expenses I can for the next year -- car insurance, ad spend, web marketing, etc.

~150k in staff salaries. Paralegal always pays for herself by bringing in cases so I don't really count that. I'm sending a demand on a DUI wreck she brought in in January for $1 mil.

Creative but nothing fraud.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49526021)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: Wild range

Creative but nothing fraud tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: yapping locus

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: Buck-toothed gunner abode

Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing what she's talking about. Lots of family members. She's probably brought in $1 mil in fees since she started with me ~8 years ago. I bought her a car last year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49528026)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: yapping locus



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



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: ruddy zombie-like 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=2#49525872)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: ebony chad

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:03 AM
Author: autistic angry keepsake machete generalized bond

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:29 AM
Author: puce prole

it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started the year as an equity partner where i got a monthly draw, then moved in april to a firm where i'm a nonequity partner. i forget exactly how much my equity payout for 2024 was, but i think it'll come in around 580.

next year, with my origination bonus for 2025, comp should be around 610-650. not sure what this place is doing with my base for next year, but it better go up because i had $1.8m in originations in 9 months.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527322)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:31 AM
Author: yapping locus

That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in? Is it pretax. Do you get your accountant to withhold tax?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527331)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: puce prole

at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. they returned that to me after i left, but it had increased to like $45k. i figured they were gonna just keep my money. this was all w-2 income with withholdings done. that firm is set up so that everyone is a "shareholder" and employee of the firm it isn't a partnership. when i was in biglaw, when i made partner i got paid on a k-1 basis, which fucking blew.

i'm eligible for equity at this firm at the end of 2026, and i will make it no question. the money i have in the pipeline would be enough originations for 2026 to qualify because the threshold is pretty low here. even if my book implodes in january, i'll have enough.

equity formula, i understand, looks something like: 40% of your "working attorney" number plus 20% of originations, plus something for being a "good firm citizen." i'm filling a need this firm desperately needs - despite having a bunch of labor attorneys, they are entertainment labor lawyers, which means they don't do ANY NLRB litigation or collective bargaining. all they do is interpret 600-page CBAs that were negotiated decades ago and are renegotiated by some employer association. so i guess they will do something for me to reflect that.

if my book in 2027 looks like it does right now, i'd make $1,080,000 or so my first year as an equity partner. this firm is an actual partnership, unfortunately, so i will have to start my own corporation or some kind of bullshit and pay way more in taxes.

we have a dood in my office who sues foreign govts for terrorist acts and brings in like 20 million a year, and that apparently winds up being a windfall to all the equity partners.

all firms should be set up as companies, this partnership stuff sucks ass.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527344)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: yapping locus

We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earned and whatever is left we split between each other based on ownership proportion. So if we had 4 million in profit and if I have a 25 percent interest then I get a million, less whatever I’ve been taking out to live on during the year. Say $200k for that.

It’s complicated by the need to leave some of that money in operations for the following year because we don’t take loans for that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49531713)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: Wild range

Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning less each year and next year I am really gonna be down big, meanwhile you keep going up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527341)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:39 AM
Author: puce prole

it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the business side of law. i've always been regarded as really good at what i do, but kind of an oddball and oblivious to biz dev, etc.

when i was in biglaw, an of counsel i hung around with always told me that if i sobered up and quit doing drugs/drinking 24/7, i could have a big book. turns out he was right ($2m is big for me, anyway, and i never thought i'd have anything like this.)

you're doing great brother, anything over 300k is really good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527346)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:42 AM
Author: Wild range

are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltwater tank threading and miss it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527349)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: puce prole

if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditional labor law?

i'll be saltthreading again soon. we moved out of our house in august to do a renovation. i have to run over there every few days to feed the fish and maintain the tank. it's 120.

we should be moving back in within a couple weeks and i will resume tank threading and maybe throw in some home renovation threading.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527357)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: Wild range

i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom for u instead?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527369)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: puce prole

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527372)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Wild range

are you still pozzed?

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: puce prole

undetectable brother

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:26 AM
Author: Wild range

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: puce prole

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: boyish nofapping volcanic crater

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

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Pontificating trump supporter psychic



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: adventurous grizzly parlour

Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business collects as projected in December. The first over $1m year ever, bros.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527340)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: arousing state community account

600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t really checked

30hr/week

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527544)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone provocative mad-dog skullcap organic girlfriend

180 last note

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: Beta cerise alpha

About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and other entrepreneurial activities.

It's a great blessing, and things have blown up fast over the last few years after years of toil. Last year was about 500k, 300k before that, lower for many years before that. This is a result of sustained business building, not one big settlement that won't be replicated.

However, this is a very risky seat to be sitting in. I'm a target in a wide variety of ways that I didn't anticipate, and everything could vanish at any moment. I am trying to take chips off the table and put them into safer assets where I can. But that's not easy to do.

Also, there is a hard, fairly low ceiling on my happiness because of my marriage to an angry, bitter woman who gets mad if she sees me enjoying myself. I don't want to divorce her for family reasons, but matters may come to a head in 2026.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49527645)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: puce prole

that is 180, very impressive.

very unlikely everything will implode immediately. just plow like $2m into index funds over time and max out retirement accounts. that's what i'm doing. wife and i currently have close to $3m in retirement accounts and if i get to $2m in taxable, i won't worry at all about my book blowing to pieces.

but honestly, you will probably continue doing well so don't worry.

on the marriage, you should try to save it if you think it's salvageable, but if it really is far gone then you should split up. don't stay together for money. but don't be so fast to peace out. maybe if she knows you are putting your foot down, she will knock off her bullshit. maybe not, but you should give it a shot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49528240)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: yapping locus

I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a mitzvah staying w her for the kids sake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49528342)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: puce prole

i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody should ever do what i did and blow up a good marriage just because they're doing mounds of cocaine and strange pussy, but i also don't believe that you should stay if your relationship is in the shitty and not recoverable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49528390)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: Garnet Startled Ticket Booth

just do discreet affairs bro

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



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Date: December 24th, 2025 11:21 PM
Author: Beta cerise alpha

Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains to come up with their headline numbers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49538515)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Brindle hall

I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do think it’s good to note.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49540547)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: alcoholic mind-boggling wagecucks

CSLG free thread. Odd case.

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: talented pisswyrm rehab

Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't know bonuses for a bit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49531946)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:06 AM
Author: exhilarant lay dopamine

count any bonus you received in calendar 2025

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: ruddy zombie-like 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=2#49531986)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: Brindle hall

About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $470k or so in gains (mostly unrealized) and dividends.

Haven’t done the taxes yet though, will report back later.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49532876)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig

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

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



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: exhilarant lay dopamine

whats the other 35%

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: coral garrison

cap gains

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: exhilarant lay dopamine

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

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: sticky sweet tailpipe rigpig

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

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: autistic angry keepsake machete generalized bond

~$500k

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