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

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drab locale striped hyena
  12/18/25
710K
odious ruby rigor keepsake machete
  12/18/25
lawyer?
drab locale striped hyena
  12/18/25
yea
odious ruby rigor keepsake machete
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
drab locale striped hyena
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
elite boyish garrison queen of the night
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
zippy aromatic sex offender step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
elite boyish garrison queen of the night
  12/18/25
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fragrant chest-beating meetinghouse
  12/18/25
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supple menage
  12/19/25
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abusive crawly site
  12/19/25
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sick cowardly giraffe fat ankles
  12/19/25
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pea-brained talented therapy
  12/20/25
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Wonderful liquid oxygen
  12/21/25
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Sickened Histrionic Becky
  12/21/25
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provocative ratface
  12/21/25
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violent gay wizard
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
frisky den
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
drab locale striped hyena
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
frisky den
  12/18/25
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supple menage
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Racy indecent selfie
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Translucent territorial mexican
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Racy indecent selfie
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
drab locale striped hyena
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
Stimulating ocher chad church
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Racy indecent selfie
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
Heady Free-loading Center
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
Heady Free-loading Center
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
Heady Free-loading Center
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Adulterous Razzle Forum
  12/18/25
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odious ruby rigor keepsake machete
  12/18/25
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deep passionate son of senegal pozpig
  12/19/25
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rebellious slimy yarmulke stain
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
supple menage
  12/19/25
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medicated incel love of her life
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
Heady Free-loading Center
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
vigorous ticket booth
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
flickering sepia kitty cat
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
supple menage
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Hairraiser Transparent Fanboi Stead
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
supple menage
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
metal narrow-minded deer antler
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
deep passionate son of senegal pozpig
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
trip irate black woman
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
180 coffee pot
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Adulterous Razzle Forum
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
Spectacular hyperventilating trust fund boistinker
  12/18/25
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maize regret
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
drab locale striped hyena
  12/18/25
I am atty.
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
drab locale striped hyena
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Heady Free-loading Center
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
at-the-ready hospital codepig
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
at-the-ready hospital codepig
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
khaki crackhouse
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
at-the-ready hospital codepig
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
supple menage
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
Cerebral alpha range
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Wonderful liquid oxygen
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Dark people who are hurt
  12/22/25
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Dark people who are hurt
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Dark people who are hurt
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Adulterous Razzle Forum
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
maize regret
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Adulterous Razzle Forum
  12/18/25
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sick cowardly giraffe fat ankles
  12/19/25
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supple menage
  12/19/25
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Dark people who are hurt
  12/22/25
not enough.
deep passionate son of senegal pozpig
  12/18/25
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Contagious Reading Party Resort
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Vivacious Crusty Community Account
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
Heady Free-loading Center
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
elite boyish garrison queen of the night
  12/18/25
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bronze aphrodisiac elastic band
  12/18/25
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metal narrow-minded deer antler
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Vivacious Crusty Community Account
  12/19/25
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black heaven jap
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Ruddy bearded organic girlfriend stage
  12/18/25
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fragrant chest-beating meetinghouse
  12/18/25
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deep passionate son of senegal pozpig
  12/18/25
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Alcoholic goal in life voyeur
  12/20/25
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provocative ratface
  12/21/25
-$184K
Tan place of business space
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
learning disabled haunted graveyard plaza
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Effete Clown
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
abusive crawly site
  12/19/25
low-200s
Out-of-control Umber Nowag Famous Landscape Painting
  12/18/25
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doobsian school cafeteria idiot
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Titillating electric furnace
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Disturbing Indigo Immigrant Hominid
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Yapping institution
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
jade theater
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Yapping institution
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
violent gay wizard
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
jade theater
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
trip irate black woman
  12/19/25
thank you
jade theater
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
thirsty glittery house
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
zombie-like multi-colored principal's office
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
Exhilarant home background story
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
olive big milk
  12/19/25
what happened
abusive crawly site
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
olive big milk
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
sick cowardly giraffe fat ankles
  12/19/25
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drab locale striped hyena
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
Dull Bawdyhouse Cumskin
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
medicated incel love of her life
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Hideous comical masturbator business firm
  12/20/25
~$900k
Hairraiser Transparent Fanboi Stead
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Twisted university
  12/19/25
Wow.
Contagious Reading Party Resort
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
deep passionate son of senegal pozpig
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Twisted university
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
deep passionate son of senegal pozpig
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Twisted university
  12/19/25
lol
Yellow fantasy-prone orchestra pit
  12/19/25
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deep passionate son of senegal pozpig
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
trip irate black woman
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
House-broken old irish cottage
  12/19/25
...
trip irate black woman
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
khaki crackhouse
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
autistic prole hell
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
infuriating henna base
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
autistic prole hell
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
House-broken old irish cottage
  12/21/25
You sound poor
violent gay wizard
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
Alcoholic goal in life voyeur
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
soul-stirring shitlib international law enforcement agency
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
Vibrant temple ape
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
soul-stirring shitlib international law enforcement agency
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Yapping institution
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
soul-stirring shitlib international law enforcement agency
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
odious ruby rigor keepsake machete
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Dark people who are hurt
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
soul-stirring shitlib international law enforcement agency
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Vivacious Crusty Community Account
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
Vibrant temple ape
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Contagious Reading Party Resort
  12/20/25
...
drab locale striped hyena
  12/20/25
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odious ruby rigor keepsake machete
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
pea-brained talented therapy
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Disturbing Indigo Immigrant Hominid
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Saffron Big-titted Pocket Flask Casino
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Saffron Big-titted Pocket Flask Casino
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Saffron Big-titted Pocket Flask Casino
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
Cream stage
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Impressive adventurous theatre
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
Cream stage
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
drab locale striped hyena
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
Cream stage
  12/21/25
...
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
autistic prole hell
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
vigorous ticket booth
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
Charismatic magenta national
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
drab locale striped hyena
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
drab locale striped hyena
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
drab locale striped hyena
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
drab locale striped hyena
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
drab locale striped hyena
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Excitant seedy generalized bond
  12/21/25
...
Sickened Histrionic Becky
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
lascivious misanthropic gaming laptop
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
duck-like headpube
  12/21/25
180 last note
disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Impressive adventurous theatre
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
obsidian fluffy sandwich
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
Cerebral alpha range
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Translucent territorial mexican
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Impressive adventurous theatre
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
low-t parlor
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
Blathering public bath factory reset button
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
provocative ratface
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
odious ruby rigor keepsake machete
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
autistic prole hell
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
low-t parlor
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Contagious Reading Party Resort
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
odious ruby rigor keepsake machete
  12/23/25
cap gains
khaki crackhouse
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
odious ruby rigor keepsake machete
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Contagious Reading Party Resort
  12/25/25
~$500k
Charismatic magenta national
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: drab locale striped hyena



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: odious ruby rigor keepsake machete

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: drab locale striped hyena

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: odious ruby rigor keepsake machete

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: drab locale striped hyena

Biglaw?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: elite boyish garrison queen of the night

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: zippy aromatic sex offender step-uncle's house

Lawyers?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: elite boyish garrison queen of the night

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: fragrant chest-beating meetinghouse



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: supple menage



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: abusive crawly site



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: sick cowardly giraffe fat ankles



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: pea-brained talented therapy



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Wonderful liquid oxygen



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Sickened Histrionic Becky



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: provocative ratface



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: violent gay wizard



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: frisky den

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: drab locale striped hyena

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: frisky den

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: supple menage



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Racy indecent selfie

$130k in shitlaw

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Translucent territorial mexican

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: drab locale striped hyena

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: Stimulating ocher chad church

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Racy indecent selfie

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Heady Free-loading Center

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: Heady Free-loading Center

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: Heady Free-loading Center

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: Adulterous Razzle Forum

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: odious ruby rigor keepsake machete



(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: deep passionate son of senegal pozpig



(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: rebellious slimy yarmulke stain



(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: supple menage

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: medicated incel love of her life



(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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: Heady Free-loading Center

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: vigorous ticket booth

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: flickering sepia kitty cat

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: supple menage

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: Hairraiser Transparent Fanboi Stead

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: supple menage

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: metal narrow-minded deer antler

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: deep passionate son of senegal pozpig

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: trip irate black woman

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: 180 coffee pot

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: Adulterous Razzle Forum

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: Spectacular hyperventilating trust fund 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: maize regret



(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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

$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: drab locale striped hyena

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: drab locale striped hyena

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: Heady Free-loading Center

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: at-the-ready hospital codepig

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: at-the-ready hospital codepig

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: khaki crackhouse

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: at-the-ready hospital codepig

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: disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter

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: supple menage

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

? 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: Cerebral alpha range

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: Wonderful liquid oxygen

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: Dark people who are hurt

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: Dark people who are hurt



(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: Dark people who are hurt

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: disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter

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: Adulterous Razzle Forum

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: maize regret

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: Adulterous Razzle Forum

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: sick cowardly giraffe fat ankles



(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: supple menage



(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: Dark people who are hurt



(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: deep passionate son of senegal pozpig

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: Contagious Reading Party Resort



(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: Vivacious Crusty Community Account

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: Heady Free-loading Center

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: elite boyish garrison queen of the night

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: bronze aphrodisiac elastic band



(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: metal narrow-minded deer antler



(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: Vivacious Crusty Community Account

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: black heaven jap



(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: Ruddy bearded organic girlfriend stage

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: fragrant chest-beating meetinghouse



(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: deep passionate son of senegal pozpig



(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: Alcoholic goal in life voyeur



(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: provocative ratface



(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: Tan place of business space

-$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: learning disabled haunted graveyard plaza

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: Effete Clown

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: abusive crawly site

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: Out-of-control Umber Nowag Famous Landscape Painting

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: doobsian school cafeteria idiot



(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: Titillating electric furnace

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: Disturbing Indigo Immigrant Hominid

$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: Yapping institution

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: jade theater

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: Yapping institution

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: violent gay wizard

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: jade theater

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: trip irate black woman

(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: jade theater

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: thirsty glittery house

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: zombie-like multi-colored principal's office

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: Exhilarant home background story

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: olive big milk

~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: abusive crawly site

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: olive big milk

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: sick cowardly giraffe fat ankles

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: drab locale striped hyena



(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: Dull Bawdyhouse Cumskin

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: medicated incel love of her life

$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: Hideous comical masturbator business firm

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: Hairraiser Transparent Fanboi Stead

~$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: Twisted university

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: Contagious Reading Party Resort

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: deep passionate son of senegal pozpig

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: Twisted university

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: deep passionate son of senegal pozpig

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: Twisted university

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: Yellow fantasy-prone orchestra pit

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: deep passionate son of senegal pozpig



(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: trip irate black woman

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: House-broken old irish cottage

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: trip irate black woman



(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: khaki crackhouse

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: autistic prole hell

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: infuriating henna base

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: autistic prole hell

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: House-broken old irish cottage

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: violent gay wizard

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: Alcoholic goal in life voyeur

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: soul-stirring shitlib international law enforcement agency

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: Vibrant temple ape

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: soul-stirring shitlib international law enforcement agency

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: Yapping institution

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: soul-stirring shitlib international law enforcement agency

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: odious ruby rigor keepsake machete

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: Dark people who are hurt

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: soul-stirring shitlib international law enforcement agency

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: Vivacious Crusty Community Account

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: Vibrant temple ape

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: Contagious Reading Party Resort

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: drab locale striped hyena



(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: odious ruby rigor keepsake machete



(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: pea-brained talented therapy

$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: Disturbing Indigo Immigrant Hominid

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: Saffron Big-titted Pocket Flask Casino

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: Saffron Big-titted Pocket Flask Casino

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: Saffron Big-titted Pocket Flask Casino

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: Cream stage

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: Impressive adventurous theatre

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: Cream stage

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: drab locale striped hyena

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: Cream stage

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich



(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: autistic prole hell

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: vigorous ticket booth

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: Charismatic magenta national

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: drab locale striped hyena

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: drab locale striped hyena

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: drab locale striped hyena

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: drab locale striped hyena

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: drab locale striped hyena

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: Excitant seedy generalized bond

$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: Sickened Histrionic Becky



(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: lascivious misanthropic gaming laptop

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: duck-like headpube

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: disgusting beady-eyed trump supporter

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: Impressive adventurous theatre

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: obsidian fluffy sandwich

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: Cerebral alpha range

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: Translucent territorial mexican

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: Impressive adventurous theatre

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: low-t parlor

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: Blathering public bath factory reset button

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: provocative ratface

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: odious ruby rigor keepsake machete

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: autistic prole hell

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: low-t parlor

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: Contagious Reading Party Resort

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: odious ruby rigor keepsake machete

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: khaki crackhouse

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: odious ruby rigor keepsake machete

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

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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Contagious Reading Party Resort

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

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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: Charismatic magenta national

~$500k

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