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Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/18/25
710K
cordovan reading party
  12/18/25
lawyer?
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/18/25
yea
cordovan reading party
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
hot histrionic deer antler stead
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
cerebral parlour
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
hot histrionic deer antler stead
  12/18/25
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Snowy shrine
  12/18/25
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razzle startling mad cow disease
  12/19/25
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Curious wine abode
  12/19/25
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Puce church building
  12/19/25
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adventurous newt gaming laptop
  12/20/25
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green arousing jap box office
  12/21/25
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Boyish principal's office pocket flask
  12/21/25
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brilliant yapping goal in life circlehead
  12/21/25
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stirring property
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Sticky meetinghouse
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Sticky meetinghouse
  12/18/25
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razzle startling mad cow disease
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Tantric State Boiling Water
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Sepia lascivious regret dingle berry
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Tantric State Boiling Water
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
nudist whorehouse cuck
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Tantric State Boiling Water
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
Contagious address
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
Contagious address
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
Contagious address
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
bipolar tanning salon foreskin
  12/18/25
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cordovan reading party
  12/18/25
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exhilarant mexican
  12/19/25
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Swashbuckling autistic rehab gunner
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
razzle startling mad cow disease
  12/19/25
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milky heaven ape
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
Contagious address
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Talking striped hyena
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Wonderful parlor
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
razzle startling mad cow disease
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Motley harsh theater tank
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
razzle startling mad cow disease
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
adulterous menage
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
exhilarant mexican
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
misanthropic ruby hissy fit
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
thriller degenerate nowag
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
bipolar tanning salon foreskin
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
Naked Knife Liquid Oxygen
  12/18/25
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Self-centered Black Woman Hospital
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Contagious address
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Razzle-dazzle Insane Goyim Space
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Razzle-dazzle Insane Goyim Space
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
ebony athletic conference clown
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Razzle-dazzle Insane Goyim Space
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Offensive pistol
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
razzle startling mad cow disease
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Offensive pistol
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Offensive pistol
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
green arousing jap box office
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
avocado trailer park becky
  12/22/25
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avocado trailer park becky
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
avocado trailer park becky
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Offensive pistol
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
bipolar tanning salon foreskin
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Self-centered Black Woman Hospital
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
bipolar tanning salon foreskin
  12/18/25
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Puce church building
  12/19/25
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razzle startling mad cow disease
  12/19/25
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avocado trailer park becky
  12/22/25
not enough.
exhilarant mexican
  12/18/25
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passionate saffron codepig location
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Dashing Dilemma
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
Contagious address
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
hot histrionic deer antler stead
  12/18/25
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abusive spot
  12/18/25
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adulterous menage
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Dashing Dilemma
  12/19/25
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aphrodisiac halford legal warrant
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
amethyst razzmatazz juggernaut
  12/18/25
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Snowy shrine
  12/18/25
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exhilarant mexican
  12/18/25
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Hairraiser home
  12/20/25
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brilliant yapping goal in life circlehead
  12/21/25
-$184K
Disturbing travel guidebook double fault
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
electric jewess sandwich
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
pungent doctorate
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Curious wine abode
  12/19/25
low-200s
Lemon Antidepressant Drug Trump Supporter
  12/18/25
0
racy main people
  12/18/25
like 2 million
soggy cyan love of her life nursing home
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
gold cruise ship
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Clear Fortuitous Meteor Business Firm
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
Fighting costumed den
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Clear Fortuitous Meteor Business Firm
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
stirring property
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
Fighting costumed den
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
misanthropic ruby hissy fit
  12/19/25
thank you
Fighting costumed den
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Sexy school
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
fragrant ultramarine locus
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
Lilac fat ankles hell
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Metal pit
  12/19/25
what happened
Curious wine abode
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Metal pit
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
Puce church building
  12/19/25
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Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
Cruel-hearted multi-colored senate filthpig
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
milky heaven ape
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Canary supple depressive area
  12/20/25
~$900k
Motley harsh theater tank
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
bull headed macaca
  12/19/25
Wow.
passionate saffron codepig location
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
exhilarant mexican
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
bull headed macaca
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
exhilarant mexican
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
bull headed macaca
  12/19/25
lol
Angry Generalized Bond
  12/19/25
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exhilarant mexican
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
misanthropic ruby hissy fit
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Disgusting lay giraffe
  12/19/25
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misanthropic ruby hissy fit
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
ebony athletic conference clown
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Bronze vivacious orchestra pit
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
Talented hall tattoo
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Bronze vivacious orchestra pit
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Disgusting lay giraffe
  12/21/25
You sound poor
stirring property
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
Hairraiser home
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
very tactful slate piazza
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
trip mauve set
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
very tactful slate piazza
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Clear Fortuitous Meteor Business Firm
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
very tactful slate piazza
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
cordovan reading party
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
avocado trailer park becky
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
very tactful slate piazza
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Dashing Dilemma
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
trip mauve set
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
passionate saffron codepig location
  12/20/25
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Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/20/25
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cordovan reading party
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
adventurous newt gaming laptop
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
gold cruise ship
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Hairless stimulating stage
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Hairless stimulating stage
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Hairless stimulating stage
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
180 police squad market
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Unhinged selfie stage
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
180 police squad market
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
180 police squad market
  12/21/25
...
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Bronze vivacious orchestra pit
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Talking striped hyena
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
magenta vibrant chapel
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
Cracking Smoky Wagecucks
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
big sickened fanboi
  12/21/25
...
Boyish principal's office pocket flask
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
haunting native dopamine
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
Bateful locale
  12/21/25
180 last note
Offensive pistol
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Unhinged selfie stage
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
glittery navy school cafeteria
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Sepia lascivious regret dingle berry
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Unhinged selfie stage
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Chestnut associate site
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
Walnut spectacular internal respiration
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
brilliant yapping goal in life circlehead
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
cordovan reading party
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Bronze vivacious orchestra pit
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Chestnut associate site
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
passionate saffron codepig location
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
cordovan reading party
  12/23/25
cap gains
ebony athletic conference clown
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
cordovan reading party
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
passionate saffron codepig location
  12/25/25
~$500k
magenta vibrant chapel
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: cordovan reading party

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: cordovan reading party

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: hot histrionic deer antler stead

Me: 842k

Wife: 267K

Including last year's bonus

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: cerebral parlour

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: hot histrionic deer antler stead

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Snowy shrine



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: razzle startling mad cow disease



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Curious wine abode



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Puce church building



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: adventurous newt gaming laptop



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: green arousing jap box office



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Boyish principal's office pocket flask



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: brilliant yapping goal in life circlehead



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: stirring property



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Sticky meetinghouse

$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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Sticky meetinghouse

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: razzle startling mad cow disease



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Tantric State Boiling Water

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Sepia lascivious regret dingle berry

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Tantric State Boiling Water

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: nudist whorehouse cuck

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Tantric State Boiling Water

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Contagious address

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: Contagious address

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: Contagious address

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: bipolar tanning salon foreskin

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: cordovan reading party



(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: exhilarant mexican



(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 autistic rehab gunner



(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: razzle startling mad cow disease

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: milky heaven ape



(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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: Contagious address

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: Talking striped hyena

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: Wonderful parlor

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: razzle startling mad cow disease

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: Motley harsh theater tank

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: razzle startling mad cow disease

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: adulterous menage

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: exhilarant mexican

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: misanthropic ruby hissy fit

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: thriller degenerate nowag

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: bipolar tanning salon foreskin

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: Naked Knife Liquid Oxygen

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: Self-centered Black Woman Hospital



(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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

$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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

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: Contagious address

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: Razzle-dazzle Insane Goyim Space

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: Razzle-dazzle Insane Goyim Space

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: ebony athletic conference clown

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: Razzle-dazzle Insane Goyim Space

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: Offensive pistol

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: razzle startling mad cow disease

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Offensive pistol

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: Offensive pistol

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

? 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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: green arousing jap box office

lol I make more money than lex tp

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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: avocado trailer park becky

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: avocado trailer park becky



(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: avocado trailer park becky

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: Offensive pistol

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: bipolar tanning salon foreskin

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: Self-centered Black Woman Hospital

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: bipolar tanning salon foreskin

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: Puce church building



(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: razzle startling mad cow disease



(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: avocado trailer park becky



(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: exhilarant mexican

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: passionate saffron codepig location



(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: Dashing Dilemma

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: Contagious address

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: hot histrionic deer antler stead

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: abusive spot



(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: adulterous menage



(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: Dashing Dilemma

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: aphrodisiac halford legal warrant



(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: amethyst razzmatazz juggernaut

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: Snowy shrine



(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: exhilarant mexican



(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: Hairraiser home



(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: brilliant yapping goal in life circlehead



(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: Disturbing travel guidebook double fault

-$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: electric jewess sandwich

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: pungent doctorate

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: Curious wine abode

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: Lemon Antidepressant Drug Trump Supporter

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: racy main people

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: soggy cyan love of her life nursing home

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: gold cruise ship

$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: Clear Fortuitous Meteor Business Firm

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: Fighting costumed den

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: Clear Fortuitous Meteor Business Firm

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: stirring property

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: Fighting costumed den

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: misanthropic ruby hissy fit

(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: Fighting costumed den

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: Sexy school

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: fragrant ultramarine locus

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: Lilac fat ankles hell

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: Metal pit

~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: Curious wine abode

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: Metal pit

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: Puce church building

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks



(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: Cruel-hearted multi-colored senate filthpig

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: milky heaven ape

$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: Canary supple depressive area

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: Motley harsh theater tank

~$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: bull headed macaca

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: passionate saffron codepig location

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: exhilarant mexican

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: bull headed macaca

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: exhilarant mexican

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: bull headed macaca

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: Angry Generalized Bond

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: exhilarant mexican



(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: misanthropic ruby hissy fit

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: Disgusting lay giraffe

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: misanthropic ruby hissy fit



(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: ebony athletic conference clown

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: Bronze vivacious orchestra pit

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: Talented hall tattoo

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: Bronze vivacious orchestra pit

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: Disgusting lay giraffe

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: stirring property

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: Hairraiser home

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: very tactful slate piazza

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: trip mauve set

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: very tactful slate piazza

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: Clear Fortuitous Meteor Business Firm

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: very tactful slate piazza

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: cordovan reading party

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: avocado trailer park becky

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: very tactful slate piazza

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: Dashing Dilemma

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: trip mauve set

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: passionate saffron codepig location

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks



(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: cordovan reading party



(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: adventurous newt gaming laptop

$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: gold cruise ship

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: Hairless stimulating stage

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: Hairless stimulating stage

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: Hairless stimulating stage

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: 180 police squad market

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: Unhinged selfie stage

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: 180 police squad market

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: 180 police squad market

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry



(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: Bronze vivacious orchestra pit

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: Talking striped hyena

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: magenta vibrant chapel

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Cracking Smoky Wagecucks

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: big sickened fanboi

$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: Boyish principal's office pocket flask



(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: haunting native dopamine

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: Bateful locale

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: Offensive pistol

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: Unhinged selfie stage

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Titillating ticket booth cuckoldry

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: glittery navy school cafeteria

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: Sepia lascivious regret dingle berry

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: Unhinged selfie stage

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: Chestnut associate site

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: Walnut spectacular internal respiration

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: brilliant yapping goal in life circlehead

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: cordovan reading party

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: Bronze vivacious orchestra pit

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: Chestnut associate site

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: passionate saffron codepig location

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: cordovan reading party

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: ebony athletic conference clown

cap gains

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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: cordovan reading party

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: passionate saffron codepig location

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

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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: magenta vibrant chapel

~$500k

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