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Burgundy national dragon
  12/18/25
710K
bull headed church building
  12/18/25
lawyer?
Burgundy national dragon
  12/18/25
yea
bull headed church building
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
Burgundy national dragon
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
Swashbuckling Knife
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
Bipolar 180 corner
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
Swashbuckling Knife
  12/18/25
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diverse pontificating telephone elastic band
  12/18/25
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light skinny woman
  12/19/25
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Garnet bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
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vivacious internet-worthy orchestra pit rigpig
  12/19/25
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Spectacular offensive cumskin
  12/20/25
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Charismatic Plaza Kitty
  12/21/25
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frozen provocative kitchen
  12/21/25
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stimulating salmon hominid blood rage
  12/21/25
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Khaki Supple Locus
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Vibrant windowlicker
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
Burgundy national dragon
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Vibrant windowlicker
  12/18/25
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light skinny woman
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
big canary field
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
beady-eyed senate son of senegal
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
big canary field
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
Burgundy national dragon
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
citrine violent garrison
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
big canary field
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
bearded trump supporter
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
bearded trump supporter
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
bearded trump supporter
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Sable Low-t Hissy Fit Scourge Upon The Earth
  12/18/25
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bull headed church building
  12/18/25
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Irradiated sandwich
  12/19/25
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Passionate cream casino pocket flask
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
light skinny woman
  12/19/25
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Drunken Headpube
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
bearded trump supporter
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
pearl space
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Histrionic underhanded stead
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
light skinny woman
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Bistre Hell
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
light skinny woman
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
insane trip new version selfie
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
Irradiated sandwich
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
concupiscible cordovan fortuitous meteor
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
bronze school turdskin
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Sable Low-t Hissy Fit Scourge Upon The Earth
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
laughsome laser beams
  12/18/25
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Transparent foreskin death wish
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
Burgundy national dragon
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
Burgundy national dragon
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
bearded trump supporter
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
adventurous indian lodge
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
adventurous indian lodge
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
dull heaven
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Mint national security agency site
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
adventurous indian lodge
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Lake bespoke hairy legs
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
light skinny woman
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
dull heaven
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Lake bespoke hairy legs
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Lake bespoke hairy legs
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
dull heaven
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Charismatic Plaza Kitty
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
saffron vigorous locale
  12/22/25
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saffron vigorous locale
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
saffron vigorous locale
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Lake bespoke hairy legs
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Sable Low-t Hissy Fit Scourge Upon The Earth
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Transparent foreskin death wish
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Sable Low-t Hissy Fit Scourge Upon The Earth
  12/18/25
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vivacious internet-worthy orchestra pit rigpig
  12/19/25
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light skinny woman
  12/19/25
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saffron vigorous locale
  12/22/25
not enough.
Irradiated sandwich
  12/18/25
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Pink black woman lay
  12/20/25
little under $6M
magical lascivious ceo
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
bearded trump supporter
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
Swashbuckling Knife
  12/18/25
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outnumbered translucent library
  12/18/25
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insane trip new version selfie
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
magical lascivious ceo
  12/19/25
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Kink-friendly House Juggernaut
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Comical twinkling legend jap
  12/18/25
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diverse pontificating telephone elastic band
  12/18/25
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Irradiated sandwich
  12/18/25
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mauve deranged dopamine
  12/20/25
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stimulating salmon hominid blood rage
  12/21/25
-$184K
razzle fear-inspiring queen of the night stag film
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Electric charcoal forum
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Elite Institution Main People
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Garnet bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
low-200s
infuriating flirting french chef tanning salon
  12/18/25
0
Bateful parlor boistinker
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Brindle theater jew
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Exhilarant Cocky Public Bath
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
razzle-dazzle state goal in life
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
house-broken yarmulke
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
razzle-dazzle state goal in life
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
Khaki Supple Locus
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
house-broken yarmulke
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
concupiscible cordovan fortuitous meteor
  12/19/25
thank you
house-broken yarmulke
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
buff stirring partner principal's office
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
impertinent theater stage
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
soul-stirring base
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Insecure Temple
  12/19/25
what happened
Garnet bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Insecure Temple
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
vivacious internet-worthy orchestra pit rigpig
  12/19/25
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Burgundy national dragon
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
Bisexual sooty antidepressant drug whorehouse
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Drunken Headpube
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Misunderstood weed whacker community account
  12/20/25
~$900k
Bistre Hell
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Tan marvelous dog poop pit
  12/19/25
Wow.
Pink black woman lay
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
Irradiated sandwich
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Tan marvelous dog poop pit
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
Irradiated sandwich
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Tan marvelous dog poop pit
  12/19/25
lol
plum property puppy
  12/19/25
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Irradiated sandwich
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
concupiscible cordovan fortuitous meteor
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Exciting Address
  12/19/25
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concupiscible cordovan fortuitous meteor
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Mint national security agency site
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Free-loading Home Quadroon
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
odious hyperactive milk
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Free-loading Home Quadroon
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Exciting Address
  12/21/25
You sound poor
Khaki Supple Locus
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
mauve deranged dopamine
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Slap-happy unholy sanctuary dingle berry
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
umber station
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Slap-happy unholy sanctuary dingle berry
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
razzle-dazzle state goal in life
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Slap-happy unholy sanctuary dingle berry
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
bull headed church building
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
saffron vigorous locale
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Slap-happy unholy sanctuary dingle berry
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
magical lascivious ceo
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
umber station
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Pink black woman lay
  12/20/25
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Burgundy national dragon
  12/20/25
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bull headed church building
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Spectacular offensive cumskin
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Exhilarant Cocky Public Bath
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
mentally impaired slimy den
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
mentally impaired slimy den
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
mentally impaired slimy den
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
Floppy obsidian double fault
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
dashing opaque church
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
Floppy obsidian double fault
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
Burgundy national dragon
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
Floppy obsidian double fault
  12/21/25
...
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Free-loading Home Quadroon
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
pearl space
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
amethyst curious box office ladyboy
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
dull heaven
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
dull heaven
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
Burgundy national dragon
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
dull heaven
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
Burgundy national dragon
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
dull heaven
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
Burgundy national dragon
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
dull heaven
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
Burgundy national dragon
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
dull heaven
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
Burgundy national dragon
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
dull heaven
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Glassy Mother
  12/21/25
...
frozen provocative kitchen
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
heady piazza macaca
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
green unhinged gay wizard
  12/21/25
180 last note
Lake bespoke hairy legs
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
dashing opaque church
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
dull heaven
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Motley Red Brunch Mediation
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
dull heaven
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
beady-eyed senate son of senegal
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
dashing opaque church
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Lilac clown
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
Amber striped hyena chapel
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
stimulating salmon hominid blood rage
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
bull headed church building
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Free-loading Home Quadroon
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Lilac clown
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Pink black woman lay
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
bull headed church building
  12/23/25
cap gains
Mint national security agency site
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
bull headed church building
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Pink black woman lay
  12/25/25
~$500k
amethyst curious box office ladyboy
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Burgundy national dragon



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: bull headed church building

710K

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Burgundy national dragon

lawyer?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: bull headed church building

yea

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Burgundy national dragon

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: Swashbuckling Knife

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: Bipolar 180 corner

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: Swashbuckling Knife

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: diverse pontificating telephone elastic band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2,#49520500)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: light skinny woman



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Garnet bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2,#49522234)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: vivacious internet-worthy orchestra pit rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2,#49522244)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Spectacular offensive cumskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2,#49524723)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Charismatic Plaza Kitty



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: frozen provocative kitchen



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: stimulating salmon hominid blood rage



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Khaki Supple Locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2,#49531910)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Vibrant windowlicker

$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: Burgundy national dragon

Trash or legal fees?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Vibrant windowlicker

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: light skinny woman



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: big canary field

$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: beady-eyed senate son of senegal

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: big canary field

AssociaTTTe

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Burgundy national dragon

why dont you go solo?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: citrine violent garrison

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2,#49522472)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: big canary field

Nigger voicemail$

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: bearded trump supporter

A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2,#49519948)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: bearded trump supporter

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: bearded trump supporter

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: Sable Low-t Hissy Fit Scourge Upon The Earth

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: bull headed church building



(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: Irradiated sandwich



(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: Passionate cream casino pocket flask



(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: light skinny woman

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: Drunken Headpube



(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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: bearded trump supporter

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: pearl space

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: Histrionic underhanded stead

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: light skinny woman

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: Bistre Hell

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: light skinny woman

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: insane trip new version selfie

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: Irradiated sandwich

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: concupiscible cordovan fortuitous meteor

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: bronze school turdskin

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: Sable Low-t Hissy Fit Scourge Upon The Earth

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: laughsome laser beams

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: Transparent foreskin death wish



(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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

$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: Burgundy national dragon

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: Burgundy national dragon

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: bearded trump supporter

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: adventurous indian lodge

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: adventurous indian lodge

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: dull heaven

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: Mint national security agency site

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: adventurous indian lodge

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: Lake bespoke hairy legs

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: light skinny woman

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: dull heaven

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: Lake bespoke hairy legs

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: Lake bespoke hairy legs

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

? 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: dull heaven

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: Charismatic Plaza Kitty

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: saffron vigorous locale

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: saffron vigorous locale



(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: saffron vigorous locale

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: Lake bespoke hairy legs

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: Sable Low-t Hissy Fit Scourge Upon The Earth

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: Transparent foreskin death wish

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: Sable Low-t Hissy Fit Scourge Upon The Earth

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: vivacious internet-worthy orchestra pit rigpig



(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: light skinny woman



(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: saffron vigorous locale



(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: Irradiated sandwich

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: Pink black woman lay



(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: magical lascivious ceo

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: bearded trump supporter

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: Swashbuckling Knife

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: outnumbered translucent library



(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: insane trip new version selfie



(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: magical lascivious ceo

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: Kink-friendly House Juggernaut



(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: Comical twinkling legend jap

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: diverse pontificating telephone elastic band



(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: Irradiated sandwich



(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: mauve deranged dopamine



(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: stimulating salmon hominid blood rage



(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: razzle fear-inspiring queen of the night stag film

-$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 charcoal forum

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: Elite Institution Main People

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: Garnet bawdyhouse

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: infuriating flirting french chef tanning salon

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: Bateful parlor boistinker

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: Brindle theater jew

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: Exhilarant Cocky Public Bath

$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: razzle-dazzle state goal in life

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: house-broken yarmulke

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: razzle-dazzle state goal in life

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: Khaki Supple Locus

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: house-broken yarmulke

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: concupiscible cordovan fortuitous meteor

(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: house-broken yarmulke

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: buff stirring partner principal's office

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: impertinent theater stage

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: soul-stirring base

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: Insecure Temple

~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: Garnet bawdyhouse

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: Insecure Temple

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: vivacious internet-worthy orchestra pit rigpig

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: Burgundy national dragon



(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: Bisexual sooty antidepressant drug whorehouse

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: Drunken Headpube

$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: Misunderstood weed whacker community account

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: Bistre Hell

~$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: Tan marvelous dog poop pit

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: Pink black woman lay

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: Irradiated sandwich

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: Tan marvelous dog poop pit

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: Irradiated sandwich

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: Tan marvelous dog poop pit

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: plum property puppy

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: Irradiated sandwich



(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: concupiscible cordovan fortuitous meteor

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: Exciting Address

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: concupiscible cordovan fortuitous meteor



(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: Mint national security agency site

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: Free-loading Home Quadroon

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: odious hyperactive milk

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: Free-loading Home Quadroon

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: Exciting Address

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: Khaki Supple Locus

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: mauve deranged dopamine

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: Slap-happy unholy sanctuary dingle berry

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: umber station

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: Slap-happy unholy sanctuary dingle berry

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: razzle-dazzle state goal in life

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: Slap-happy unholy sanctuary dingle berry

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: bull headed church building

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: saffron vigorous locale

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: Slap-happy unholy sanctuary dingle berry

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: magical lascivious ceo

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: umber station

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: Pink black woman lay

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: Burgundy national dragon



(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: bull headed church building



(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: Spectacular offensive cumskin

$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: Exhilarant Cocky Public Bath

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: mentally impaired slimy den

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: mentally impaired slimy den

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: mentally impaired slimy den

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: Floppy obsidian double fault

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: dashing opaque church

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: Floppy obsidian double fault

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: Burgundy national dragon

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: Floppy obsidian double fault

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation



(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: Free-loading Home Quadroon

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: pearl space

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: amethyst curious box office ladyboy

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: dull heaven

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: dull heaven

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: Burgundy national dragon

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: dull heaven

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: Burgundy national dragon

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: dull heaven

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: Burgundy national dragon

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: dull heaven

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: Burgundy national dragon

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: dull heaven

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: Burgundy national dragon

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: dull heaven

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: Glassy Mother

$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: frozen provocative kitchen



(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: heady piazza macaca

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: green unhinged gay wizard

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: Lake bespoke hairy legs

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: dashing opaque church

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: dull heaven

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: Motley Red Brunch Mediation

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: dull heaven

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: beady-eyed senate son of senegal

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: dashing opaque church

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: Lilac clown

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: Amber striped hyena chapel

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: stimulating salmon hominid blood rage

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: bull headed church building

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: Free-loading Home Quadroon

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: Lilac clown

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: Pink black woman lay

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: bull headed church building

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: Mint national security agency site

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: bull headed church building

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

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Pink black woman lay

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

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



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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: amethyst curious box office ladyboy

~$500k

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