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

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bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/18/25
710K
frisky library crotch
  12/18/25
lawyer?
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/18/25
yea
frisky library crotch
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
lavender native
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
Razzle-dazzle Senate Water Buffalo
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
lavender native
  12/18/25
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sticky love of her life azn
  12/18/25
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flirting stage people who are hurt
  12/19/25
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doobsian area newt
  12/19/25
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Concupiscible bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
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Cream Mentally Impaired Space
  12/20/25
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Impertinent casino
  12/21/25
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Buck-toothed marketing idea
  12/21/25
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umber beady-eyed whorehouse
  12/21/25
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appetizing demanding reading party
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
plum cuck depressive
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
plum cuck depressive
  12/18/25
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flirting stage people who are hurt
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Fragrant Locus Codepig
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
topaz den
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Fragrant Locus Codepig
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
Sinister mexican juggernaut
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Fragrant Locus Codepig
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
orchid karate tank
  12/18/25
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frisky library crotch
  12/18/25
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onyx useless brakes heaven
  12/19/25
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180 elastic band lay
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
flirting stage people who are hurt
  12/19/25
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anal business firm
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
startling garrison
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
startling garrison
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Abnormal dull filthpig
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
startling garrison
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Razzmatazz Zombie-like Institution Boiling Water
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
flirting stage people who are hurt
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Aromatic know-it-all forum dingle berry
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
flirting stage people who are hurt
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Opaque supple gunner
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
onyx useless brakes heaven
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
jet rehab
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
bright coiffed sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
orchid karate tank
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
Irradiated mewling national
  12/18/25
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Soul-stirring Piazza Athletic Conference
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
startling garrison
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/18/25
I am atty.
startling garrison
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
exciting federal circlehead sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
exciting federal circlehead sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Obsidian pit
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
exciting federal circlehead sweet tailpipe
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
flirting stage people who are hurt
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
startling garrison
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
startling garrison
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Impertinent casino
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
startling garrison
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Sable Brunch
  12/22/25
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Sable Brunch
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Sable Brunch
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
orchid karate tank
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Soul-stirring Piazza Athletic Conference
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
orchid karate tank
  12/18/25
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Concupiscible bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
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flirting stage people who are hurt
  12/19/25
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Sable Brunch
  12/22/25
not enough.
onyx useless brakes heaven
  12/18/25
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brilliant angry new version
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Insecure Becky National Security Agency
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
lavender native
  12/18/25
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vivacious stead
  12/18/25
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Opaque supple gunner
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Insecure Becky National Security Agency
  12/19/25
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indigo geriatric gas station
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Turquoise trailer park pozpig
  12/18/25
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sticky love of her life azn
  12/18/25
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onyx useless brakes heaven
  12/18/25
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Erotic crimson mad cow disease weed whacker
  12/20/25
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umber beady-eyed whorehouse
  12/21/25
-$184K
bateful mustard roommate church building
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Self-centered Location Yarmulke
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Aquamarine Provocative Hell
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
doobsian area newt
  12/19/25
low-200s
Disturbing Knife
  12/18/25
0
Trip cheese-eating background story
  12/18/25
like 2 million
arousing insane theater
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Bistre adulterous point
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
snowy mental disorder
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
odious brass ratface
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
snowy mental disorder
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
appetizing demanding reading party
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
odious brass ratface
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
jet rehab
  12/19/25
thank you
odious brass ratface
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Khaki parlour philosopher-king
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
confused kitchen laser beams
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
cerise hospital gay wizard
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
heady pearl cuckold
  12/19/25
what happened
doobsian area newt
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
heady pearl cuckold
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
Concupiscible bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
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bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
harsh corner idiot
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
anal business firm
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Contagious lilac locale jew
  12/20/25
~$900k
Aromatic know-it-all forum dingle berry
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
haunting abode
  12/19/25
Wow.
brilliant angry new version
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
onyx useless brakes heaven
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
haunting abode
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
onyx useless brakes heaven
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
haunting abode
  12/19/25
lol
Indecent Public Bath Legend
  12/19/25
...
onyx useless brakes heaven
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
jet rehab
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Amethyst center fat ankles
  12/19/25
...
jet rehab
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Obsidian pit
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Spruce Fantasy-prone Trust Fund Hall
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
electric community account
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Spruce Fantasy-prone Trust Fund Hall
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Amethyst center fat ankles
  12/21/25
You sound poor
appetizing demanding reading party
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
Erotic crimson mad cow disease weed whacker
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
hairraiser doctorate
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
histrionic windowlicker
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
hairraiser doctorate
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
snowy mental disorder
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
hairraiser doctorate
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
frisky library crotch
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Sable Brunch
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
hairraiser doctorate
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Insecure Becky National Security Agency
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
histrionic windowlicker
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
brilliant angry new version
  12/20/25
...
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/20/25
...
frisky library crotch
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Cream Mentally Impaired Space
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Bistre adulterous point
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
shivering trump supporter
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
shivering trump supporter
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
shivering trump supporter
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
bat shit crazy wonderful temple
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
cerebral mauve stag film
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
bat shit crazy wonderful temple
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
startling garrison
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
bat shit crazy wonderful temple
  12/21/25
...
startling garrison
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Spruce Fantasy-prone Trust Fund Hall
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Abnormal dull filthpig
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
Shimmering Glittery Rigpig Volcanic Crater
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
startling garrison
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
startling garrison
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
bearded charismatic halford sanctuary
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
At-the-ready gaping stain
  12/21/25
...
Buck-toothed marketing idea
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
lascivious nubile cruise ship candlestick maker
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
Submissive step-uncle's house international law enforcement agency
  12/21/25
180 last note
Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
cerebral mauve stag film
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
startling garrison
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
passionate nofapping alpha
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
topaz den
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
cerebral mauve stag film
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
pink nudist parlor
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
thriller hairy legs home
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
umber beady-eyed whorehouse
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
frisky library crotch
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Spruce Fantasy-prone Trust Fund Hall
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
pink nudist parlor
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
brilliant angry new version
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
frisky library crotch
  12/23/25
cap gains
Obsidian pit
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
frisky library crotch
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
brilliant angry new version
  12/25/25
~$500k
Shimmering Glittery Rigpig Volcanic Crater
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: frisky library crotch

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: frisky library crotch

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: lavender native

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: Razzle-dazzle Senate Water Buffalo

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: lavender native

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: sticky love of her life azn



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: flirting stage people who are hurt



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: doobsian area newt



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Concupiscible bawdyhouse



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Cream Mentally Impaired Space



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Impertinent casino



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Buck-toothed marketing idea



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: umber beady-eyed whorehouse



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: appetizing demanding reading party



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: plum cuck depressive

$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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: plum cuck depressive

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: flirting stage people who are hurt



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Fragrant Locus Codepig

$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: topaz den

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Fragrant Locus Codepig

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: Sinister mexican juggernaut

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Fragrant Locus Codepig

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction

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: burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction

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: burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction

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: orchid karate tank

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: frisky library crotch



(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: onyx useless brakes heaven



(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: 180 elastic band lay



(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: flirting stage people who are hurt

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: anal business firm



(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: startling garrison

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: burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction

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: startling garrison

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: Abnormal dull filthpig

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: startling garrison

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: Razzmatazz Zombie-like Institution Boiling Water

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: flirting stage people who are hurt

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: Aromatic know-it-all forum dingle berry

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: flirting stage people who are hurt

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: Opaque supple gunner

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: onyx useless brakes heaven

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: jet rehab

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: bright coiffed sneaky criminal

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: orchid karate tank

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: Irradiated mewling national

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: Soul-stirring Piazza Athletic Conference



(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: startling garrison

$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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

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: startling garrison

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

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: burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction

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: exciting federal circlehead sweet tailpipe

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: exciting federal circlehead sweet tailpipe

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: Obsidian pit

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: exciting federal circlehead sweet tailpipe

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: Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann

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: flirting stage people who are hurt

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann

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: startling garrison

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: Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann

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: startling garrison

? 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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: Impertinent casino

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: startling garrison

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: Sable Brunch

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: Sable Brunch



(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: Sable Brunch

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: Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann

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: orchid karate tank

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: Soul-stirring Piazza Athletic Conference

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: orchid karate tank

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: Concupiscible bawdyhouse



(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: flirting stage people who are hurt



(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: Sable Brunch



(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: onyx useless brakes heaven

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: brilliant angry new version



(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: Insecure Becky National Security Agency

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: burgundy self-absorbed dysfunction

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: lavender native

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: vivacious stead



(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: Opaque supple gunner



(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: Insecure Becky National Security Agency

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: indigo geriatric gas station



(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: Turquoise trailer park pozpig

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: sticky love of her life azn



(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: onyx useless brakes heaven



(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: Erotic crimson mad cow disease weed whacker



(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: umber beady-eyed whorehouse



(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: bateful mustard roommate church building

-$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: Self-centered Location Yarmulke

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: Aquamarine Provocative Hell

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: doobsian area newt

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: Disturbing Knife

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: Trip cheese-eating background story

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: arousing insane theater

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: Bistre adulterous point

$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: snowy mental disorder

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: odious brass ratface

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: snowy mental disorder

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: appetizing demanding reading party

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: odious brass ratface

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: jet rehab

(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: odious brass ratface

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: Khaki parlour philosopher-king

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: confused kitchen laser beams

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: cerise hospital gay wizard

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: heady pearl cuckold

~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: doobsian area newt

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: heady pearl cuckold

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: Concupiscible bawdyhouse

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

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary



(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: harsh corner idiot

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: anal business firm

$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: Contagious lilac locale jew

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: Aromatic know-it-all forum dingle berry

~$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: haunting abode

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: brilliant angry new version

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: onyx useless brakes heaven

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: haunting abode

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: onyx useless brakes heaven

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: haunting abode

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: Indecent Public Bath Legend

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: onyx useless brakes heaven



(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: jet rehab

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: Amethyst center fat ankles

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: jet rehab



(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: Obsidian pit

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: Spruce Fantasy-prone Trust Fund Hall

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: electric community account

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: Spruce Fantasy-prone Trust Fund Hall

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: Amethyst center fat ankles

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: appetizing demanding reading party

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: Erotic crimson mad cow disease weed whacker

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: hairraiser doctorate

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: histrionic windowlicker

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: hairraiser doctorate

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: snowy mental disorder

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: hairraiser doctorate

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: frisky library crotch

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: Sable Brunch

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: hairraiser doctorate

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: Insecure Becky National Security Agency

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: histrionic windowlicker

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: brilliant angry new version

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary



(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: frisky library crotch



(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: Cream Mentally Impaired Space

$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: Bistre adulterous point

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: shivering trump supporter

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: shivering trump supporter

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: shivering trump supporter

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: bat shit crazy wonderful temple

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: cerebral mauve stag film

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: bat shit crazy wonderful temple

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

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: startling garrison

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: bat shit crazy wonderful temple

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: startling garrison



(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: Spruce Fantasy-prone Trust Fund Hall

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: Abnormal dull filthpig

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: Shimmering Glittery Rigpig Volcanic Crater

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: startling garrison

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: startling garrison

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: bearded charismatic halford sanctuary

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: At-the-ready gaping stain

$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: Buck-toothed marketing idea



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: lascivious nubile cruise ship candlestick maker

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: Submissive step-uncle's house international law enforcement agency

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: Stubborn Fluffy Rigor Boltzmann

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: cerebral mauve stag film

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: startling garrison

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: passionate nofapping alpha

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: topaz den

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: cerebral mauve stag film

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: pink nudist parlor

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

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: thriller hairy legs home

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: umber beady-eyed whorehouse

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: frisky library crotch

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: Spruce Fantasy-prone Trust Fund Hall

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: pink nudist parlor

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

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

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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: brilliant angry new version

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: frisky library crotch

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: Obsidian pit

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: frisky library crotch

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: brilliant angry new version

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: Shimmering Glittery Rigpig Volcanic Crater

~$500k

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