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Will make $25M from a tech co exit this year. Another 20-50M in potential

Earn out Has been extremely painful but man it feels good...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Nigga, what the cunt is a "FA"?
talented trailer park doctorate
  07/30/25
financial advisor
exciting khaki haunted graveyard
  07/30/25
Faggot Ass
Ruby friendly grandma menage
  07/30/25
...
massive locus
  07/30/25
lol I'm a prole with no FA and still figured that one out
Crystalline frozen locale
  07/31/25
Can you relocate before you take the hit? Go live in Florida...
tantric feces
  07/30/25
Unlikely and all my family and network are here anyway. Not ...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
That’s $3.25MM you retard. That’s enough for a k...
tantric feces
  07/30/25
CA taxman always gets his
Slimy institution
  07/30/25
...
Milky bat-shit-crazy forum alpha
  07/30/25
cr sounds like california sourced income, ftb will get your ...
Vivacious mad-dog skullcap
  07/30/25
Tioctcr
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Sure no one in the history of California has tried this.
Big-titted school
  07/30/25
next thing you're going hear is that you can avoid NYC taxes...
Crystalline frozen locale
  07/31/25
I asked Chat and if you plan it out a year in advance you ca...
Big-titted school
  07/31/25
Founder?
balding office
  07/30/25
Very early employee
emerald pit
  07/30/25
congrats! 8 figures is fuck you money, so even if you don...
Vigorous Chest-beating Dilemma
  07/30/25
Ty bro Unfortunately not quite in sf Bay Area but it does...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
unless you have family in the area why would you care about ...
Arousing cowardly location candlestick maker
  07/30/25
Let’s have an SF meetup
Slimy institution
  07/30/25
...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
The beautiful thing about fuck you money is that you don't a...
Drab ape digit ratio
  07/31/25
Can I get in on this, man?
Beady-eyed Home
  07/30/25
Ur doing great for urself brother
emerald pit
  07/30/25
180. why in the world would you 'grind' anymore? assume you...
Bateful cuckoldry
  07/30/25
Want to buy a new house which is 8-10 million So need an...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
lol
Comical hall roast beef
  07/30/25
It's beating a dead horse around these parts, but I just loo...
Milky bat-shit-crazy forum alpha
  07/30/25
Not flame at all brother This is Bay Area life. Tons of o...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Decent flame
grizzly sandwich
  07/30/25
Okay, now imagine you are 16 years old - what would 16 year ...
Big-titted school
  07/30/25
Probably like 5 chicks at the same time and a home arcade sy...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
When you have a successful exit, it becomes much easier to p...
tantric feces
  07/30/25
180. How old is the company? I assume you were on the gro...
Excitant Skinny Woman Parlor
  07/30/25
Very early employee. Was a big risk when I joined, and have ...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Nothing wrong with working the bone, brother
Fuchsia theatre
  07/30/25
...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Congrats. How long have you been with the company?
Milky bat-shit-crazy forum alpha
  07/30/25
4+ years
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Nice congrats. Big exits are 180. It’s been a few year...
Galvanic hospital twinkling uncleanness
  07/30/25
Lol queer
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  07/30/25
...
Bateful cuckoldry
  07/30/25
How much did you clear? Congrats brother
emerald pit
  07/30/25
How can I do this as a gay, autistic lawyer?
talented trailer park doctorate
  07/30/25
Sex with men for money
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Is $25,000 a lot of money to you
Razzmatazz boistinker
  07/30/25
Yes
emerald pit
  07/30/25
asking relevant questions.
aromatic gaming laptop voyeur
  07/30/25
congrats, brother!
exciting khaki haunted graveyard
  07/30/25
Ty
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Lmao at this cope. Just admit that you would give everything...
Bateful cuckoldry
  07/30/25
Keep talking shit about Tmfs household income
emerald pit
  07/30/25
How many inches of jewish penis would you estimate you&rsquo...
lilac corner
  07/30/25
A lot. And not just Jewish
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Boondocks?
Cracking fiercely-loyal antidepressant drug
  07/30/25
He’s like 100M+ a decade ago so prob 500m jow
emerald pit
  07/30/25
I traded emails with him while working on BLB a million year...
Cracking fiercely-loyal antidepressant drug
  07/30/25
That was you! I thought you and Randazza and all the crowd ...
Mischievous alcoholic shrine indirect expression
  07/30/25
lol. I remember helping leaf with his CS homework. Hadn&rsqu...
Cracking fiercely-loyal antidepressant drug
  07/30/25
Wife? Kids?
red impertinent tanning salon
  07/30/25
Wife 3 kids
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Hope you don’t get divorced brother!
swashbuckling dog poop
  07/30/25
Wife has been a saint Last few years I’ve basically...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Head on a swivel from now on
swashbuckling dog poop
  07/30/25
180. Was it tough being a Bay Areamo with 3 kids before this...
Milky bat-shit-crazy forum alpha
  07/30/25
Yeah bro. We only decided to have third kid when this money ...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Holy shit you are headed for a juicy divorce rape
obsidian frisky church building psychic
  07/31/25
PEPPER | ANGUS
bossy deep box office private investor
  07/31/25
With kids and wanting an 8-10 million dollar house, you need...
Blathering crotch plaza
  07/30/25
Tiotcr Likely grinding for 2-4 more years for the earn ou...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
also one clarification is that it’s ltcg so more like ...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
The fact that this is sort of true is mind blowing. He co...
Big-titted school
  07/30/25
This is a Reddit take. My family and friends and network are...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
the only thing that matters is your family if you have kids ...
Arousing cowardly location candlestick maker
  07/31/25
be rich as fuck, mostly $20MM is enough to have 3 generat...
Charismatic Cruise Ship Pocket Flask
  07/31/25
Xo loves to shit on global capitalism for moving away from p...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
Congrats man.
vibrant sanctuary
  07/30/25
Ty bro
emerald pit
  07/30/25
pull the plug
lascivious ocher nowag hunting ground
  07/30/25
Have you considered not being a faggot and squandering so mu...
provocative dull idiot kitchen
  07/30/25
Tell me more about ca real estate pumo lol
emerald pit
  07/30/25
And there it is. Like many other fags I know in CA you&rsquo...
provocative dull idiot kitchen
  07/30/25
Tell me more about being brave pumo
emerald pit
  07/30/25
You’re being glib ITsubthread because I’m challe...
provocative dull idiot kitchen
  07/30/25
Tell me about how psychologically challenging yourself pumo ...
emerald pit
  07/30/25
Seems like every six months there’s a poster who says ...
Hairraiser Nudist Stage
  07/30/25
Have you tried rebooting your machine
obsidian frisky church building psychic
  07/31/25
...
Excitant Skinny Woman Parlor
  07/31/25
(EPAH)
Arousing cowardly location candlestick maker
  07/31/25
180 This happened to me. I do whatever the fuck I want no...
Heady pozpig
  07/30/25
180 How much did you make, how did you think about retireme...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
You're making that much but not a founder? What kind of tech...
Bull Headed Clown
  07/30/25
This thread is eye opening for me, I’d feel comfortabl...
Plum theater quadroon
  07/31/25
Why retire unless you're old or taking care of kids/elderly ...
Bull Headed Clown
  07/31/25
Why not grind on something non cucky
Disgusting Step-uncle's House Prole
  07/31/25
I can think of plenty of fulfilling things to do that dont i...
Plum theater quadroon
  07/31/25
Do you have kids and live in hcol to be near family? Thats b...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
your perspective is hilarious. $3m is more wealth than 99.9%...
Plum theater quadroon
  07/31/25
Your poasting on the rotted carcass of a preftigious message...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
180
Beta aphrodisiac ticket booth trump supporter
  07/31/25
Figma? Not too many startups where early employees get 8 ...
Smoky cocky brunch regret
  07/31/25
it pains me to see you burn that money by giving it to the f...
idiotic lay karate
  07/31/25
You sure bro? I’m all for tax avoidance but this doesn...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
that's new to me, i'll read into it and give my take. even i...
idiotic lay karate
  07/31/25
Congrats!
Drab ape digit ratio
  07/31/25
Congrats. Based on your comment re $8M house I'm guessing yo...
Iridescent Cerebral Rehab
  07/31/25
I think Hillsborough/Atherton etc is bullshit IMO - I know i...
Irradiated ultramarine nursing home
  07/31/25
Cr I worry about all this I am not retiring right now th...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
Out of curiosity, what does "retirement" look like...
Drab ape digit ratio
  07/31/25
Haven’t gotten that far but have vague ideas of being ...
emerald pit
  07/31/25
This sounds like what people say when they aren't really goi...
Drab ape digit ratio
  07/31/25
Well I need another 20 or so and I’m good amirite
emerald pit
  07/31/25
Congrats bro. Pay those taxes and chill. Buy some property a...
Irradiated ultramarine nursing home
  07/31/25
Lawyer operated farm full of robot farmhands tp
Arousing cowardly location candlestick maker
  08/01/25


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Date: July 30th, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: emerald pit

Earn out

Has been extremely painful but man it feels good. Can’t tell anyone irl other than my FA so sharing here. Debating whether to try to retire instead of grinding out another few years

(This is all pre tax and in CA so a lot less than it seems

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143677)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:11 PM
Author: talented trailer park doctorate

Nigga, what the cunt is a "FA"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143897)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:18 PM
Author: exciting khaki haunted graveyard

financial advisor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143920)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:31 PM
Author: Ruby friendly grandma menage

Faggot Ass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143982)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:44 PM
Author: massive locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144136)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 8:20 AM
Author: Crystalline frozen locale

lol I'm a prole with no FA and still figured that one out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144951)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 5:48 PM
Author: tantric feces

Can you relocate before you take the hit? Go live in Florida for a year?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143683)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:56 PM
Author: emerald pit

Unlikely and all my family and network are here anyway. Not that worked up about giving ca their 13%

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143840)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:57 PM
Author: tantric feces

That’s $3.25MM you retard. That’s enough for a kid to be set for life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143849)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:09 PM
Author: Slimy institution

CA taxman always gets his

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143888)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: Milky bat-shit-crazy forum alpha



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144134)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:11 PM
Author: Vivacious mad-dog skullcap

cr sounds like california sourced income, ftb will get your ass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144217)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:32 PM
Author: emerald pit

Tioctcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144273)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: Big-titted school

Sure no one in the history of California has tried this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144345)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 8:22 AM
Author: Crystalline frozen locale

next thing you're going hear is that you can avoid NYC taxes by buying a crappy condo in Florida and pretending you live there. no one ever has thought of doing this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144957)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:56 AM
Author: Big-titted school

I asked Chat and if you plan it out a year in advance you can do it, but California is highly likely to still come looking for you and may litigate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145249)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 5:49 PM
Author: balding office

Founder?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143688)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:56 PM
Author: emerald pit

Very early employee

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143842)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: Vigorous Chest-beating Dilemma

congrats!

8 figures is fuck you money, so even if you don't retire right away it gives you the choice to do so on your terms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143695)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:57 PM
Author: emerald pit

Ty bro

Unfortunately not quite in sf Bay Area but it doesn’t hurt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143846)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: Arousing cowardly location candlestick maker

unless you have family in the area why would you care about living there anymore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143856)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:09 PM
Author: Slimy institution

Let’s have an SF meetup

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143892)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: emerald pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144110)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:03 AM
Author: Drab ape digit ratio

The beautiful thing about fuck you money is that you don't actually have to stay in the Bay Area.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145117)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Home

Can I get in on this, man?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143699)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:56 PM
Author: emerald pit

Ur doing great for urself brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143844)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 5:55 PM
Author: Bateful cuckoldry

180. why in the world would you 'grind' anymore? assume you don't enjoy the grind?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143702)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:57 PM
Author: emerald pit

Want to buy a new house which is 8-10 million

So need another 20 pre tax to really be comfortable, end up at 20m after tax excluding primary residence which is 800k/year safe withdrawal rate

Then I tink I’m done

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143850)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:10 PM
Author: Comical hall roast beef

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144072)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: Milky bat-shit-crazy forum alpha

It's beating a dead horse around these parts, but I just looked up what $8-10M gets you in the Bay Area these days. E.g. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/161-Primrose-Way-Palo-Alto-CA-94303/19468864_zpid/

LJL at $9.5M for that

LJL at $3k in insurance + $10k in property tax for it, per month, every month, forever

And LJL that the boomers who currently live there pay less than half of that in property tax per month

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144161)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: emerald pit

Not flame at all brother

This is Bay Area life. Tons of opportunity but insane wealth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144211)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:55 PM
Author: grizzly sandwich

Decent flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144167)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 11:12 PM
Author: Big-titted school

Okay, now imagine you are 16 years old - what would 16 year old you tell you to do with the money?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144473)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: emerald pit

Probably like 5 chicks at the same time and a home arcade system

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49147169)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:58 PM
Author: tantric feces

When you have a successful exit, it becomes much easier to print money in the future by pretending you have the playbook to hit it big again. You would be stupid not to try. What else are you going to do if you’re under 40.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143853)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:53 PM
Author: Excitant Skinny Woman Parlor

180.

How old is the company? I assume you were on the ground floor, founder or employee 1, something like that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143827)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:58 PM
Author: emerald pit

Very early employee. Was a big risk when I joined, and have worked myself to the bone he last few years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143852)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: Fuchsia theatre

Nothing wrong with working the bone, brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143969)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: emerald pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144112)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:57 PM
Author: Milky bat-shit-crazy forum alpha

Congrats. How long have you been with the company?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143848)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: emerald pit

4+ years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144113)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:02 PM
Author: Galvanic hospital twinkling uncleanness

Nice congrats. Big exits are 180. It’s been a few years for me now, ready for next. Nothing better after being patient for a while to suddenly have it finally come together

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143867)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: soul-stirring stag film affirmative action

Lol queer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143926)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:45 PM
Author: Bateful cuckoldry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144015)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: emerald pit

How much did you clear? Congrats brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144114)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:05 PM
Author: talented trailer park doctorate

How can I do this as a gay, autistic lawyer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143878)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: emerald pit

Sex with men for money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144115)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:07 PM
Author: Razzmatazz boistinker

Is $25,000 a lot of money to you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143882)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: emerald pit

Yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144117)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: aromatic gaming laptop voyeur

asking relevant questions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144127)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: exciting khaki haunted graveyard

congrats, brother!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49143927)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: emerald pit

Ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144119)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 7:44 PM
Author: Bateful cuckoldry

Lmao at this cope. Just admit that you would give everything you have to make $250k at Verizon Wireless as associate general counsel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144014)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: emerald pit

Keep talking shit about Tmfs household income

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144124)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:15 PM
Author: lilac corner

How many inches of jewish penis would you estimate you’ve sucked in your “career” to date?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144078)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: emerald pit

A lot. And not just Jewish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144126)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:32 PM
Author: Cracking fiercely-loyal antidepressant drug

Boondocks?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144103)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: emerald pit

He’s like 100M+ a decade ago so prob 500m jow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144128)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: Cracking fiercely-loyal antidepressant drug

I traded emails with him while working on BLB a million years ago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144139)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: Mischievous alcoholic shrine indirect expression

That was you! I thought you and Randazza and all the crowd from that place had vanished into the ether

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144165)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:06 PM
Author: Cracking fiercely-loyal antidepressant drug

lol. I remember helping leaf with his CS homework. Hadn’t thought about that in so long. MR wanted me to be part of some suit regarding the registration of the phrase “Big Law”. Nice guy but I was just like, I am no one why do you care about adding me?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144206)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: red impertinent tanning salon

Wife? Kids?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144109)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: emerald pit

Wife 3 kids

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144129)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:53 PM
Author: swashbuckling dog poop

Hope you don’t get divorced brother!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144162)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: emerald pit

Wife has been a saint

Last few years I’ve basically been absent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144213)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: swashbuckling dog poop

Head on a swivel from now on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144215)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: Milky bat-shit-crazy forum alpha

180. Was it tough being a Bay Areamo with 3 kids before this exit? Describe the changes you're going to make now that you have UMC money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144164)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: emerald pit

Yeah bro. We only decided to have third kid when this money was somewhat certain

House first. I live in a piece of shit 3m home that would be 150k in flyover. Debating tear down or just buying new, don’t have energy to tear down and rebuild while doing this job

Other than that may buy a nice watch and a vacation and fly biz cvlsss on vacations. And help out family as needed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144216)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 3:36 AM
Author: obsidian frisky church building psychic

Holy shit you are headed for a juicy divorce rape

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144741)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:28 AM
Author: bossy deep box office private investor

PEPPER | ANGUS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145063)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:12 PM
Author: Blathering crotch plaza

With kids and wanting an 8-10 million dollar house, you need to keep grinding for a few more years brother. 25 mil is basically 12 in CA after state/fed tax, after 8 mil for the house, that leaves you 4 mil which maybe will be enough to send your kids to college in 2035 which means you're poor again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144218)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:18 PM
Author: emerald pit

Tiotcr

Likely grinding for 2-4 more years for the earn out then really some

And if I burn out before then whatever guess we aren’t flying private

One debate is whether to just build a new house on our lot for 3-4m instead of buy a new one for 8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144240)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: emerald pit

also one clarification is that it’s ltcg so more like 17 after tax, 8 for a house 9 liquid

Need another 10 or so after tax and can be done

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144277)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 11:17 PM
Author: Big-titted school

The fact that this is sort of true is mind blowing.

He could take his $12 million and move ANYWHERE not CA/NYC and easily live phat on $500k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144493)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:41 AM
Author: emerald pit

This is a Reddit take. My family and friends and network are all in ca. what the fuck would I do in Texas or whatever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145075)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Arousing cowardly location candlestick maker

the only thing that matters is your family if you have kids

the point is you have more than enough for fuck you for life money if you choose to move outside CA. who cares about a "network" if you can just... retire? you have enough to buy both sets of parents extremely nice houses in addition to your own if you move anywhere else. if you're not at least considering that as a realistic option you're just lying to yourself to stay in the rat race

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145094)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 3:03 PM
Author: Charismatic Cruise Ship Pocket Flask

be rich as fuck, mostly

$20MM is enough to have 3 generations set for life if properly invested. What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145947)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:00 PM
Author: emerald pit

Xo loves to shit on global capitalism for moving away from parents and friends for jobs and then also tell you to leave your parents and friends when you have money lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49147162)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: vibrant sanctuary

Congrats man.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144251)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: emerald pit

Ty bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144278)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 9:44 PM
Author: lascivious ocher nowag hunting ground

pull the plug

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144298)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: provocative dull idiot kitchen

Have you considered not being a faggot and squandering so much of your earnings on an overpriced piece of shit house? All of your reasoning ITT is premised on the need to get assfucked by expensive real estate and it’s clear you’ve bought into that idea and keep convincing yourself it’s necessary (when it isn’t). If you drop that premise you’ll be able to come up with a better plan and have more capital to work for you. Also, and relatedly, do not assume just because you did this once that you’ll be able to do it more, or again—I’ve seen plenty of bros get fucked by that assumption. You might, but it’s better to set yourself up financially so you have flexibility and don’t need that outcome to obtain to be good with where you are (which circles back to my first point about not hanging an albatross real estate purchase around your neck as you get your exit).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144338)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 10:19 PM
Author: emerald pit

Tell me more about ca real estate pumo lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144352)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: provocative dull idiot kitchen

And there it is. Like many other fags I know in CA you’ve brainwashed yourself into thinking it’s appropriate to blow $10m on a house (and erode a significant portion of your potential working capital) because “that’s just how it is.” How about you sack the fuck up and stay in your current house rather than consuming a bunch of your exit money on some overpriced shitbox. Use the money to set yourself up financially for life so you don’t HAVE to grind. And then, if you really want to go for some 8-figure estate, repeat what you just did, if you can, and then you can squander some money. You’re acting like a ghetto rat with your thinking just at a different level of wealth. Take off the handcuffs and open up your eyes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144364)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: emerald pit

Tell me more about being brave pumo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144375)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: provocative dull idiot kitchen

You’re being glib ITsubthread because I’m challenging your psychological premise (blow money on house is necessary) and it doesn’t feel good. Maybe unbelievably to you, I’m saying this out of a desire to see you maek it in a deep and sustainable way. I’d urge you to at least think about what I’m saying, if you’re able to. You have an opportunity that very few people get and it would be boneheaded to do what you’re proposing to do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144379)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 10:47 PM
Author: emerald pit

Tell me about how psychologically challenging yourself pumo lolololol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144413)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: Hairraiser Nudist Stage

Seems like every six months there’s a poster who says the same thing. Are there a lot of tech bros on here? Doesn’t seem like it to me. Every time I ask for help with Word or pdf editing I get no responses.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144362)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 3:35 AM
Author: obsidian frisky church building psychic

Have you tried rebooting your machine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144740)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:09 AM
Author: Excitant Skinny Woman Parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145039)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:20 AM
Author: Arousing cowardly location candlestick maker

(EPAH)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145054)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 11:26 PM
Author: Heady pozpig

180

This happened to me. I do whatever the fuck I want now. I mostly hang out with my kids and write shitty novels. I used to play around with cool tech but I am not terribly interested in AI and it moves too fast for someone who isn't fully invested in keeping up with all the new gay shit

I help out on the steering committee of a programming language. That's enough tech for me these days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144518)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:42 AM
Author: emerald pit

180

How much did you make, how did you think about retirement ability/withdrawal rate et c?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145077)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 11:49 PM
Author: Bull Headed Clown

You're making that much but not a founder? What kind of tech? Are the founders clearing $20B+?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144554)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 12:15 AM
Author: Plum theater quadroon

This thread is eye opening for me, I’d feel comfortable retiring with 3 mil in the bank. Goes to show your spending just increases with your earnings. good for the economy I guess, but the hedonistic treadmill is wild. I guess this is why billionaires still work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144599)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 12:28 AM
Author: Bull Headed Clown

Why retire unless you're old or taking care of kids/elderly or sick parents? Doing nothing all day without purpose would be corrosive to the soul.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144631)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 2:58 AM
Author: Disgusting Step-uncle's House Prole

Why not grind on something non cucky

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144731)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Plum theater quadroon

I can think of plenty of fulfilling things to do that dont involve working at a job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145203)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: emerald pit

Do you have kids and live in hcol to be near family? Thats basically most of it

I have friends who are early retiring off 3m to live in a van (no kids), doesn’t sound that fun to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145078)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Plum theater quadroon

your perspective is hilarious. $3m is more wealth than 99.9% of all humans who have ever lived have owned, but you think its only enough to live in a van and be homeless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145195)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: emerald pit

Your poasting on the rotted carcass of a preftigious message bort where the resident loser aspired to a billion. Welcome to xoxo hth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145254)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 8:15 AM
Author: Beta aphrodisiac ticket booth trump supporter

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49144940)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:12 AM
Author: Smoky cocky brunch regret

Figma?

Not too many startups where early employees get 8 figures.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145042)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:26 AM
Author: idiotic lay karate

it pains me to see you burn that money by giving it to the ftb when tax avoidance is so easy. i paid for my current home with my tax savings from my exit.

even if you don't want to leave the state, have you considered a ning?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145060)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 9:40 AM
Author: emerald pit

You sure bro? I’m all for tax avoidance but this doesnt seem feasible

“ California followed suit in 2023 when Gov. Gavin Newsome signed a bill effectively banning ING trusts. As PwC noted in its explanation of the law, the state now treats California residents who transfer assets into ING trusts as the owners of those entities and subjects distributions from the trusts to state income taxes”



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145074)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: idiotic lay karate

that's new to me, i'll read into it and give my take. even if he doesn't do a ning, if his liquidity event hasn't happened yet and pushes into 2026, he needs to hie himself to tx, fl, or some similarly low/no tax state for 2026.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145116)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Drab ape digit ratio

Congrats!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145119)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 11:26 AM
Author: Iridescent Cerebral Rehab

Congrats. Based on your comment re $8M house I'm guessing you're gung ho on Hillsborough or somewhere on the Peninsula? Because you'd be right it doesn't seem like it's worth trading up from a $2.5M property till you approach the $7-8M properties, it's the cruel nature of the area. But if I were in your shoes I'd be aiming at a $5M max property, even less. You can get a very pleasant house in East Bay (Piedmont, Orinda etc) or Marin for that and wisely invest the rest and probably just retire.

Living in an $8M house means you'll feel the pressure to have a lifestyle that matches, which means you'll probably spend a lot more than you anticipate. $8M houses are for people worth $50M+ and with multiple properties. Not someone with 50% of their assets tied up in one house.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145304)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 11:53 AM
Author: Irradiated ultramarine nursing home

I think Hillsborough/Atherton etc is bullshit IMO - I know it’s an unpopular opinion but if you have kids I think Half Moon Bay/Pacifica is better. Almost every person I know who grew up in those insanely wealthy areas is fucked up.

Seconded on the east bay though. If you pick the right area (Piedmont/Kensington) there are some very nice homes; but the issue is the culture especially if you have kids…but then again that’s more of an endemic issue in the area.

There’s always Marin too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145353)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 12:07 PM
Author: emerald pit

Cr I worry about all this

I am not retiring right now though still got young kids in diapers

Probably gonna do it a couple more years try to double the number and then can be comfortable wherever, but very mindful of the fucked up rich kid dynamic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145390)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 12:09 PM
Author: Drab ape digit ratio

Out of curiosity, what does "retirement" look like to you? Say you spend 3-5 years and double that number. Then what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145402)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 12:31 PM
Author: emerald pit

Haven’t gotten that far but have vague ideas of being ballgame dad, learning golf for real (and random other old sports I used to play), traveling a lot, and something artistic like learn to make a movie and actually make a low budget one

Maybe angel investing if I’m still in the area but right now the idea of it makes me lol. Would be happy to be completely detached from ecosystem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145451)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: Drab ape digit ratio

This sounds like what people say when they aren't really going to retire for the foreseeable future.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145956)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: emerald pit

Well I need another 20 or so and I’m good amirite

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49147165)



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Date: July 31st, 2025 11:48 AM
Author: Irradiated ultramarine nursing home

Congrats bro. Pay those taxes and chill. Buy some property and a farm/ranch if you know what you’re doing with that and set your kids up with a legacy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49145347)



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Date: August 1st, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: Arousing cowardly location candlestick maker

Lawyer operated farm full of robot farmhands tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756431&forum_id=2#49147899)