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

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Amethyst theater
  12/18/25
710K
Fluffy Public Bath
  12/18/25
lawyer?
Amethyst theater
  12/18/25
yea
Fluffy Public Bath
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
Amethyst theater
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
odious maniacal blood rage philosopher-king
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
free-loading razzle forum haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
odious maniacal blood rage philosopher-king
  12/18/25
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Angry domesticated university juggernaut
  12/18/25
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naked headpube
  12/19/25
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White irradiated office
  12/19/25
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lake corner macaca
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Umber shaky toaster institution
  12/20/25
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Awkward becky
  12/21/25
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canary swashbuckling cuckoldry box office
  12/21/25
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Charismatic set weed whacker
  12/21/25
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180 greedy trump supporter crackhouse
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Cheese-eating Athletic Conference Whorehouse
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
Amethyst theater
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Cheese-eating Athletic Conference Whorehouse
  12/18/25
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naked headpube
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
chartreuse vengeful indian lodge marketing idea
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
adventurous magenta factory reset button ticket booth
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
chartreuse vengeful indian lodge marketing idea
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
Amethyst theater
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
dark church building friendly grandma
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
chartreuse vengeful indian lodge marketing idea
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
Cream soggy main people patrolman
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
Cream soggy main people patrolman
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
Cream soggy main people patrolman
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
arrogant heaven
  12/18/25
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Fluffy Public Bath
  12/18/25
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diverse doctorate codepig
  12/19/25
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flushed stag film
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
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  12/19/25
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exhilarant stain genital piercing
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
Cream soggy main people patrolman
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
hot market
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
French razzle-dazzle station persian
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
naked headpube
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
shivering provocative wrinkle
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
naked headpube
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Ocher supple background story
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
diverse doctorate codepig
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Electric sexy stage round eye
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Haunting mad-dog skullcap
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
arrogant heaven
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
thirsty motley regret
  12/18/25
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bistre casino black woman
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
Amethyst theater
  12/18/25
I am atty.
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
Amethyst theater
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Cream soggy main people patrolman
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
clear out-of-control giraffe dingle berry
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
clear out-of-control giraffe dingle berry
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
mind-boggling base brethren
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
clear out-of-control giraffe dingle berry
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
navy appetizing piazza
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
naked headpube
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
navy appetizing piazza
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
navy appetizing piazza
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
Chrome locus
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Awkward becky
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
titillating organic girlfriend library
  12/22/25
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titillating organic girlfriend library
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
titillating organic girlfriend library
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
navy appetizing piazza
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
arrogant heaven
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
bistre casino black woman
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
arrogant heaven
  12/18/25
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lake corner macaca
  12/19/25
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titillating organic girlfriend library
  12/22/25
not enough.
diverse doctorate codepig
  12/18/25
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Salmon windowlicker
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Sable soul-stirring fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
Cream soggy main people patrolman
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
odious maniacal blood rage philosopher-king
  12/18/25
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Wonderful Ruby Stage
  12/18/25
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Ocher supple background story
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Sable soul-stirring fortuitous meteor
  12/19/25
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Tantric parlour
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Sapphire frozen stead turdskin
  12/18/25
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Angry domesticated university juggernaut
  12/18/25
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diverse doctorate codepig
  12/18/25
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spectacular turquoise area azn
  12/20/25
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Charismatic set weed whacker
  12/21/25
-$184K
lime elite gunner jewess
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
stimulating sanctuary fanboi
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Burgundy Cerebral Point
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
White irradiated office
  12/19/25
low-200s
Sickened hairraiser shitlib
  12/18/25
0
Big green house
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Brass contagious home foreskin
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
curious pea-brained theatre
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
flatulent underhanded center
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
violet multi-colored lodge
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
flatulent underhanded center
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
180 greedy trump supporter crackhouse
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
violet multi-colored lodge
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Electric sexy stage round eye
  12/19/25
thank you
violet multi-colored lodge
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Pungent beady-eyed menage dragon
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
Cowardly rusted theater stage
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
Boyish gas station partner
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Brilliant hall rigor
  12/19/25
what happened
White irradiated office
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Brilliant hall rigor
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
lake corner macaca
  12/19/25
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Amethyst theater
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
bipolar light state
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
exhilarant stain genital piercing
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
bateful gay kitchen
  12/20/25
~$900k
shivering provocative wrinkle
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Crawly Vibrant Range Telephone
  12/19/25
Wow.
Salmon windowlicker
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
diverse doctorate codepig
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Crawly Vibrant Range Telephone
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
diverse doctorate codepig
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Crawly Vibrant Range Telephone
  12/19/25
lol
lascivious water buffalo hell
  12/19/25
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diverse doctorate codepig
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Electric sexy stage round eye
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Sooty gaping
  12/19/25
...
Electric sexy stage round eye
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
mind-boggling base brethren
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Aqua cracking halford place of business
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
crimson international law enforcement agency
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Aqua cracking halford place of business
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Sooty gaping
  12/21/25
You sound poor
180 greedy trump supporter crackhouse
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
spectacular turquoise area azn
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
arousing lilac abode
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
frisky orchid temple
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
arousing lilac abode
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
flatulent underhanded center
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
arousing lilac abode
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
Fluffy Public Bath
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
titillating organic girlfriend library
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
arousing lilac abode
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Sable soul-stirring fortuitous meteor
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
frisky orchid temple
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Salmon windowlicker
  12/20/25
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Amethyst theater
  12/20/25
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Fluffy Public Bath
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Umber shaky toaster institution
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
curious pea-brained theatre
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Plum national
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Plum national
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Plum national
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
buff fragrant locale
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
demanding immigrant
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
buff fragrant locale
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
Amethyst theater
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
buff fragrant locale
  12/21/25
...
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Aqua cracking halford place of business
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
hot market
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
onyx glittery school
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
Amethyst theater
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
Amethyst theater
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
Amethyst theater
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
Amethyst theater
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
Amethyst theater
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
olive splenetic skinny woman
  12/21/25
...
canary swashbuckling cuckoldry box office
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
maroon police squad
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
sepia hideous spot useless brakes
  12/21/25
180 last note
navy appetizing piazza
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
demanding immigrant
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
disturbing vigorous coffee pot
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
Chrome locus
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
adventurous magenta factory reset button ticket booth
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
demanding immigrant
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
aquamarine dashing community account
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
puce passionate volcanic crater
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
Charismatic set weed whacker
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
Fluffy Public Bath
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Aqua cracking halford place of business
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
aquamarine dashing community account
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Salmon windowlicker
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
Fluffy Public Bath
  12/23/25
cap gains
mind-boggling base brethren
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
Fluffy Public Bath
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Salmon windowlicker
  12/25/25
~$500k
onyx glittery school
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Amethyst theater



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Fluffy Public Bath

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Amethyst theater

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Fluffy Public Bath

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Amethyst theater

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: odious maniacal blood rage philosopher-king

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: free-loading razzle forum haunted graveyard

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: odious maniacal blood rage philosopher-king

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Angry domesticated university juggernaut



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: naked headpube



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: White irradiated office



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: lake corner macaca



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Umber shaky toaster institution



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Awkward becky



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: canary swashbuckling cuckoldry box office



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: Charismatic set weed whacker



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: 180 greedy trump supporter crackhouse



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Cheese-eating Athletic Conference Whorehouse

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Amethyst theater

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Cheese-eating Athletic Conference Whorehouse

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: naked headpube



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: chartreuse vengeful indian lodge marketing idea

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: adventurous magenta factory reset button ticket booth

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: chartreuse vengeful indian lodge marketing idea

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Amethyst theater

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: dark church building friendly grandma

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: chartreuse vengeful indian lodge marketing idea

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Cream soggy main people patrolman

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: Cream soggy main people patrolman

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: Cream soggy main people patrolman

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: arrogant heaven

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: Fluffy Public Bath



(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: diverse doctorate codepig



(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: flushed stag film



(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: naked headpube

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: exhilarant stain genital piercing



(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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: Cream soggy main people patrolman

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: hot market

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: French razzle-dazzle station persian

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: naked headpube

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: shivering provocative wrinkle

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: naked headpube

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: Ocher supple background story

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: diverse doctorate codepig

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: Electric sexy stage round eye

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: Haunting mad-dog skullcap

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: arrogant heaven

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: thirsty motley regret

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: bistre casino black woman



(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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

$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: Amethyst theater

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: Amethyst theater

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: Cream soggy main people patrolman

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: clear out-of-control giraffe dingle berry

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: clear out-of-control giraffe dingle berry

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: Chrome locus

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: mind-boggling base brethren

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: clear out-of-control giraffe dingle berry

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: navy appetizing piazza

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: naked headpube

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: Chrome locus

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: navy appetizing piazza

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: navy appetizing piazza

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

? 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: Chrome locus

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: Awkward becky

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: titillating organic girlfriend library

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: titillating organic girlfriend library



(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: titillating organic girlfriend library

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: navy appetizing piazza

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: arrogant heaven

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: bistre casino black woman

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: arrogant heaven

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: lake corner macaca



(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: naked headpube



(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: titillating organic girlfriend library



(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: diverse doctorate codepig

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: Salmon windowlicker



(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: Sable soul-stirring fortuitous meteor

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: Cream soggy main people patrolman

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: odious maniacal blood rage philosopher-king

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: Wonderful Ruby Stage



(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: Ocher supple background story



(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: Sable soul-stirring fortuitous meteor

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: Tantric parlour



(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: Sapphire frozen stead turdskin

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: Angry domesticated university juggernaut



(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: diverse doctorate codepig



(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: spectacular turquoise area azn



(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: Charismatic set weed whacker



(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: lime elite gunner jewess

-$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: stimulating sanctuary fanboi

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: Burgundy Cerebral Point

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: White irradiated office

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: Sickened hairraiser shitlib

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: Big green house

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: Brass contagious home foreskin

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: curious pea-brained theatre

$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: flatulent underhanded center

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: violet multi-colored lodge

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: flatulent underhanded center

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: 180 greedy trump supporter crackhouse

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: violet multi-colored lodge

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: Electric sexy stage round eye

(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: violet multi-colored lodge

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: Pungent beady-eyed menage dragon

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: Cowardly rusted theater stage

Who wants to pay off my house

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49522200)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: Boyish gas station partner

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: Brilliant hall rigor

~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: White irradiated office

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: Brilliant hall rigor

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: lake corner macaca

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: Amethyst theater



(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: bipolar light state

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: exhilarant stain genital piercing

$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: bateful gay kitchen

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: shivering provocative wrinkle

~$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: Crawly Vibrant Range Telephone

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: Salmon windowlicker

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: diverse doctorate codepig

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: Crawly Vibrant Range Telephone

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: diverse doctorate codepig

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: Crawly Vibrant Range Telephone

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: lascivious water buffalo hell

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: diverse doctorate codepig



(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: Electric sexy stage round eye

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: Sooty gaping

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: Electric sexy stage round eye



(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: mind-boggling base brethren

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: Aqua cracking halford place of business

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: crimson international law enforcement agency

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: Aqua cracking halford place of business

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: Sooty gaping

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: 180 greedy trump supporter crackhouse

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: spectacular turquoise area azn

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: arousing lilac abode

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: frisky orchid temple

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: arousing lilac abode

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: flatulent underhanded center

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: arousing lilac abode

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: Fluffy Public Bath

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: titillating organic girlfriend library

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: arousing lilac abode

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: Sable soul-stirring fortuitous meteor

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: frisky orchid temple

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: Salmon windowlicker

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: Amethyst theater



(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: Fluffy Public Bath



(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: Umber shaky toaster institution

$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: curious pea-brained theatre

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: Plum national

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: Plum national

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: Plum national

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: buff fragrant locale

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: demanding immigrant

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: buff fragrant locale

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: Amethyst theater

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: buff fragrant locale

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot



(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: Aqua cracking halford place of business

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: hot market

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: onyx glittery school

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: Chrome locus

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: Chrome locus

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: Amethyst theater

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: Chrome locus

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: Amethyst theater

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: Chrome locus

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: Amethyst theater

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: Chrome locus

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: Amethyst theater

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: Chrome locus

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: Amethyst theater

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: Chrome locus

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: olive splenetic skinny woman

$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: canary swashbuckling cuckoldry box office



(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: maroon police squad

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: sepia hideous spot useless brakes

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: navy appetizing piazza

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: demanding immigrant

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: Chrome locus

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: disturbing vigorous coffee pot

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: Chrome locus

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: adventurous magenta factory reset button ticket booth

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: demanding immigrant

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: aquamarine dashing community account

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: puce passionate volcanic crater

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: Charismatic set weed whacker

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: Fluffy Public Bath

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: Aqua cracking halford place of business

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: aquamarine dashing community account

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: Salmon windowlicker

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: Fluffy Public Bath

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: mind-boggling base brethren

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: Fluffy Public Bath

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: Salmon windowlicker

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: onyx glittery school

~$500k

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