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

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stimulating drab codepig
  12/18/25
710K
Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker
  12/18/25
lawyer?
stimulating drab codepig
  12/18/25
yea
Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
stimulating drab codepig
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
supple national security agency
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
bat-shit-crazy antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
supple national security agency
  12/18/25
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Pink Underhanded Turdskin Juggernaut
  12/18/25
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Mustard Church Building Chad
  12/19/25
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Cracking slimy son of senegal
  12/19/25
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impertinent reading party stock car
  12/19/25
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dashing shivering institution skinny woman
  12/20/25
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Sepia keepsake machete voyeur
  12/21/25
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Territorial orange kitchen travel guidebook
  12/21/25
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vibrant startling digit ratio becky
  12/21/25
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Flatulent purple trust fund rehab
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
autistic principal's office striped hyena
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
stimulating drab codepig
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
autistic principal's office striped hyena
  12/18/25
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Mustard Church Building Chad
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Aggressive Racy Spot Hairy Legs
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Primrose locus
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Aggressive Racy Spot Hairy Legs
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
stimulating drab codepig
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
bisexual ticket booth hissy fit
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Aggressive Racy Spot Hairy Legs
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
Bronze cheese-eating jew
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
Bronze cheese-eating jew
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
Bronze cheese-eating jew
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
navy contagious theatre
  12/18/25
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Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker
  12/18/25
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laughsome locale
  12/19/25
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Brilliant gas station
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
Mustard Church Building Chad
  12/19/25
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Lake Heady Home Sandwich
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
Bronze cheese-eating jew
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
arrogant amethyst ratface
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Rough-skinned Dilemma
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
Mustard Church Building Chad
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
disrespectful stirring den
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
Mustard Church Building Chad
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Bistre forum mood
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
laughsome locale
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
hyperactive black dragon
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Glittery Water Buffalo Stag Film
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
navy contagious theatre
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
Chocolate old irish cottage fat ankles
  12/18/25
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Onyx greedy bawdyhouse mad cow disease
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
stimulating drab codepig
  12/18/25
I am atty.
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
stimulating drab codepig
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Bronze cheese-eating jew
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Pungent point depressive
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Pungent point depressive
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Slap-happy Lemon Therapy
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Pungent point depressive
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
frozen charcoal senate
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
Mustard Church Building Chad
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
frozen charcoal senate
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
frozen charcoal senate
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Sepia keepsake machete voyeur
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Swashbuckling jet corner
  12/22/25
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Swashbuckling jet corner
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Swashbuckling jet corner
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
frozen charcoal senate
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
navy contagious theatre
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Onyx greedy bawdyhouse mad cow disease
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
navy contagious theatre
  12/18/25
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impertinent reading party stock car
  12/19/25
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Mustard Church Building Chad
  12/19/25
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Swashbuckling jet corner
  12/22/25
not enough.
laughsome locale
  12/18/25
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Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth
  12/20/25
little under $6M
light knife
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
Bronze cheese-eating jew
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
supple national security agency
  12/18/25
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Vermilion concupiscible space
  12/18/25
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Bistre forum mood
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
light knife
  12/19/25
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razzle-dazzle ladyboy
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Out-of-control histrionic fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
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Pink Underhanded Turdskin Juggernaut
  12/18/25
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laughsome locale
  12/18/25
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Blathering Windowlicker Tattoo
  12/20/25
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vibrant startling digit ratio becky
  12/21/25
-$184K
Blue Property
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
buff corn cake mother
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Floppy Chrome Pervert
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Cracking slimy son of senegal
  12/19/25
low-200s
translucent wrinkle
  12/18/25
0
Bull headed affirmative action
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Abusive Yellow Center
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
iridescent roommate
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Motley henna state
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
brindle station hunting ground
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Motley henna state
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
Flatulent purple trust fund rehab
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
brindle station hunting ground
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
hyperactive black dragon
  12/19/25
thank you
brindle station hunting ground
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
hairraiser native
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
gaped topaz crotch
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
indigo area degenerate
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Twinkling galvanic parlour
  12/19/25
what happened
Cracking slimy son of senegal
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Twinkling galvanic parlour
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
impertinent reading party stock car
  12/19/25
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stimulating drab codepig
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
soggy insecure address
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Lake Heady Home Sandwich
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Learning Disabled Angry Abode Pozpig
  12/20/25
~$900k
disrespectful stirring den
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
maize stead place of business
  12/19/25
Wow.
Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
laughsome locale
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
maize stead place of business
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
laughsome locale
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
maize stead place of business
  12/19/25
lol
Trip indecent school cafeteria dysfunction
  12/19/25
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laughsome locale
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
hyperactive black dragon
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
wonderful magical fanboi church
  12/19/25
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hyperactive black dragon
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Slap-happy Lemon Therapy
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
White Vigorous Piazza Potus
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
Filthy narrow-minded roast beef
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
White Vigorous Piazza Potus
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
wonderful magical fanboi church
  12/21/25
You sound poor
Flatulent purple trust fund rehab
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
Blathering Windowlicker Tattoo
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Razzmatazz sable library queen of the night
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
adulterous pontificating location idea he suggested
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Razzmatazz sable library queen of the night
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Motley henna state
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Razzmatazz sable library queen of the night
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Swashbuckling jet corner
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Razzmatazz sable library queen of the night
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
light knife
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
adulterous pontificating location idea he suggested
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth
  12/20/25
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stimulating drab codepig
  12/20/25
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Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
dashing shivering institution skinny woman
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
iridescent roommate
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Opaque big market liquid oxygen
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Opaque big market liquid oxygen
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Opaque big market liquid oxygen
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
unholy police squad
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Milky national twinkling uncleanness
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
unholy police squad
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
stimulating drab codepig
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
unholy police squad
  12/21/25
...
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
White Vigorous Piazza Potus
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
arrogant amethyst ratface
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
Emerald Boltzmann
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
stimulating drab codepig
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
stimulating drab codepig
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
stimulating drab codepig
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
stimulating drab codepig
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
stimulating drab codepig
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Offensive Indian Lodge
  12/21/25
...
Territorial orange kitchen travel guidebook
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
demanding sienna stage dopamine
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
thriller up-to-no-good foreskin business firm
  12/21/25
180 last note
frozen charcoal senate
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Milky national twinkling uncleanness
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
garnet plaza elastic band
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
Red Coffee Pot Field
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Primrose locus
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Milky national twinkling uncleanness
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Beady-eyed low-t crackhouse toaster
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
Pale Newt
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
vibrant startling digit ratio becky
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
White Vigorous Piazza Potus
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Beady-eyed low-t crackhouse toaster
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker
  12/23/25
cap gains
Slap-happy Lemon Therapy
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth
  12/25/25
~$500k
Emerald Boltzmann
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: stimulating drab codepig



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: stimulating drab codepig

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: stimulating drab codepig

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: supple national security agency

Me: 842k

Wife: 267K

Including last year's bonus

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy antidepressant drug

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: supple national security agency

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Pink Underhanded Turdskin Juggernaut



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Mustard Church Building Chad



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Cracking slimy son of senegal



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: impertinent reading party stock car



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: dashing shivering institution skinny woman



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Sepia keepsake machete voyeur



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Territorial orange kitchen travel guidebook



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: vibrant startling digit ratio becky



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Flatulent purple trust fund rehab



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: autistic principal's office striped hyena

$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: stimulating drab codepig

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: autistic principal's office striped hyena

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Mustard Church Building Chad



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Aggressive Racy Spot Hairy Legs

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Primrose locus

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Aggressive Racy Spot Hairy Legs

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: stimulating drab codepig

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: bisexual ticket booth hissy fit

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Aggressive Racy Spot Hairy Legs

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Bronze cheese-eating jew

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: Bronze cheese-eating jew

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: Bronze cheese-eating jew

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: navy contagious theatre

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: Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker



(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: laughsome locale



(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: Brilliant gas station



(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: Mustard Church Building Chad

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: Lake Heady Home Sandwich



(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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: Bronze cheese-eating jew

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: arrogant amethyst ratface

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: Rough-skinned Dilemma

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: Mustard Church Building Chad

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: disrespectful stirring den

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: Mustard Church Building Chad

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: Bistre forum mood

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: laughsome locale

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: hyperactive black dragon

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: Glittery Water Buffalo Stag Film

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: navy contagious theatre

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: Chocolate old irish cottage fat ankles

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: Onyx greedy bawdyhouse mad cow disease



(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: garnet plaza elastic band

$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: stimulating drab codepig

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: stimulating drab codepig

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: Bronze cheese-eating jew

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: Pungent point depressive

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: Pungent point depressive

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: Slap-happy Lemon Therapy

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: Pungent point depressive

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: frozen charcoal senate

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: Mustard Church Building Chad

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: frozen charcoal senate

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: frozen charcoal senate

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: garnet plaza elastic band

? 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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: Sepia keepsake machete voyeur

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: Swashbuckling jet corner

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: Swashbuckling jet corner



(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: Swashbuckling jet corner

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: frozen charcoal senate

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: navy contagious theatre

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: Onyx greedy bawdyhouse mad cow disease

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: navy contagious theatre

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: impertinent reading party stock car



(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: Mustard Church Building Chad



(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: Swashbuckling jet corner



(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: laughsome locale

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: Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth



(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: light knife

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: Bronze cheese-eating jew

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: supple national security agency

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: Vermilion concupiscible space



(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: Bistre forum mood



(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: light knife

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: razzle-dazzle ladyboy



(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: Out-of-control histrionic fortuitous meteor

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: Pink Underhanded Turdskin 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: laughsome locale



(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: Blathering Windowlicker Tattoo



(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: vibrant startling digit ratio becky



(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: Blue Property

-$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: buff corn cake mother

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: Floppy Chrome Pervert

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: Cracking slimy son of senegal

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: translucent wrinkle

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: Bull headed affirmative action

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: Abusive Yellow Center

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: iridescent roommate

$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: Motley henna state

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: brindle station hunting ground

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: Motley henna state

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: Flatulent purple trust fund rehab

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: brindle station hunting ground

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: hyperactive black dragon

(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: brindle station hunting ground

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: hairraiser native

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: gaped topaz crotch

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: indigo area degenerate

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: Twinkling galvanic parlour

~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: Cracking slimy son of senegal

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: Twinkling galvanic parlour

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: impertinent reading party stock car

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: stimulating drab codepig



(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: soggy insecure address

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: Lake Heady Home Sandwich

$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: Learning Disabled Angry Abode Pozpig

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: disrespectful stirring den

~$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: maize stead place of business

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: Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth

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: laughsome locale

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: maize stead place of business

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: laughsome locale

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: maize stead place of business

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: Trip indecent school cafeteria dysfunction

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: laughsome locale



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:18 PM
Author: hyperactive black dragon

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: wonderful magical fanboi church

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: hyperactive black dragon



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Slap-happy Lemon Therapy

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: White Vigorous Piazza Potus

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: Filthy narrow-minded roast beef

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: White Vigorous Piazza Potus

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: wonderful magical fanboi church

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: Flatulent purple trust fund rehab

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: Blathering Windowlicker Tattoo

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: Razzmatazz sable library queen of the night

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: adulterous pontificating location idea he suggested

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: Razzmatazz sable library queen of the night

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: Motley henna state

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: Razzmatazz sable library queen of the night

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: Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker

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: Swashbuckling jet corner

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: Razzmatazz sable library queen of the night

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: light knife

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: adulterous pontificating location idea he suggested

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: Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth

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: stimulating drab codepig



(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: Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: dashing shivering institution skinny woman

$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: iridescent roommate

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: Opaque big market liquid oxygen

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: Opaque big market liquid oxygen

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: Opaque big market liquid oxygen

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: unholy police squad

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: Milky national twinkling uncleanness

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: unholy police squad

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: stimulating drab codepig

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: unholy police squad

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: garnet plaza elastic band



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: White Vigorous Piazza Potus

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: arrogant amethyst ratface

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: Emerald Boltzmann

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: stimulating drab codepig

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: stimulating drab codepig

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: stimulating drab codepig

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: stimulating drab codepig

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

undetectable brother

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Date: December 21st, 2025 11:26 AM
Author: stimulating drab codepig

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: Offensive Indian Lodge

$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: Territorial orange kitchen travel guidebook



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Date: December 21st, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: demanding sienna stage dopamine

Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business collects as projected in December. The first over $1m year ever, bros.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2).#49527340)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: thriller up-to-no-good foreskin business firm

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: frozen charcoal senate

180 last note

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Date: December 21st, 2025 1:00 PM
Author: Milky national twinkling uncleanness

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: garnet plaza elastic band

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: Red Coffee Pot Field

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: Primrose locus

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: Milky national twinkling uncleanness

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: Beady-eyed low-t crackhouse toaster

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: Pale Newt

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: vibrant startling digit ratio becky

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: Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker

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: White Vigorous Piazza Potus

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: Beady-eyed low-t crackhouse toaster

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.

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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth

Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.

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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker

whats the other 35%

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Date: December 25th, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: Slap-happy Lemon Therapy

cap gains

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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Sapphire multi-colored public bath weed whacker

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

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Date: December 25th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Umber exhilarant stage scourge upon the earth

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

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Date: December 25th, 2025 6:55 AM
Author: Emerald Boltzmann

~$500k

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