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

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irradiated corn cake school
  12/18/25
710K
Lascivious navy locus toaster
  12/18/25
lawyer?
irradiated corn cake school
  12/18/25
yea
Lascivious navy locus toaster
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
irradiated corn cake school
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
charismatic drab corner
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
Flushed up-to-no-good center ratface
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
charismatic drab corner
  12/18/25
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Bistre multi-billionaire prole
  12/18/25
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Judgmental big locale
  12/19/25
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Grizzly rambunctious deer antler
  12/19/25
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orchid histrionic casino foreskin
  12/19/25
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coiffed chapel
  12/20/25
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saffron wonderful mental disorder
  12/21/25
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Very tactful onyx bawdyhouse death wish
  12/21/25
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mewling temple
  12/21/25
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Gaped Pervert Wrinkle
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
rusted marvelous community account
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
irradiated corn cake school
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
rusted marvelous community account
  12/18/25
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Judgmental big locale
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Bateful senate
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Topaz garrison
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Bateful senate
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
irradiated corn cake school
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
Mauve Forum
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Bateful senate
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
Mind-boggling lettuce
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
Mind-boggling lettuce
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
Mind-boggling lettuce
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Provocative stage
  12/18/25
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Lascivious navy locus toaster
  12/18/25
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Henna rehab
  12/19/25
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indigo aromatic pit
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
Judgmental big locale
  12/19/25
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zippy twinkling uncleanness cuckoldry
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
Mind-boggling lettuce
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
brilliant arousing tattoo dog poop
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
diverse theater
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
Judgmental big locale
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
Lake Point
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
Judgmental big locale
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
cobalt blood rage library
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
Henna rehab
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Puce anal stag film
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
stirring state telephone
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Provocative stage
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
zombie-like chestnut internal respiration
  12/18/25
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Multi-colored impertinent rigpig
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
irradiated corn cake school
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
irradiated corn cake school
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Mind-boggling lettuce
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
sickened buff brunch persian
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
sickened buff brunch persian
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
olive base
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
effete greedy queen of the night
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
sickened buff brunch persian
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
twisted razzmatazz codepig
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
Judgmental big locale
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
olive base
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
twisted razzmatazz codepig
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
twisted razzmatazz codepig
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
olive base
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
saffron wonderful mental disorder
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan
  12/22/25
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Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
twisted razzmatazz codepig
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Provocative stage
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Multi-colored impertinent rigpig
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Provocative stage
  12/18/25
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orchid histrionic casino foreskin
  12/19/25
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Judgmental big locale
  12/19/25
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Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan
  12/22/25
not enough.
Henna rehab
  12/18/25
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dead indirect expression newt
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Galvanic friendly grandma
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
Mind-boggling lettuce
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
charismatic drab corner
  12/18/25
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Bisexual french trailer park
  12/18/25
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cobalt blood rage library
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Galvanic friendly grandma
  12/19/25
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Misunderstood Fighting Cumskin Ladyboy
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
heady learning disabled parlor cuckold
  12/18/25
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Bistre multi-billionaire prole
  12/18/25
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Henna rehab
  12/18/25
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ebony old irish cottage parlour
  12/20/25
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mewling temple
  12/21/25
-$184K
Carmine Idiot Dysfunction
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Cerebral mustard church building
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Vivacious Garnet Dilemma
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
Grizzly rambunctious deer antler
  12/19/25
low-200s
Jet stage
  12/18/25
0
Indecent Location Black Woman
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Tantric federal kitty dragon
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
razzle-dazzle area sneaky criminal
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
motley turdskin
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
self-centered address
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
motley turdskin
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
Gaped Pervert Wrinkle
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
self-centered address
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Puce anal stag film
  12/19/25
thank you
self-centered address
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Hairless University
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
soggy soul-stirring den giraffe
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
odious sinister associate stead
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
electric national
  12/19/25
what happened
Grizzly rambunctious deer antler
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
electric national
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
orchid histrionic casino foreskin
  12/19/25
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irradiated corn cake school
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
Spectacular geriatric hall circlehead
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
zippy twinkling uncleanness cuckoldry
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
fluffy tanning salon
  12/20/25
~$900k
Lake Point
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Godawful elastic band
  12/19/25
Wow.
dead indirect expression newt
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
Henna rehab
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Godawful elastic band
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
Henna rehab
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Godawful elastic band
  12/19/25
lol
offensive insanely creepy famous landscape painting faggot firefighter
  12/19/25
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Henna rehab
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Puce anal stag film
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
violent theatre factory reset button
  12/19/25
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Puce anal stag film
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
effete greedy queen of the night
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Clear striped hyena
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
crimson gas station gunner
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Clear striped hyena
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
violent theatre factory reset button
  12/21/25
You sound poor
Gaped Pervert Wrinkle
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
ebony old irish cottage parlour
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Frum house background story
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
exhilarant set
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Frum house background story
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
motley turdskin
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Frum house background story
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
Lascivious navy locus toaster
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Frum house background story
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Galvanic friendly grandma
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
exhilarant set
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
dead indirect expression newt
  12/20/25
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irradiated corn cake school
  12/20/25
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Lascivious navy locus toaster
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
coiffed chapel
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
razzle-dazzle area sneaky criminal
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Arrogant twinkling becky
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Arrogant twinkling becky
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Arrogant twinkling becky
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
startling talented generalized bond
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Flirting knife spot
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
startling talented generalized bond
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
irradiated corn cake school
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
startling talented generalized bond
  12/21/25
...
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Clear striped hyena
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
brilliant arousing tattoo dog poop
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
Embarrassed To The Bone Institution
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
olive base
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
olive base
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
irradiated corn cake school
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
olive base
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
irradiated corn cake school
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
olive base
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
irradiated corn cake school
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
olive base
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
irradiated corn cake school
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
olive base
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
irradiated corn cake school
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
olive base
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
boyish plum goyim crackhouse
  12/21/25
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Very tactful onyx bawdyhouse death wish
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
Sooty Bespoke Space Fanboi
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
Vigorous market
  12/21/25
180 last note
twisted razzmatazz codepig
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Flirting knife spot
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
olive base
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
olive base
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Topaz garrison
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Flirting knife spot
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
laughsome insane gaping
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
Bright comical church new version
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
mewling temple
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
Lascivious navy locus toaster
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Clear striped hyena
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
laughsome insane gaping
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
dead indirect expression newt
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
Lascivious navy locus toaster
  12/23/25
cap gains
effete greedy queen of the night
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
Lascivious navy locus toaster
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
dead indirect expression newt
  12/25/25
~$500k
Embarrassed To The Bone Institution
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: irradiated corn cake school



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Lascivious navy locus toaster

710K

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: irradiated corn cake school

lawyer?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Lascivious navy locus toaster

yea

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: irradiated corn cake school

Biglaw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49519931)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: charismatic drab corner

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: Flushed up-to-no-good center ratface

Lawyers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520498)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: charismatic drab corner

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Bistre multi-billionaire prole



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Judgmental big locale



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Grizzly rambunctious deer antler



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: orchid histrionic casino foreskin



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: coiffed chapel



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: saffron wonderful mental disorder



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Very tactful onyx bawdyhouse death wish



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528449)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: mewling temple



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Gaped Pervert Wrinkle



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: rusted marvelous community account

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49519929)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: irradiated corn cake school

Trash or legal fees?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: rusted marvelous community account

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49520159)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Judgmental big locale



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Bateful senate

$130k in shitlaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49519936)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Topaz garrison

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Bateful senate

AssociaTTTe

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: irradiated corn cake school

why dont you go solo?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: Mauve Forum

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Bateful senate

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Mind-boggling lettuce

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: Mind-boggling lettuce

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: Mind-boggling lettuce

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: Provocative stage

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: Lascivious navy locus toaster



(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: Henna rehab



(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: indigo aromatic pit



(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: Judgmental big locale

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: zippy twinkling uncleanness cuckoldry



(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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: Mind-boggling lettuce

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: brilliant arousing tattoo dog poop

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: diverse theater

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: Judgmental big locale

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: Lake Point

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: Judgmental big locale

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: cobalt blood rage library

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: Henna rehab

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: Puce anal stag film

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: stirring state telephone

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: Provocative stage

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: zombie-like chestnut internal respiration

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: Multi-colored impertinent rigpig



(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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

$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: irradiated corn cake school

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: irradiated corn cake school

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: Mind-boggling lettuce

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: sickened buff brunch persian

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: sickened buff brunch persian

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: olive base

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: effete greedy queen of the night

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: sickened buff brunch persian

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: twisted razzmatazz codepig

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: Judgmental big locale

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: olive base

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: twisted razzmatazz codepig

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: twisted razzmatazz codepig

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

? 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: olive base

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: saffron wonderful mental disorder

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan

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: Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan



(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: Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan

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: twisted razzmatazz codepig

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: Provocative stage

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: Multi-colored impertinent rigpig

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: Provocative stage

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: orchid histrionic casino foreskin



(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: Judgmental big locale



(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: Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan



(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: Henna rehab

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: dead indirect expression newt



(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: Galvanic friendly grandma

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: Mind-boggling lettuce

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: charismatic drab corner

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: Bisexual french trailer park



(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: cobalt blood rage library



(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: Galvanic friendly grandma

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: Misunderstood Fighting Cumskin 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: heady learning disabled parlor cuckold

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: Bistre multi-billionaire prole



(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: Henna rehab



(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: ebony old irish cottage parlour



(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: mewling temple



(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: Carmine Idiot Dysfunction

-$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: Cerebral mustard church building

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: Vivacious Garnet Dilemma

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: Grizzly rambunctious deer antler

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: Jet stage

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: Indecent Location Black Woman

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: Tantric federal kitty dragon

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: razzle-dazzle area sneaky criminal

$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 turdskin

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: self-centered address

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 turdskin

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: Gaped Pervert Wrinkle

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: self-centered address

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: Puce anal stag film

(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: self-centered address

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: Hairless University

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: soggy soul-stirring den giraffe

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: odious sinister associate stead

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: electric national

~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: Grizzly rambunctious deer antler

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: electric national

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: orchid histrionic casino foreskin

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: irradiated corn cake school



(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: Spectacular geriatric hall circlehead

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: zippy twinkling uncleanness cuckoldry

$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: fluffy tanning salon

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: Lake Point

~$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: Godawful elastic band

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: dead indirect expression newt

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: Henna rehab

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: Godawful elastic band

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: Henna rehab

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: Godawful elastic band

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: offensive insanely creepy famous landscape painting faggot firefighter

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: Henna rehab



(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: Puce anal stag film

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: violent theatre factory reset button

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: Puce anal stag film



(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: effete greedy queen of the night

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: Clear striped hyena

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 gas station gunner

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: Clear striped hyena

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: violent theatre factory reset button

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: Gaped Pervert Wrinkle

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: ebony old irish cottage parlour

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: Frum house background story

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: exhilarant set

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: Frum house background story

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 turdskin

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: Frum house background story

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: Lascivious navy locus toaster

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: Mildly Autistic Violet Coldplay Fan

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: Frum house background story

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: Galvanic friendly grandma

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: exhilarant set

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: dead indirect expression newt

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: irradiated corn cake school



(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: Lascivious navy locus toaster



(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: coiffed chapel

$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: razzle-dazzle area sneaky criminal

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: Arrogant twinkling becky

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: Arrogant twinkling becky

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: Arrogant twinkling becky

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: startling talented generalized bond

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: Flirting knife spot

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: startling talented generalized bond

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: irradiated corn cake school

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: startling talented generalized bond

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge



(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: Clear striped hyena

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: brilliant arousing tattoo dog poop

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: Embarrassed To The Bone Institution

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: olive base

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: olive base

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: irradiated corn cake school

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: olive base

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: irradiated corn cake school

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: olive base

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: irradiated corn cake school

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: olive base

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: irradiated corn cake school

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: olive base

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: irradiated corn cake school

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: olive base

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: boyish plum goyim crackhouse

$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: Very tactful onyx bawdyhouse death wish



(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: Sooty Bespoke Space Fanboi

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: Vigorous market

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: twisted razzmatazz codepig

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: Flirting knife spot

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: olive base

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: Beady-eyed at-the-ready lodge

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: olive base

i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody should ever do what i did and blow up a good marriage just because they're doing mounds of cocaine and strange pussy, but i also don't believe that you should stay if your relationship is in the shitty and not recoverable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2/#49528390)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: Topaz garrison

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: Flirting knife spot

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: laughsome insane gaping

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: Bright comical church new version

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: mewling temple

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: Lascivious navy locus toaster

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: Clear striped hyena

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: laughsome insane gaping

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: dead indirect expression newt

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: Lascivious navy locus toaster

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: effete greedy queen of the night

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: Lascivious navy locus toaster

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: dead indirect expression newt

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: Embarrassed To The Bone Institution

~$500k

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