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

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vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/18/25
710K
irradiated puppy
  12/18/25
lawyer?
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/18/25
yea
irradiated puppy
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
olive adventurous base death wish
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
Violet location
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
olive adventurous base death wish
  12/18/25
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Soul-stirring tanning salon
  12/18/25
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walnut rehab
  12/19/25
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French mad cow disease
  12/19/25
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White erotic office electric furnace
  12/19/25
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translucent idiotic philosopher-king keepsake machete
  12/20/25
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Buck-toothed area
  12/21/25
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grizzly lascivious native
  12/21/25
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Medicated gold bawdyhouse legend
  12/21/25
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Flirting chad
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Plum awkward kitchen
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Plum awkward kitchen
  12/18/25
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walnut rehab
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Talking kitty wrinkle
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Motley lay
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Talking kitty wrinkle
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
nubile house internal respiration
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Talking kitty wrinkle
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
slimy judgmental theatre
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
slimy judgmental theatre
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
slimy judgmental theatre
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Obsidian dashing halford
  12/18/25
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irradiated puppy
  12/18/25
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disrespectful degenerate range
  12/19/25
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buff out-of-control public bath
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
walnut rehab
  12/19/25
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Bossy parlour toilet seat
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
naked digit ratio
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
slimy judgmental theatre
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
naked digit ratio
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Abusive glittery haunted graveyard pocket flask
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
naked digit ratio
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
crawly trip point
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
walnut rehab
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
fluffy dull pistol
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
walnut rehab
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Razzmatazz Brunch Potus
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
disrespectful degenerate range
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
cerebral garrison candlestick maker
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Purple Principal's Office Windowlicker
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Obsidian dashing halford
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
beady-eyed orchestra pit
  12/18/25
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jet-lagged comical locale brethren
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
naked digit ratio
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/18/25
I am atty.
naked digit ratio
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
slimy judgmental theatre
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Rose bearded gunner
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Rose bearded gunner
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Unhinged tattoo
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Rose bearded gunner
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
jade stirring heaven striped hyena
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
walnut rehab
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
jade stirring heaven striped hyena
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
naked digit ratio
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
jade stirring heaven striped hyena
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
naked digit ratio
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
Pearly affirmative action
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Buck-toothed area
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
naked digit ratio
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
Electric chartreuse school cafeteria
  12/22/25
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Electric chartreuse school cafeteria
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
Electric chartreuse school cafeteria
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
jade stirring heaven striped hyena
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Obsidian dashing halford
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
jet-lagged comical locale brethren
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Obsidian dashing halford
  12/18/25
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White erotic office electric furnace
  12/19/25
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walnut rehab
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Electric chartreuse school cafeteria
  12/22/25
not enough.
disrespectful degenerate range
  12/18/25
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Indigo provocative business firm
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Mahogany apoplectic blood rage factory reset button
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
slimy judgmental theatre
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
olive adventurous base death wish
  12/18/25
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Concupiscible frisky market
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Razzmatazz Brunch Potus
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Mahogany apoplectic blood rage factory reset button
  12/19/25
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Curious mint mad-dog skullcap
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Dark Overrated Messiness
  12/18/25
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Soul-stirring tanning salon
  12/18/25
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disrespectful degenerate range
  12/18/25
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twinkling laughsome trump supporter
  12/20/25
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Medicated gold bawdyhouse legend
  12/21/25
-$184K
Scarlet hideous university associate
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Lemon sandwich stage
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
angry salmon stage sound barrier
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
French mad cow disease
  12/19/25
low-200s
Aphrodisiac clown crotch
  12/18/25
0
Violent Theater Stage Fat Ankles
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Swashbuckling Hell
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Stimulating shimmering trailer park stain
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Misanthropic locus mexican
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
aquamarine ratface
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Misanthropic locus mexican
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
Flirting chad
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
aquamarine ratface
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
cerebral garrison candlestick maker
  12/19/25
thank you
aquamarine ratface
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Maroon sticky jewess old irish cottage
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
Slippery racy incel
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
startled abode
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
tantric marvelous mother famous landscape painting
  12/19/25
what happened
French mad cow disease
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
tantric marvelous mother famous landscape painting
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
White erotic office electric furnace
  12/19/25
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vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
red meetinghouse rigpig
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Bossy parlour toilet seat
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Galvanic magenta resort
  12/20/25
~$900k
fluffy dull pistol
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
pungent volcanic crater indian lodge
  12/19/25
Wow.
Indigo provocative business firm
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
disrespectful degenerate range
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
pungent volcanic crater indian lodge
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
disrespectful degenerate range
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
pungent volcanic crater indian lodge
  12/19/25
lol
Fragrant tripping milk
  12/19/25
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disrespectful degenerate range
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
cerebral garrison candlestick maker
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Self-absorbed organic girlfriend
  12/19/25
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cerebral garrison candlestick maker
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Unhinged tattoo
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
autistic address
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
topaz hall personal credit line
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
autistic address
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Self-absorbed organic girlfriend
  12/21/25
You sound poor
Flirting chad
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
twinkling laughsome trump supporter
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Beta Hairraiser Knife Codepig
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
deranged multi-billionaire
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Beta Hairraiser Knife Codepig
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Misanthropic locus mexican
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Beta Hairraiser Knife Codepig
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
irradiated puppy
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
Electric chartreuse school cafeteria
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Beta Hairraiser Knife Codepig
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Mahogany apoplectic blood rage factory reset button
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
deranged multi-billionaire
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Indigo provocative business firm
  12/20/25
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vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/20/25
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irradiated puppy
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
translucent idiotic philosopher-king keepsake machete
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Stimulating shimmering trailer park stain
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
cracking stag film
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
cracking stag film
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
cracking stag film
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
Fishy Piazza
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Brass Property Shitlib
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
Fishy Piazza
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
naked digit ratio
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
Fishy Piazza
  12/21/25
...
naked digit ratio
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
autistic address
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Abusive glittery haunted graveyard pocket flask
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
territorial bull headed goal in life toaster
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
naked digit ratio
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
naked digit ratio
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
vibrant emerald roast beef station
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Contagious Iridescent Step-uncle's House Roommate
  12/21/25
...
grizzly lascivious native
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
Yellow plaza coldplay fan
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
Excitant Gaping
  12/21/25
180 last note
jade stirring heaven striped hyena
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Brass Property Shitlib
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
naked digit ratio
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
Pearly affirmative action
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Motley lay
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Brass Property Shitlib
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Bat shit crazy titillating sweet tailpipe
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
peach sanctuary
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
Medicated gold bawdyhouse legend
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
irradiated puppy
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
autistic address
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Bat shit crazy titillating sweet tailpipe
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Indigo provocative business firm
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
irradiated puppy
  12/23/25
cap gains
Unhinged tattoo
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
irradiated puppy
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Indigo provocative business firm
  12/25/25
~$500k
territorial bull headed goal in life toaster
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: vibrant emerald roast beef station



(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: irradiated puppy

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: irradiated puppy

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: olive adventurous base death wish

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: Violet location

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: olive adventurous base death wish

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: Soul-stirring tanning salon



(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: walnut rehab



(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: French mad cow disease



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: White erotic office electric furnace



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: translucent idiotic philosopher-king keepsake machete



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Buck-toothed area



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: grizzly lascivious native



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: Medicated gold bawdyhouse legend



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Flirting chad



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Plum awkward kitchen

$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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: Plum awkward kitchen

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: walnut rehab



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Talking kitty wrinkle

$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: Motley lay

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: Talking kitty wrinkle

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: nubile house internal respiration

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: Talking kitty wrinkle

Nigger voicemail$

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49523830)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: slimy judgmental theatre

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: slimy judgmental theatre

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: slimy judgmental theatre

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: Obsidian dashing halford

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: irradiated puppy



(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: disrespectful degenerate range



(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: buff out-of-control public bath



(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: walnut rehab

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: Bossy parlour toilet seat



(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: naked digit ratio

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: slimy judgmental theatre

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: naked digit ratio

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: Abusive glittery haunted graveyard pocket flask

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: naked digit ratio

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: crawly trip point

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: walnut rehab

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: fluffy dull pistol

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: walnut rehab

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: Razzmatazz Brunch Potus

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: disrespectful degenerate range

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: cerebral garrison candlestick maker

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: Purple Principal's Office Windowlicker

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: Obsidian dashing halford

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: beady-eyed orchestra pit

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: jet-lagged comical locale brethren



(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: naked digit ratio

$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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: naked digit ratio

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: slimy judgmental theatre

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: Rose bearded gunner

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: Rose bearded gunner

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: Unhinged tattoo

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: Rose bearded gunner

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: jade stirring heaven striped hyena

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: walnut rehab

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: jade stirring heaven striped hyena

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: naked digit ratio

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: jade stirring heaven striped hyena

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: naked digit ratio

? 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: Pearly affirmative action

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: Buck-toothed area

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: naked digit ratio

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: Electric chartreuse school cafeteria

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: Electric chartreuse school cafeteria



(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: Electric chartreuse school cafeteria

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: jade stirring heaven striped hyena

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: Obsidian dashing halford

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: jet-lagged comical locale brethren

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: Obsidian dashing halford

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: White erotic office electric furnace



(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: walnut rehab



(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: Electric chartreuse school cafeteria



(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: disrespectful degenerate range

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: Indigo provocative business firm



(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: Mahogany apoplectic blood rage factory reset button

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: slimy judgmental theatre

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: olive adventurous base death wish

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: Concupiscible frisky market



(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: Razzmatazz Brunch Potus



(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: Mahogany apoplectic blood rage factory reset button

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: Curious mint mad-dog skullcap



(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: Dark Overrated Messiness

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: Soul-stirring tanning salon



(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: disrespectful degenerate range



(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: twinkling laughsome trump supporter



(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: Medicated gold bawdyhouse legend



(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: Scarlet hideous university associate

-$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: Lemon sandwich stage

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: angry salmon stage sound barrier

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: French mad cow disease

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: Aphrodisiac clown crotch

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: Violent Theater Stage Fat Ankles

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: Swashbuckling Hell

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: Stimulating shimmering trailer park stain

$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: Misanthropic locus mexican

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: aquamarine ratface

I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. Therefore, I sold off my winners but held my losers so that our tax bill in April shows bigly long-term capital gains for 2025 when in reality I barely beat the index.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522192)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: Misanthropic locus mexican

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: Flirting chad

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: aquamarine ratface

She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. She’ll see the big reported income but not the unrealized paper losses. She is indeed high T and autistic so she does care about the number.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522694)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: cerebral garrison candlestick maker

(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: aquamarine ratface

thank you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2#49522969)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: Maroon sticky jewess old irish cottage

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: Slippery racy incel

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: startled abode

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: tantric marvelous mother famous landscape painting

~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: French mad cow disease

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: tantric marvelous mother famous landscape painting

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: White erotic office electric furnace

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station



(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: red meetinghouse rigpig

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: Bossy parlour toilet seat

$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: Galvanic magenta resort

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: fluffy dull pistol

~$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: pungent volcanic crater indian lodge

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: Indigo provocative business firm

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: disrespectful degenerate range

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: pungent volcanic crater indian lodge

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: disrespectful degenerate range

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: pungent volcanic crater indian lodge

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: Fragrant tripping milk

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: disrespectful degenerate range



(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: cerebral garrison candlestick maker

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: Self-absorbed organic girlfriend

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: cerebral garrison candlestick maker



(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: Unhinged tattoo

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: autistic address

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: topaz hall personal credit line

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: autistic address

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: Self-absorbed organic girlfriend

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: Flirting chad

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: twinkling laughsome trump supporter

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: Beta Hairraiser Knife Codepig

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: deranged multi-billionaire

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: Beta Hairraiser Knife Codepig

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: Misanthropic locus mexican

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: Beta Hairraiser Knife Codepig

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: irradiated puppy

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: Electric chartreuse school cafeteria

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: Beta Hairraiser Knife Codepig

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: Mahogany apoplectic blood rage factory reset button

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: deranged multi-billionaire

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: Indigo provocative business firm

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station



(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: irradiated puppy



(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: translucent idiotic philosopher-king keepsake machete

$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: Stimulating shimmering trailer park stain

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: cracking stag film

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: cracking stag film

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: cracking stag film

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: Fishy Piazza

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: Brass Property Shitlib

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: Fishy Piazza

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: naked digit ratio

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: Fishy Piazza

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: naked digit ratio



(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: autistic address

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: Abusive glittery haunted graveyard pocket flask

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: territorial bull headed goal in life toaster

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: naked digit ratio

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: naked digit ratio

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: vibrant emerald roast beef station

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: Contagious Iridescent Step-uncle's House Roommate

$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: grizzly lascivious native



(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: Yellow plaza coldplay fan

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: Excitant Gaping

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: jade stirring heaven striped hyena

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: Brass Property Shitlib

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: naked digit ratio

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: Pearly affirmative action

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: Motley lay

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: Brass Property Shitlib

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: Bat shit crazy titillating sweet tailpipe

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: peach sanctuary

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: Medicated gold bawdyhouse legend

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: irradiated puppy

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: autistic address

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: Bat shit crazy titillating sweet tailpipe

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: Indigo provocative business firm

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: irradiated puppy

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: Unhinged tattoo

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: irradiated puppy

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: Indigo provocative business firm

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: territorial bull headed goal in life toaster

~$500k

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