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

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pearl mad cow disease
  12/18/25
710K
Cobalt milk
  12/18/25
lawyer?
pearl mad cow disease
  12/18/25
yea
Cobalt milk
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
pearl mad cow disease
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
Thriller circlehead
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
swashbuckling athletic conference field
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
Thriller circlehead
  12/18/25
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Marvelous red giraffe
  12/18/25
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Pungent locus
  12/19/25
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razzle ladyboy
  12/19/25
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vivacious house potus
  12/19/25
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Abusive Menage
  12/20/25
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Splenetic avocado half-breed
  12/21/25
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supple macaca stage
  12/21/25
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Exhilarant Crystalline Crackhouse
  12/21/25
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honey-headed comical senate
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
translucent antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
pearl mad cow disease
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
translucent antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
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Pungent locus
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Aggressive federal masturbator
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Big cordovan liquid oxygen
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Aggressive federal masturbator
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
pearl mad cow disease
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
Low-t Psychic Garrison
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Aggressive federal masturbator
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
concupiscible sandwich
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
concupiscible sandwich
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
concupiscible sandwich
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Alcoholic saffron theater stage
  12/18/25
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Cobalt milk
  12/18/25
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Odious Doobsian Resort
  12/19/25
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aphrodisiac ungodly parlor
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
Pungent locus
  12/19/25
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gay indian lodge double fault
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
concupiscible sandwich
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
arrogant mediation
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
diverse underhanded forum degenerate
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
Pungent locus
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
turquoise abode
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
Pungent locus
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Harsh Demanding School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
Odious Doobsian Resort
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Rose Box Office Ratface
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Canary national
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Alcoholic saffron theater stage
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
Bistre Floppy Kitchen
  12/18/25
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Charismatic Peach Den
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
pearl mad cow disease
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
pearl mad cow disease
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
concupiscible sandwich
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Twinkling temple
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Twinkling temple
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
light parlour main people
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Twinkling temple
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
zippy spot
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
Pungent locus
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
zippy spot
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
zippy spot
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Splenetic avocado half-breed
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
talented theatre incel
  12/22/25
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talented theatre incel
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
talented theatre incel
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
zippy spot
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Alcoholic saffron theater stage
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Charismatic Peach Den
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Alcoholic saffron theater stage
  12/18/25
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vivacious house potus
  12/19/25
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Pungent locus
  12/19/25
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talented theatre incel
  12/22/25
not enough.
Odious Doobsian Resort
  12/18/25
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Buff pozpig institution
  12/20/25
little under $6M
embarrassed to the bone pit
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
concupiscible sandwich
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
Thriller circlehead
  12/18/25
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yapping pistol
  12/18/25
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Harsh Demanding School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
embarrassed to the bone pit
  12/19/25
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Cerise shrine
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
vigorous coiffed center deer antler
  12/18/25
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Marvelous red giraffe
  12/18/25
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Odious Doobsian Resort
  12/18/25
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Curious sepia space regret
  12/20/25
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Exhilarant Crystalline Crackhouse
  12/21/25
-$184K
maroon beady-eyed ceo hall
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
excitant market
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
crimson halford
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
razzle ladyboy
  12/19/25
low-200s
At-the-ready Impertinent Chapel
  12/18/25
0
pale stimulating church building skinny woman
  12/18/25
like 2 million
transparent international law enforcement agency personal credit line
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
pea-brained quadroon
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
Unhinged Dog Poop
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
bull headed silver round eye piazza
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
Unhinged Dog Poop
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
honey-headed comical senate
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
bull headed silver round eye piazza
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Rose Box Office Ratface
  12/19/25
thank you
bull headed silver round eye piazza
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
Racy Hyperventilating Whorehouse
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
Insane native
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
Hairraiser Church
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
narrow-minded fishy kitty cat
  12/19/25
what happened
razzle ladyboy
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
narrow-minded fishy kitty cat
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
vivacious house potus
  12/19/25
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pearl mad cow disease
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
ruddy stead
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
gay indian lodge double fault
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
trip clown gas station
  12/20/25
~$900k
turquoise abode
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
glassy blathering stage
  12/19/25
Wow.
Buff pozpig institution
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
Odious Doobsian Resort
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
glassy blathering stage
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
Odious Doobsian Resort
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
glassy blathering stage
  12/19/25
lol
galvanic offensive knife
  12/19/25
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Odious Doobsian Resort
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Rose Box Office Ratface
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Blue bat shit crazy multi-billionaire
  12/19/25
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Rose Box Office Ratface
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
light parlour main people
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
180 purple prole step-uncle's house
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
adventurous stock car
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
180 purple prole step-uncle's house
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Blue bat shit crazy multi-billionaire
  12/21/25
You sound poor
honey-headed comical senate
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
Curious sepia space regret
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Boyish vermilion theater coldplay fan
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
mind-boggling hot mexican address
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Boyish vermilion theater coldplay fan
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
Unhinged Dog Poop
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Boyish vermilion theater coldplay fan
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
Cobalt milk
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
talented theatre incel
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Boyish vermilion theater coldplay fan
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
embarrassed to the bone pit
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
mind-boggling hot mexican address
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Buff pozpig institution
  12/20/25
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pearl mad cow disease
  12/20/25
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Cobalt milk
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Abusive Menage
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
pea-brained quadroon
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Onyx Base
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Onyx Base
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Onyx Base
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
soul-stirring bawdyhouse
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
vibrant son of senegal corner
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
soul-stirring bawdyhouse
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
pearl mad cow disease
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
soul-stirring bawdyhouse
  12/21/25
...
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
180 purple prole step-uncle's house
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
arrogant mediation
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
carmine orchestra pit
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
pearl mad cow disease
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
pearl mad cow disease
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
pearl mad cow disease
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
pearl mad cow disease
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
pearl mad cow disease
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Crawly brass mood pisswyrm
  12/21/25
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supple macaca stage
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
provocative casino
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
fear-inspiring wine depressive
  12/21/25
180 last note
zippy spot
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
vibrant son of senegal corner
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Wonderful Ultramarine Site
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
alcoholic heady state goyim
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Big cordovan liquid oxygen
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
vibrant son of senegal corner
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Self-absorbed maniacal heaven persian
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
electric gold range
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
Exhilarant Crystalline Crackhouse
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
Cobalt milk
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
180 purple prole step-uncle's house
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Self-absorbed maniacal heaven persian
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Buff pozpig institution
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
Cobalt milk
  12/23/25
cap gains
light parlour main people
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
Cobalt milk
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Buff pozpig institution
  12/25/25
~$500k
carmine orchestra pit
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: pearl mad cow disease



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Cobalt milk

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: pearl mad cow disease

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Cobalt milk

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: pearl mad cow disease

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: Thriller circlehead

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: swashbuckling athletic conference field

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Thriller circlehead

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Marvelous red giraffe



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Pungent locus



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: razzle ladyboy



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: vivacious house potus



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Abusive Menage



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Splenetic avocado half-breed



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: supple macaca stage



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: Exhilarant Crystalline Crackhouse



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: honey-headed comical senate



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: translucent antidepressant drug

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: pearl mad cow disease

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: translucent antidepressant drug

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Pungent locus



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Aggressive federal masturbator

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Big cordovan liquid oxygen

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Aggressive federal masturbator

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: pearl mad cow disease

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: Low-t Psychic Garrison

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Aggressive federal masturbator

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: concupiscible sandwich

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: concupiscible sandwich

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: concupiscible sandwich

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: Alcoholic saffron theater 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: Cobalt milk



(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: Odious Doobsian Resort



(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: aphrodisiac ungodly parlor



(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: Pungent locus

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: gay indian lodge double fault



(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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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: concupiscible sandwich

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49523480)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:26 PM
Author: arrogant mediation

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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 underhanded forum degenerate

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: Pungent locus

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: turquoise abode

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: Pungent locus

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: Harsh Demanding School Cafeteria

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: Odious Doobsian Resort

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: Rose Box Office Ratface

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: Canary national

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: Alcoholic saffron theater 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: Bistre Floppy Kitchen

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: Charismatic Peach Den



(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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

$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: pearl mad cow disease

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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: pearl mad cow disease

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: concupiscible sandwich

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: Twinkling temple

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: Twinkling temple

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: light parlour main people

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: Twinkling temple

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: zippy spot

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: Pungent locus

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: zippy spot

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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: zippy spot

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

? 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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: Splenetic avocado half-breed

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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: talented theatre incel

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: talented theatre incel



(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: talented theatre incel

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: zippy spot

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: Alcoholic saffron theater 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: Charismatic Peach Den

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: Alcoholic saffron theater 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: vivacious house potus



(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: Pungent locus



(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: talented theatre incel



(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: Odious Doobsian Resort

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: Buff pozpig institution



(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: embarrassed to the bone pit

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: concupiscible sandwich

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: Thriller circlehead

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: yapping pistol



(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: Harsh Demanding School Cafeteria



(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: embarrassed to the bone pit

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: Cerise shrine



(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: vigorous coiffed center deer antler

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: Marvelous red giraffe



(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: Odious Doobsian Resort



(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: Curious sepia space regret



(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: Exhilarant Crystalline Crackhouse



(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: maroon beady-eyed ceo hall

-$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: excitant market

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: crimson halford

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: razzle ladyboy

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: At-the-ready Impertinent Chapel

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: pale stimulating church building skinny 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: transparent international law enforcement agency personal credit line

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: pea-brained quadroon

$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: Unhinged Dog Poop

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: bull headed silver round eye piazza

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: Unhinged Dog Poop

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: honey-headed comical senate

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: bull headed silver round eye piazza

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: Rose Box Office Ratface

(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: bull headed silver round eye piazza

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: Racy Hyperventilating Whorehouse

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: Insane native

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: Hairraiser Church

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: narrow-minded fishy kitty cat

~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: razzle ladyboy

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: narrow-minded fishy kitty cat

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: vivacious house potus

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: pearl mad cow disease



(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: ruddy stead

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: gay indian lodge double fault

$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: trip clown gas station

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: turquoise abode

~$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: glassy blathering stage

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: Buff pozpig institution

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: Odious Doobsian Resort

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: glassy blathering stage

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: Odious Doobsian Resort

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: glassy blathering stage

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: galvanic offensive knife

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: Odious Doobsian Resort



(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: Rose Box Office Ratface

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: Blue bat shit crazy multi-billionaire

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: Rose Box Office Ratface



(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: light parlour main people

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: 180 purple prole step-uncle's house

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: adventurous stock car

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: 180 purple prole step-uncle's house

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: Blue bat shit crazy multi-billionaire

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: honey-headed comical senate

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: Curious sepia space regret

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: Boyish vermilion theater coldplay fan

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: mind-boggling hot mexican address

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: Boyish vermilion theater coldplay fan

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: Unhinged Dog Poop

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: Boyish vermilion theater coldplay fan

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: Cobalt milk

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: talented theatre incel

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: Boyish vermilion theater coldplay fan

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: embarrassed to the bone pit

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: mind-boggling hot mexican address

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: Buff pozpig institution

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: pearl mad cow disease



(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: Cobalt milk



(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: Abusive Menage

$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: pea-brained quadroon

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: Onyx Base

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: Onyx Base

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: Onyx Base

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: soul-stirring bawdyhouse

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: vibrant son of senegal corner

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: soul-stirring bawdyhouse

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: pearl mad cow disease

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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: soul-stirring bawdyhouse

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site



(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: 180 purple prole step-uncle's house

About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyone who has 5mil networth can make over 10%/yr in qqq and pay much lesser than I.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49525872)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: arrogant mediation

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: carmine orchestra pit

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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: pearl mad cow disease

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: pearl mad cow disease

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: pearl mad cow disease

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: pearl mad cow disease

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: pearl mad cow disease

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: Crawly brass mood pisswyrm

$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: supple macaca stage



(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: provocative casino

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: fear-inspiring wine depressive

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: zippy spot

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: vibrant son of senegal corner

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: Wonderful Ultramarine Site

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: alcoholic heady state goyim

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: Big cordovan liquid oxygen

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: vibrant son of senegal corner

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: Self-absorbed maniacal heaven persian

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: electric gold range

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: Exhilarant Crystalline Crackhouse

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: Cobalt milk

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: 180 purple prole step-uncle's house

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: Self-absorbed maniacal heaven persian

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: Buff pozpig institution

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: Cobalt milk

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: light parlour main people

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: Cobalt milk

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: Buff pozpig institution

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: carmine orchestra pit

~$500k

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