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greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/18/25
710K
racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
lawyer?
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/18/25
yea
racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
exhilarant dark messiness rehab
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
Lascivious tattoo
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
exhilarant dark messiness rehab
  12/18/25
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Beady-eyed Twinkling Affirmative Action Whorehouse
  12/18/25
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Pale toaster milk
  12/19/25
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azure infuriating space
  12/19/25
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turquoise massive patrolman azn
  12/19/25
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passionate transparent ticket booth
  12/20/25
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vermilion volcanic crater deer antler
  12/21/25
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chest-beating thriller state
  12/21/25
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lemon set
  12/21/25
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unholy peach house factory reset button
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
submissive theater stage
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
submissive theater stage
  12/18/25
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Pale toaster milk
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
Magical costumed forum useless brakes
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
chartreuse rambunctious plaza liquid oxygen
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
Magical costumed forum useless brakes
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
sickened opaque newt
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
Magical costumed forum useless brakes
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
orchid wonderful field
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
orchid wonderful field
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
orchid wonderful field
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
shaky amethyst police squad
  12/18/25
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racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
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Yellow Range
  12/19/25
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Black Mewling Hell
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
Pale toaster milk
  12/19/25
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charismatic lake institution internal respiration
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
bateful sanctuary
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
orchid wonderful field
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
bateful sanctuary
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
aphrodisiac bat-shit-crazy new version
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
bateful sanctuary
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
multi-colored background story garrison
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
Pale toaster milk
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
rusted effete skinny woman
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
Pale toaster milk
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Dead Sex Offender Quadroon
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
Yellow Range
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
rose stag film
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
misunderstood kitchen double fault
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
shaky amethyst police squad
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
very tactful parlour
  12/18/25
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Smoky mother
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
bateful sanctuary
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/18/25
I am atty.
bateful sanctuary
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
orchid wonderful field
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Bronze talented temple candlestick maker
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Bronze talented temple candlestick maker
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
cobalt masturbator haunted graveyard
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Bronze talented temple candlestick maker
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
Pale toaster milk
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
bateful sanctuary
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
bateful sanctuary
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
vermilion volcanic crater deer antler
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
bateful sanctuary
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
boyish telephone
  12/22/25
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boyish telephone
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
boyish telephone
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
shaky amethyst police squad
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
Smoky mother
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
shaky amethyst police squad
  12/18/25
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turquoise massive patrolman azn
  12/19/25
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Pale toaster milk
  12/19/25
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boyish telephone
  12/22/25
not enough.
Yellow Range
  12/18/25
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Onyx marvelous theatre
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Flesh Dragon Psychic
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
orchid wonderful field
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
exhilarant dark messiness rehab
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insane pozpig church building
  12/18/25
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Dead Sex Offender Quadroon
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Flesh Dragon Psychic
  12/19/25
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adventurous pocket flask area
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
chrome razzmatazz circlehead locus
  12/18/25
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Beady-eyed Twinkling Affirmative Action Whorehouse
  12/18/25
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Yellow Range
  12/18/25
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puce idea he suggested
  12/20/25
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lemon set
  12/21/25
-$184K
angry location degenerate
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Garnet station yarmulke
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
comical crawly senate
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
azure infuriating space
  12/19/25
low-200s
Sepia Disturbing Indian Lodge Cuckoldry
  12/18/25
0
Nudist chestnut ratface partner
  12/18/25
like 2 million
swashbuckling cumskin
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Aquamarine resort
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
awkward business firm
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
jade chapel
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
awkward business firm
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
unholy peach house factory reset button
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
jade chapel
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
rose stag film
  12/19/25
thank you
jade chapel
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
arousing bonkers address sound barrier
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
jet electric casino
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
Ivory personal credit line
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
stimulating ultramarine stead
  12/19/25
what happened
azure infuriating space
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
stimulating ultramarine stead
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
turquoise massive patrolman azn
  12/19/25
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greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
godawful brunch community account
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
charismatic lake institution internal respiration
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Razzle bawdyhouse trust fund
  12/20/25
~$900k
rusted effete skinny woman
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Glittery beta lay nowag
  12/19/25
Wow.
Onyx marvelous theatre
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
Yellow Range
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Glittery beta lay nowag
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
Yellow Range
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Glittery beta lay nowag
  12/19/25
lol
Zombie-like market
  12/19/25
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Yellow Range
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
rose stag film
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
doobsian box office keepsake machete
  12/19/25
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rose stag film
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
cobalt masturbator haunted graveyard
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Clear laughsome genital piercing
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
sooty office windowlicker
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Clear laughsome genital piercing
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
doobsian box office keepsake machete
  12/21/25
You sound poor
unholy peach house factory reset button
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
puce idea he suggested
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
Ruddy Becky
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
Walnut hideous base
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
Ruddy Becky
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
awkward business firm
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
Ruddy Becky
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
boyish telephone
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
Ruddy Becky
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Flesh Dragon Psychic
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
Walnut hideous base
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Onyx marvelous theatre
  12/20/25
...
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/20/25
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racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
passionate transparent ticket booth
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Aquamarine resort
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
bright laser beams
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
bright laser beams
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
bright laser beams
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
red school
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
180 abode
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
red school
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
bateful sanctuary
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
red school
  12/21/25
...
bateful sanctuary
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Clear laughsome genital piercing
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
aphrodisiac bat-shit-crazy new version
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
deep shrine
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
bateful sanctuary
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
bateful sanctuary
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
greedy kitty cat rigor
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Metal cerebral hospital
  12/21/25
...
chest-beating thriller state
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
Fishy menage
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
flatulent blue travel guidebook
  12/21/25
180 last note
Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
180 abode
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
bateful sanctuary
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
Chocolate appetizing stage
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
chartreuse rambunctious plaza liquid oxygen
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
180 abode
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
dashing umber mediation boistinker
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
confused brass den
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
lemon set
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Clear laughsome genital piercing
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
dashing umber mediation boistinker
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Onyx marvelous theatre
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house
  12/23/25
cap gains
cobalt masturbator haunted graveyard
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Onyx marvelous theatre
  12/25/25
~$500k
deep shrine
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: greedy kitty cat rigor



(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: racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: greedy kitty cat rigor

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: exhilarant dark messiness rehab

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: Lascivious tattoo

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: exhilarant dark messiness rehab

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Twinkling Affirmative Action Whorehouse



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Pale toaster milk



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: azure infuriating space



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: turquoise massive patrolman azn



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: passionate transparent ticket booth



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: vermilion volcanic crater deer antler



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: chest-beating thriller state



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: lemon set



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: unholy peach house factory reset button



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

$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: greedy kitty cat rigor

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: submissive theater stage

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Pale toaster milk



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: Magical costumed forum useless brakes

$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: chartreuse rambunctious plaza liquid oxygen

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Magical costumed forum useless brakes

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: greedy kitty cat rigor

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: sickened opaque newt

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: Magical costumed forum useless brakes

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: orchid wonderful field

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: orchid wonderful field

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: orchid wonderful field

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: shaky amethyst police squad

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: racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house



(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: Yellow 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: Black Mewling Hell



(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: Pale toaster milk

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: charismatic lake institution internal respiration



(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: bateful sanctuary

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: orchid wonderful field

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: bateful sanctuary

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: aphrodisiac bat-shit-crazy new version

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: bateful sanctuary

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: multi-colored background story garrison

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: Pale toaster milk

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: rusted effete skinny woman

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: Pale toaster milk

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: Dead Sex Offender Quadroon

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: Yellow 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: rose stag film

sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full of guys bullshitting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49522784)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: misunderstood kitchen double fault

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: shaky amethyst police squad

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: very tactful parlour

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: Smoky mother



(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: bateful sanctuary

$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: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: bateful sanctuary

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: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: orchid wonderful field

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: Bronze talented temple candlestick maker

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: Bronze talented temple candlestick maker

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: cobalt masturbator haunted graveyard

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: Bronze talented temple candlestick maker

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: Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner

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: Pale toaster milk

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner

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: bateful sanctuary

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: Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner

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: bateful sanctuary

? 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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: vermilion volcanic crater deer antler

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: bateful sanctuary

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: boyish telephone

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: boyish telephone



(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: boyish telephone

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: Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner

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: shaky amethyst police squad

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: Smoky mother

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: shaky amethyst police squad

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: turquoise massive patrolman azn



(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: Pale toaster milk



(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: boyish telephone



(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: Yellow 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: Onyx marvelous theatre



(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: Flesh Dragon Psychic

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: orchid wonderful field

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: exhilarant dark messiness rehab

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: insane pozpig church building



(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: Dead Sex Offender Quadroon



(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: Flesh Dragon Psychic

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: adventurous pocket flask area



(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: chrome razzmatazz circlehead locus

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: Beady-eyed Twinkling Affirmative Action Whorehouse



(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: Yellow 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: puce idea he suggested



(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: lemon set



(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: angry location degenerate

-$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: Garnet station yarmulke

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: comical crawly senate

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: azure infuriating space

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: Sepia Disturbing Indian Lodge Cuckoldry

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: Nudist chestnut ratface partner

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 cumskin

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: Aquamarine resort

$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: awkward business firm

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: jade chapel

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: awkward business firm

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: unholy peach house factory reset button

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: jade chapel

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 stag film

(guy playing the long game)

at the same time, this is the sort of thinking that leads guys to do big ponzi schemes and then when they get found out they freak out and killself - don't do that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49522791)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: jade chapel

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: arousing bonkers address sound barrier

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: jet electric casino

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: Ivory personal credit line

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: stimulating ultramarine stead

~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: azure infuriating space

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: stimulating ultramarine stead

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: turquoise massive patrolman azn

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: greedy kitty cat rigor



(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: godawful brunch community account

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: charismatic lake institution internal respiration

$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: Razzle bawdyhouse trust fund

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: rusted effete skinny woman

~$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: Glittery beta lay nowag

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: Onyx marvelous theatre

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: Yellow 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: Glittery beta lay nowag

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: Yellow 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: Glittery beta lay nowag

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: Zombie-like market

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: Yellow 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: rose stag film

you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so itt and honestly am pretty happy about it given my in-house lifestyle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49522815)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: doobsian box office keepsake machete

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 stag film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49523114)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: cobalt masturbator haunted graveyard

I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the last one, at 235 bodyweight not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49523288)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: Clear laughsome genital piercing

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: sooty office windowlicker

if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off like 30+

maybe once a month i will see someone at the gym doing legit full ROM dead-hang pull-ups. the rest are kipping crossfit turds just bouncing tension off their brachials and could probably not squeeze out eight clean reps.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49523780)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 2:11 PM
Author: Clear laughsome genital piercing

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: doobsian box office keepsake machete

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: unholy peach house factory reset button

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: puce idea he suggested

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: Ruddy Becky

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: Walnut hideous base

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: Ruddy Becky

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: awkward business firm

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: Ruddy Becky

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: racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house

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: boyish telephone

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: Ruddy Becky

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: Flesh Dragon Psychic

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: Walnut hideous base

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: Onyx marvelous theatre

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: greedy kitty cat rigor



(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: racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house



(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: passionate transparent ticket booth

$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: Aquamarine resort

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: bright laser beams

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: bright laser beams

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: bright laser beams

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: red school

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: 180 abode

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: red school

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: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: bateful sanctuary

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: red school

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: bateful sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49528065)



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Date: December 20th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: Clear laughsome genital piercing

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: aphrodisiac bat-shit-crazy new version

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: deep shrine

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: bateful sanctuary

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: bateful sanctuary

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: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: greedy kitty cat rigor

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: Metal cerebral hospital

$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: chest-beating thriller state



(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: Fishy menage

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: flatulent blue travel guidebook

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: Burgundy International Law Enforcement Agency Corner

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: 180 abode

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: bateful sanctuary

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: Chocolate appetizing stage

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: chartreuse rambunctious plaza 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: 180 abode

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: dashing umber mediation boistinker

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: confused brass den

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: lemon set

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: racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house

count any bonus you received in calendar 2025

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49533223)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: Clear laughsome genital piercing

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: dashing umber mediation boistinker

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: Onyx marvelous theatre

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: racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house

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: cobalt masturbator haunted graveyard

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: racy ruby friendly grandma step-uncle's house

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: Onyx marvelous theatre

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: deep shrine

~$500k

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