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

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hairless associate
  12/18/25
710K
Brass point partner
  12/18/25
lawyer?
hairless associate
  12/18/25
yea
Brass point partner
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
hairless associate
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
onyx free-loading resort
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
unhinged flushed den
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
onyx free-loading resort
  12/18/25
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razzmatazz wild weed whacker
  12/18/25
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Mahogany church
  12/19/25
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spectacular sandwich parlour
  12/19/25
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godawful beta crackhouse tank
  12/19/25
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bateful pink internal respiration athletic conference
  12/20/25
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Duck-like goyim church building
  12/21/25
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contagious disrespectful hospital puppy
  12/21/25
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stubborn corn cake
  12/21/25
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180 step-uncle's house macaca
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
mind-boggling school cafeteria
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
hairless associate
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
mind-boggling school cafeteria
  12/18/25
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Mahogany church
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
frozen theater
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Thriller mustard cruise ship
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
frozen theater
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
hairless associate
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
Insane Nubile Casino
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
frozen theater
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
Massive native
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
Massive native
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
Massive native
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Bat-shit-crazy stain
  12/18/25
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Brass point partner
  12/18/25
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Mewling copper stage
  12/19/25
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Plum Federal Police Squad Jewess
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
Mahogany church
  12/19/25
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Unholy Potus Candlestick Maker
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
Massive native
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Beady-eyed ruddy cuckold
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
clear pontificating principal's office
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
Mahogany church
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
drab rehab
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
Mahogany church
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
Lake tripping reading party
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
Mewling copper stage
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Pale zombie-like heaven
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
startling volcanic crater
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Bat-shit-crazy stain
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
multi-colored space
  12/18/25
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vibrant dun temple
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
hairless associate
  12/18/25
I am atty.
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
hairless associate
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Massive native
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Sooty national security agency
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Sooty national security agency
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Lilac range trump supporter
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
Sooty national security agency
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
erotic nofapping dilemma
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
Mahogany church
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
erotic nofapping dilemma
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
erotic nofapping dilemma
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
mint galvanic spot
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
Duck-like goyim church building
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
exhilarant silver crotch address
  12/22/25
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exhilarant silver crotch address
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
exhilarant silver crotch address
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
erotic nofapping dilemma
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Bat-shit-crazy stain
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
vibrant dun temple
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Bat-shit-crazy stain
  12/18/25
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godawful beta crackhouse tank
  12/19/25
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Mahogany church
  12/19/25
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exhilarant silver crotch address
  12/22/25
not enough.
Mewling copper stage
  12/18/25
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Marvelous shimmering skinny woman
  12/20/25
little under $6M
Floppy hall becky
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
Massive native
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
onyx free-loading resort
  12/18/25
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charcoal dead love of her life
  12/18/25
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Lake tripping reading party
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
Floppy hall becky
  12/19/25
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Very Tactful Titillating Hominid Corner
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
Submissive Big-titted Market Old Irish Cottage
  12/18/25
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razzmatazz wild weed whacker
  12/18/25
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Mewling copper stage
  12/18/25
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Big piazza mexican
  12/20/25
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stubborn corn cake
  12/21/25
-$184K
Jet-lagged Doobsian Digit Ratio Brunch
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
misunderstood house-broken kitchen electric furnace
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Hairraiser area
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
spectacular sandwich parlour
  12/19/25
low-200s
Shaky French Chef
  12/18/25
0
Wonderful fiercely-loyal hairy legs half-breed
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Underhanded abusive halford
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
anal elastic band box office
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
rough-skinned dog poop
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
amethyst bespoke set water buffalo
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
rough-skinned dog poop
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
180 step-uncle's house macaca
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
amethyst bespoke set water buffalo
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Pale zombie-like heaven
  12/19/25
thank you
amethyst bespoke set water buffalo
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
passionate chartreuse voyeur
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
excitant faggot firefighter center
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
crystalline heady base
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Peach Site
  12/19/25
what happened
spectacular sandwich parlour
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Peach Site
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
godawful beta crackhouse tank
  12/19/25
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hairless associate
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
Gaped boltzmann
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Unholy Potus Candlestick Maker
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Soul-stirring theatre regret
  12/20/25
~$900k
drab rehab
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
Aromatic menage generalized bond
  12/19/25
Wow.
Marvelous shimmering skinny woman
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
Mewling copper stage
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
Aromatic menage generalized bond
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
Mewling copper stage
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
Aromatic menage generalized bond
  12/19/25
lol
Smoky station
  12/19/25
...
Mewling copper stage
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Pale zombie-like heaven
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
Boyish factory reset button bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
...
Pale zombie-like heaven
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Lilac range trump supporter
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
Poppy meetinghouse international law enforcement agency
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
bisexual orchestra pit
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
Poppy meetinghouse international law enforcement agency
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
Boyish factory reset button bawdyhouse
  12/21/25
You sound poor
180 step-uncle's house macaca
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
Big piazza mexican
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
slate internet-worthy azn hissy fit
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
painfully honest wine ticket booth new version
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
slate internet-worthy azn hissy fit
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
rough-skinned dog poop
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
slate internet-worthy azn hissy fit
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
Brass point partner
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
exhilarant silver crotch address
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
slate internet-worthy azn hissy fit
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
Floppy hall becky
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
painfully honest wine ticket booth new version
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Marvelous shimmering skinny woman
  12/20/25
...
hairless associate
  12/20/25
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Brass point partner
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
bateful pink internal respiration athletic conference
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
anal elastic band box office
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Glittery Dull Really Tough Guy
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Glittery Dull Really Tough Guy
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Glittery Dull Really Tough Guy
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
racy green state
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
aphrodisiac preventive strike useless brakes
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
racy green state
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
hairless associate
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
racy green state
  12/21/25
...
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
Poppy meetinghouse international law enforcement agency
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Beady-eyed ruddy cuckold
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
flickering laughsome therapy
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
hairless associate
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
hairless associate
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
hairless associate
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
hairless associate
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
hairless associate
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
Bearded Private Investor Boiling Water
  12/21/25
...
contagious disrespectful hospital puppy
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
stimulating brilliant chapel personal credit line
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
At-the-ready sex offender shrine
  12/21/25
180 last note
erotic nofapping dilemma
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
aphrodisiac preventive strike useless brakes
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
Talented mentally impaired coffee pot
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
mint galvanic spot
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Thriller mustard cruise ship
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
aphrodisiac preventive strike useless brakes
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
Odious Karate
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
swashbuckling whorehouse pozpig
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
stubborn corn cake
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
Brass point partner
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
Poppy meetinghouse international law enforcement agency
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
Odious Karate
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Marvelous shimmering skinny woman
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
Brass point partner
  12/23/25
cap gains
Lilac range trump supporter
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
Brass point partner
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Marvelous shimmering skinny woman
  12/25/25
~$500k
flickering laughsome therapy
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: hairless associate



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Brass point partner

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: hairless associate

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Brass point partner

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: hairless associate

Biglaw?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: onyx free-loading resort

Me: 842k

Wife: 267K

Including last year's bonus

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:05 PM
Author: unhinged flushed den

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: onyx free-loading resort

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: razzmatazz wild weed whacker



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Mahogany church



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: spectacular sandwich parlour



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: godawful beta crackhouse tank



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: bateful pink internal respiration athletic conference



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Duck-like goyim church building



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: contagious disrespectful hospital puppy



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: stubborn corn cake



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: 180 step-uncle's house macaca



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: mind-boggling school cafeteria

$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: hairless associate

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: mind-boggling school cafeteria

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Mahogany church



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: frozen theater

$130k in shitlaw

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Thriller mustard cruise ship

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: frozen theater

AssociaTTTe

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: hairless associate

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: Insane Nubile Casino

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: frozen theater

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Massive native

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: Massive native

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: Massive native

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: Bat-shit-crazy stain

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: Brass point partner



(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: Mewling copper stage



(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: Plum Federal Police Squad Jewess



(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: Mahogany church

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: Unholy Potus Candlestick Maker



(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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: Massive native

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: Beady-eyed ruddy cuckold

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: clear pontificating principal's office

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: Mahogany church

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: drab rehab

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: Mahogany church

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: Lake tripping reading party

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: Mewling copper stage

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: Pale zombie-like heaven

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: startling volcanic crater

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: Bat-shit-crazy stain

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: multi-colored space

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: vibrant dun temple



(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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

$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: hairless associate

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: hairless associate

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: Massive native

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: Sooty national security agency

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: Sooty national security agency

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: mint galvanic spot

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: Lilac range trump supporter

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: Sooty national security agency

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: erotic nofapping dilemma

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: Mahogany church

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: mint galvanic spot

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: erotic nofapping dilemma

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: erotic nofapping dilemma

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

? 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: mint galvanic spot

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: Duck-like goyim church building

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: exhilarant silver crotch address

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: exhilarant silver crotch address



(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: exhilarant silver crotch address

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: erotic nofapping dilemma

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: Bat-shit-crazy stain

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: vibrant dun temple

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: Bat-shit-crazy stain

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: godawful beta crackhouse tank



(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: Mahogany church



(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: exhilarant silver crotch address



(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: Mewling copper stage

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: Marvelous shimmering skinny woman



(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: Floppy hall becky

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: Massive native

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: onyx free-loading resort

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: charcoal dead love of her life



(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: Lake tripping reading party



(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: Floppy hall becky

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: Very Tactful Titillating Hominid Corner



(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: Submissive Big-titted Market Old Irish Cottage

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: razzmatazz wild weed whacker



(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: Mewling copper stage



(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: Big piazza mexican



(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: stubborn corn cake



(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: Jet-lagged Doobsian Digit Ratio Brunch

-$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: misunderstood house-broken kitchen electric furnace

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: Hairraiser area

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: spectacular sandwich parlour

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: Shaky French Chef

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: Wonderful fiercely-loyal hairy legs half-breed

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: Underhanded abusive halford

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: anal elastic band box office

$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: rough-skinned 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: amethyst bespoke set water buffalo

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: rough-skinned 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: 180 step-uncle's house macaca

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: amethyst bespoke set water buffalo

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: Pale zombie-like heaven

(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: amethyst bespoke set water buffalo

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: passionate chartreuse voyeur

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: excitant faggot firefighter center

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: crystalline heady base

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: Peach Site

~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: spectacular sandwich parlour

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: Peach Site

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: godawful beta crackhouse tank

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: hairless associate



(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: Gaped boltzmann

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: Unholy Potus Candlestick Maker

$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: Soul-stirring theatre regret

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: drab rehab

~$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: Aromatic menage generalized bond

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: Marvelous shimmering skinny woman

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: Mewling copper stage

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: Aromatic menage generalized bond

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: Mewling copper stage

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: Aromatic menage generalized bond

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: Smoky station

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: Mewling copper stage



(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: Pale zombie-like heaven

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: Boyish factory reset button bawdyhouse

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: Pale zombie-like heaven



(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: Lilac range trump supporter

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: Poppy meetinghouse international law enforcement agency

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: bisexual orchestra pit

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: Poppy meetinghouse international law enforcement agency

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: Boyish factory reset button bawdyhouse

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: 180 step-uncle's house macaca

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: Big piazza mexican

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: slate internet-worthy azn hissy fit

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: painfully honest wine ticket booth new version

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: slate internet-worthy azn hissy fit

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: rough-skinned 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: slate internet-worthy azn hissy fit

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: Brass point partner

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: exhilarant silver crotch address

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: slate internet-worthy azn hissy fit

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: Floppy hall becky

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: painfully honest wine ticket booth new version

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: Marvelous shimmering skinny woman

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: hairless associate



(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: Brass point partner



(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: bateful pink internal respiration athletic conference

$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: anal elastic band box office

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: Glittery Dull Really Tough Guy

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: Glittery Dull Really Tough Guy

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: Glittery Dull Really Tough Guy

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: racy green state

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: aphrodisiac preventive strike useless brakes

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: racy green state

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: hairless associate

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: racy green state

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot



(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: Poppy meetinghouse international law enforcement agency

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: Beady-eyed ruddy cuckold

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: flickering laughsome therapy

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: mint galvanic spot

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: mint galvanic spot

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: hairless associate

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: mint galvanic spot

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: hairless associate

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: mint galvanic spot

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: hairless associate

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: mint galvanic spot

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: hairless associate

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: mint galvanic spot

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: hairless associate

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: mint galvanic spot

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: Bearded Private Investor Boiling Water

$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: contagious disrespectful hospital puppy



(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: stimulating brilliant chapel personal credit line

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: At-the-ready sex offender shrine

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: erotic nofapping dilemma

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: aphrodisiac preventive strike useless brakes

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: mint galvanic spot

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: Talented mentally impaired coffee pot

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: mint galvanic spot

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: Thriller mustard cruise ship

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: aphrodisiac preventive strike useless brakes

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: Odious Karate

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: swashbuckling whorehouse pozpig

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: stubborn corn cake

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: Brass point partner

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: Poppy meetinghouse international law enforcement agency

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: Odious Karate

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: Marvelous shimmering skinny woman

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: Brass point partner

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: Lilac range trump supporter

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: Brass point partner

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: Marvelous shimmering skinny woman

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: flickering laughsome therapy

~$500k

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