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Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
710K
Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish
  12/18/25
lawyer?
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
yea
Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish
  12/18/25
Biglaw?
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
Me: 842k Wife: 267K Including last year's bonus
Soul-stirring violent volcanic crater
  12/18/25
Lawyers?
Canary odious resort
  12/18/25
My wife is in-house and I lie on the internet
Soul-stirring violent volcanic crater
  12/18/25
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primrose whorehouse marketing idea
  12/18/25
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deep gold institution
  12/19/25
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boyish pocket flask
  12/19/25
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motley chad kitty cat
  12/19/25
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Awkward submissive set
  12/20/25
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contagious lemon main people new version
  12/21/25
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insecure persian weed whacker
  12/21/25
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trip pit
  12/21/25
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Mentally impaired violet ape
  12/22/25
$350kish, maybe more depending on how collections come in ov...
Bateful newt
  12/18/25
Trash or legal fees?
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
Picking up trash would be much more dignified
Bateful newt
  12/18/25
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deep gold institution
  12/19/25
$130k in shitlaw
electric glassy lodge
  12/18/25
as a solo? associate? paralegal?
Ruby Juggernaut Ticket Booth
  12/18/25
AssociaTTTe
electric glassy lodge
  12/18/25
why dont you go solo?
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH
jet-lagged curious home azn
  12/19/25
Nigger voicemail$
electric glassy lodge
  12/19/25
A little over $300k as an in house fag. I'm pathetic and poo...
Bisexual indian lodge brethren
  12/18/25
When I was a young Inhousemo making $250k, I thought I was t...
Bisexual indian lodge brethren
  12/18/25
To be fair, I had a 180 billion lifestyle in my late 20s and...
Bisexual indian lodge brethren
  12/18/25
you should've lateraled to $750k 10-2 100% wfh in house ages...
Metal plaza useless brakes
  12/18/25
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Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish
  12/18/25
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Drab sickened rigpig
  12/19/25
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concupiscible gunner
  12/21/25
In house is the exit option. There are no exist options from...
deep gold institution
  12/19/25
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Shimmering coldplay fan
  12/19/25
Why is $300k paycheck to paycheck?
olive location mood
  12/19/25
Over $400k if you add wife. After tax income: ~200k H...
Bisexual indian lodge brethren
  12/19/25
You are doing better than paycheck to paycheck.
olive location mood
  12/19/25
you are retarded or lying because 400k with a family is not...
Vivacious pale cuckold area
  12/20/25
I had half my income withheld for taxes. I asked what the fu...
olive location mood
  12/21/25
286k so far. Prob will make another 15k. Wife 86k
Low-t aphrodisiac faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
Does wife's post-tax salary cover the costs of childcare and...
deep gold institution
  12/19/25
PATRIARCHY!!! Of course it doesn’t.
big degenerate
  12/19/25
Oh. So why does she work?
deep gold institution
  12/19/25
180k. worst year in total comp since pre covid
bronze kitchen
  12/18/25
don't you brag about being rich?
Drab sickened rigpig
  12/19/25
sorry to hear it but props for your candor in a thread full ...
Galvanic Abusive Black Woman Hall
  12/19/25
me: ~$400k wife: ~$325k but i was also laid off
Bistre Mediation
  12/18/25
if u want chandler to slap u with his dick just say so
Metal plaza useless brakes
  12/18/25
Very gauche to discuss. Any white people left on here?
self-absorbed hyperventilating nowag
  12/18/25
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slippery property nibblets
  12/18/25
$790K. Wife made about $15K.
olive location mood
  12/18/25
Doing what, and why?
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
I am atty.
olive location mood
  12/18/25
I know that, I meant your wife
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Bisexual indian lodge brethren
  12/18/25
I understand that he's an attorney
cream spectacular chapel
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
cream spectacular chapel
  12/19/25
I understand that he's an attorney
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
He's an attorney. What's so complicated?
Lilac thriller alpha
  12/23/25
I understand that he's an attorney
cream spectacular chapel
  12/23/25
Over 50k. Plus I got a $150 honorarium for a talk earlier th...
Arrogant legend
  12/18/25
I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious.
deep gold institution
  12/19/25
yup, I'd love to get an honorarium one day. Very prestigious...
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
You joke, but I'm unironically proud of my meagre token of p...
Arrogant legend
  12/21/25
I felt the same when I won a $100 poetry prize. In college. ...
olive location mood
  12/22/25
Lashing out because the board writ large is mocking you for ...
Arrogant legend
  12/22/25
? Largely? It’s five unmarried childless losers pissed...
olive location mood
  12/22/25
I was making fun of honaria. Whatever happened to him?
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/22/25
lol I make more money than lex tp
contagious lemon main people new version
  12/21/25
Monkey driving a golf cart makes more money than that guy
olive location mood
  12/21/25
I feel safe in this subthread
flatulent vigorous pervert
  12/22/25
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flatulent vigorous pervert
  12/22/25
lex how’s your dating life? jw
flatulent vigorous pervert
  12/22/25
I only respond to such queries in old fashioned SUMMON: thre...
Arrogant legend
  12/22/25
why are u dorks including ur wives' earnings
Metal plaza useless brakes
  12/18/25
Same reason why they included what their wives harvested in ...
slippery property nibblets
  12/18/25
i don't even know whether my wife has a job
Metal plaza useless brakes
  12/18/25
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motley chad kitty cat
  12/19/25
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deep gold institution
  12/19/25
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flatulent vigorous pervert
  12/22/25
not enough.
Drab sickened rigpig
  12/18/25
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Copper cracking sanctuary
  12/20/25
little under $6M
aqua range
  12/18/25
MFCR. State occupation, thank.
Bisexual indian lodge brethren
  12/18/25
271K TOPS
Soul-stirring violent volcanic crater
  12/18/25
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Swashbuckling point hunting ground
  12/18/25
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bronze kitchen
  12/18/25
sorry ur mad
aqua range
  12/19/25
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Mind-boggling turquoise parlor dingle berry
  12/20/25
Six figures, champ.
filthy trailer park
  12/18/25
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primrose whorehouse marketing idea
  12/18/25
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Drab sickened rigpig
  12/18/25
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stimulating box office turdskin
  12/20/25
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trip pit
  12/21/25
-$184K
hideous office patrolman
  12/18/25
I fail to see how this is relevant.
Appetizing gaming laptop
  12/18/25
Pre tax or post tax? Including expected tax credits, debits,...
Titillating Coral Private Investor
  12/18/25
holy fuck how jewish are you
boyish pocket flask
  12/19/25
low-200s
Wild library
  12/18/25
0
high-end church
  12/18/25
like 2 million
Flushed misunderstood boistinker
  12/18/25
$360k in tech
Silver round eye
  12/19/25
Less than I want but way more than I deserve
rebellious dead university
  12/19/25
I value my wife’s admiration over tax advantages. The...
marvelous stage sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
Shrew'd
rebellious dead university
  12/19/25
lol @ this flame. Women only care about what you can buy th...
Mentally impaired violet ape
  12/19/25
She sees the tax return but not the brokerage statement. Sh...
marvelous stage sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
(guy playing the long game) at the same time, this is the s...
Galvanic Abusive Black Woman Hall
  12/19/25
thank you
marvelous stage sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
I mean, don't rule anything out, there's something to be sai...
talking sandwich
  12/19/25
Who wants to pay off my house
costumed locale digit ratio
  12/19/25
negative money (lived off debt)
exhilarant telephone stain
  12/19/25
~250, not bad but half as much as last year. :(
Buff rehab water buffalo
  12/19/25
what happened
boyish pocket flask
  12/19/25
i made a bunch of money off of JMIA last year. ironically if...
Buff rehab water buffalo
  12/19/25
if there's one thing I've learned as a solo it's that annual...
motley chad kitty cat
  12/19/25
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Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/19/25
Around 1.7 which is what I made last year. I'm starting to t...
federal outnumbered mad-dog skullcap brunch
  12/19/25
$600k as solo lolyer.
Shimmering coldplay fan
  12/19/25
Closer to a tenth of that for me. Nasty health problem decim...
Wonderful Old Irish Cottage
  12/20/25
~$900k
big degenerate
  12/19/25
Paying tax on about $600K, but zero earned income.
ultramarine cumskin
  12/19/25
Wow.
Copper cracking sanctuary
  12/19/25
Let me know what I can do to earn about $20k from you.
Drab sickened rigpig
  12/19/25
How many blowjobs can I get for that?
ultramarine cumskin
  12/19/25
well my regular price is $20 per nut but since you're buying...
Drab sickened rigpig
  12/19/25
That 1/3 sounds disappointing.
ultramarine cumskin
  12/19/25
lol
sable startling jew national
  12/19/25
...
Drab sickened rigpig
  12/22/25
you guys are a bunch of studs, i'm in the 20th decile or so ...
Galvanic Abusive Black Woman Hall
  12/19/25
the only threads on XO more full of shit than income threads...
aromatic orchestra pit
  12/19/25
...
Galvanic Abusive Black Woman Hall
  12/19/25
I can do 12 full-extension, 13 with a bit of english on the ...
Lilac thriller alpha
  12/19/25
Lol rfk did 20pullups on video.
mustard native puppy
  12/19/25
if i used the same form and ROM as him i could crank off lik...
rusted hospital idiot
  12/19/25
Try actually doing pull-ups. You will not get much more by s...
mustard native puppy
  12/20/25
LOL boor, his form was trash. controlled full ROM pullups fr...
aromatic orchestra pit
  12/21/25
You sound poor
Mentally impaired violet ape
  12/19/25
but self-selection...
stimulating box office turdskin
  12/20/25
I dunno, like 10-15x the American average and also not nearl...
maize fragrant crackhouse famous landscape painting
  12/19/25
XO to young poasters, " Do NOT go to law school!" ...
irradiated faggotry casino
  12/19/25
Survivor bias. The people from my class who didn’t sur...
maize fragrant crackhouse famous landscape painting
  12/19/25
Soo cr. Maybe half of the dudes I know about are still lawye...
rebellious dead university
  12/20/25
It would be fascinating to see some actual ROI data on law s...
maize fragrant crackhouse famous landscape painting
  12/20/25
back in the day standard advice was only go to ls if you're ...
Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish
  12/20/25
Only once ITE hit. Before that, Gen Xers sleepwalked off a c...
flatulent vigorous pervert
  12/20/25
TITCR. The Bill Henderson “Bi-modal distribution of st...
maize fragrant crackhouse famous landscape painting
  12/20/25
this is correct. I started with 26 people in my summer c...
aqua range
  12/20/25
amazing how XO gets the top 1% of lawyers to poast here
irradiated faggotry casino
  12/20/25
The personality that really likes it here actually thrives i...
Copper cracking sanctuary
  12/20/25
...
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/20/25
...
Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish
  12/20/25
$160k. The same I made as a first year. Good thing there&r...
Awkward submissive set
  12/19/25
I paid just under that in taxes this year
Silver round eye
  12/20/25
somewhere around $220k pre-bonus. bonus will likely be shit ...
Maroon glittery space
  12/20/25
this number includes all income, not just wagecucking.
Maroon glittery space
  12/20/25
actually it might be closer to $240k. idfk i don't keep clos...
Maroon glittery space
  12/20/25
A little over a mil. “Worked” ~10 hours a week. ...
harsh shrine selfie
  12/20/25
How do you get your taxable income lower?
Racy Internal Respiration
  12/20/25
Bought a car (100% depreciation) Pay myself rent -- I own ...
harsh shrine selfie
  12/20/25
Creative but nothing fraud tp
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/20/25
Tell more about paralegal. How does she bring in cases?
olive location mood
  12/21/25
Just by being likeable and talking to people and knowing wha...
harsh shrine selfie
  12/21/25
...
olive location mood
  12/21/25
About 1mil , I wagecucked a lot and this is my ceiling. Anyo...
mustard native puppy
  12/20/25
425k in a litigation boutique as a non-equity “partner...
Vivacious pale cuckold area
  12/20/25
still waiting for bonus which will be 30% of my comp
emerald ungodly therapy state
  12/21/25
it's likely going to be around $580k this year. i started th...
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
That’s good. Do you have to leave a bunch of money in?...
olive location mood
  12/21/25
at the prior firm, i bought in like $20k worth of shares. th...
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
We just work hard all year then deduct costs from fees earne...
olive location mood
  12/22/25
Looks like I peaked in 2023 at $500k and I've been earning l...
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/21/25
it's surprising to me bc i used to not give a fuck about the...
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
are you hiring? can you mentor me? i really enjoyed ur saltw...
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/21/25
if i could, i would man. are you open to learning traditiona...
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
i dont think i wanna learn that. do you think i can bottom f...
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/21/25
yes but i am not sure what i can pay u. can i finish in ur a...
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
are you still pozzed?
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/21/25
undetectable brother
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
i guess you can finish in my ass. $50 if u can host
Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria
  12/21/25
wow this is hot, let's take this off boart
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
$595k (which is like $390k after taxes)
charismatic abode pozpig
  12/21/25
...
insecure persian weed whacker
  12/21/25
Should be $1.036m with rents and assuming the lab business c...
Passionate Stead
  12/21/25
600-800k in tech depending on stock price, haven’t rea...
Ruddy out-of-control school
  12/21/25
180 last note
Arrogant legend
  12/22/25
About 1.3 mil. Shitlaw boss, real estate investing and othe...
Racy Internal Respiration
  12/21/25
that is 180, very impressive. very unlikely everything wi...
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
I think he has posted about her before. He’s doing a ...
olive location mood
  12/21/25
i can't advocate for doing that, but that's just me. nobody ...
abnormal bull headed quadroon
  12/21/25
just do discreet affairs bro
Ruby Juggernaut Ticket Booth
  12/21/25
Lol at all the poasters counting unrealized investment gains...
Racy Internal Respiration
  12/24/25
I wouldn’t include it in my headline number but I do t...
provocative wine base
  12/26/25
CSLG free thread. Odd case.
dark messiness goal in life
  12/22/25
Great q. Most in-housemos have no idea since most won't kno...
trip pit
  12/22/25
count any bonus you received in calendar 2025
Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish
  12/23/25
I just started new job. Finished last shift of nights at 5am...
mustard native puppy
  12/22/25
About $310k in W2/1099, $50k in rental profit, and I think $...
provocative wine base
  12/22/25
Up $415,290. W2 wages are about 65% of that.
Copper cracking sanctuary
  12/22/25
whats the other 35%
Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish
  12/23/25
cap gains
Lilac thriller alpha
  12/25/25
are we counting cap gains in what we made this year? id need...
Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish
  12/25/25
I'm up like $440k now on the year.
Copper cracking sanctuary
  12/25/25
~$500k
emerald ungodly therapy state
  12/25/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria



(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: Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish

710K

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

lawyer?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish

yea

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: Soul-stirring violent volcanic crater

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: Canary odious resort

Lawyers?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Soul-stirring violent volcanic crater

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: primrose whorehouse marketing idea



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: deep gold institution



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: boyish pocket flask



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Date: December 19th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: motley chad kitty cat



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Date: December 20th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Awkward submissive set



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: contagious lemon main people new version



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: insecure persian weed whacker



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: trip pit



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Mentally impaired violet ape



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Bateful newt

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

Trash or legal fees?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Bateful newt

Picking up trash would be much more dignified

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: deep gold institution



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: electric glassy lodge

$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: Ruby Juggernaut Ticket Booth

as a solo? associate? paralegal?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: electric glassy lodge

AssociaTTTe

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

why dont you go solo?

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: jet-lagged curious home azn

I thought shitlawyers made $60K in MFH

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Date: December 19th, 2025 8:41 PM
Author: electric glassy lodge

Nigger voicemail$

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Bisexual indian lodge brethren

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811768&forum_id=2.#49519948)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: Bisexual indian lodge brethren

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: Bisexual indian lodge brethren

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: Metal plaza useless brakes

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: Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish



(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: Drab sickened rigpig



(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: concupiscible gunner



(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: deep gold institution

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: Shimmering coldplay fan



(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: olive location mood

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: Bisexual indian lodge brethren

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: olive location mood

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: Vivacious pale cuckold area

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: olive location mood

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: Low-t aphrodisiac faggot firefighter

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: deep gold institution

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: big degenerate

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: deep gold institution

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: bronze kitchen

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: Drab sickened rigpig

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: Galvanic Abusive Black Woman Hall

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: Bistre Mediation

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: Metal plaza useless brakes

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: self-absorbed hyperventilating nowag

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: slippery property nibblets



(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: olive location mood

$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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: olive location mood

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: Bisexual indian lodge brethren

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: cream spectacular chapel

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: cream spectacular chapel

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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 thriller alpha

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: cream spectacular chapel

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: Arrogant legend

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: deep gold institution

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: Arrogant legend

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: olive location mood

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: Arrogant legend

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: olive location mood

? 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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: contagious lemon main people new version

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: olive location mood

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: flatulent vigorous pervert

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: flatulent vigorous pervert



(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: flatulent vigorous pervert

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: Arrogant legend

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: Metal plaza useless brakes

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: slippery property nibblets

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: Metal plaza useless brakes

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: motley chad kitty cat



(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: deep gold institution



(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: flatulent vigorous pervert



(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: Drab sickened rigpig

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: Copper cracking sanctuary



(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: aqua range

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: Bisexual indian lodge brethren

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: Soul-stirring violent volcanic crater

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: Swashbuckling point hunting ground



(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: bronze kitchen



(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: aqua range

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: Mind-boggling turquoise parlor dingle berry



(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: filthy trailer park

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: primrose whorehouse marketing idea



(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: Drab sickened rigpig



(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: stimulating box office turdskin



(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: trip pit



(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: hideous office patrolman

-$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: Appetizing gaming laptop

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: Titillating Coral Private Investor

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: boyish pocket flask

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: Wild library

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: high-end church

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: Flushed misunderstood boistinker

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: Silver round eye

$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: rebellious dead university

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: marvelous stage sweet tailpipe

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: rebellious dead university

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: Mentally impaired violet ape

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: marvelous stage sweet tailpipe

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: Galvanic Abusive Black Woman Hall

(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: marvelous stage sweet tailpipe

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: talking sandwich

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: costumed locale digit ratio

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: exhilarant telephone stain

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: Buff rehab water buffalo

~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: boyish pocket flask

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: Buff rehab water buffalo

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: motley chad kitty cat

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria



(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: federal outnumbered mad-dog skullcap brunch

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: Shimmering coldplay fan

$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: Wonderful Old Irish Cottage

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: big degenerate

~$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: ultramarine cumskin

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: Copper cracking sanctuary

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: Drab sickened rigpig

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: ultramarine cumskin

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: Drab sickened rigpig

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: ultramarine cumskin

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: sable startling jew national

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: Drab sickened rigpig



(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: Galvanic Abusive Black Woman Hall

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: aromatic orchestra pit

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: Galvanic Abusive Black Woman Hall



(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 thriller alpha

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: mustard native puppy

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: rusted hospital idiot

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: mustard native puppy

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: aromatic orchestra pit

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: Mentally impaired violet ape

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: stimulating box office turdskin

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: maize fragrant crackhouse famous landscape painting

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: irradiated faggotry casino

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: maize fragrant crackhouse famous landscape painting

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: rebellious dead university

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: maize fragrant crackhouse famous landscape painting

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: Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish

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: flatulent vigorous pervert

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: maize fragrant crackhouse famous landscape painting

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: aqua range

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: irradiated faggotry casino

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: Copper cracking sanctuary

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria



(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: Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish



(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: Awkward submissive set

$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: Silver round eye

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: Maroon glittery space

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: Maroon glittery space

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: Maroon glittery space

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: harsh shrine selfie

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: Racy Internal Respiration

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: harsh shrine selfie

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: olive location mood

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: harsh shrine selfie

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: olive location mood



(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: mustard native puppy

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: Vivacious pale cuckold area

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: emerald ungodly therapy state

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: olive location mood

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: olive location mood

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: Chartreuse Comical School Cafeteria

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: charismatic abode pozpig

$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: insecure persian weed whacker



(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: Passionate Stead

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: Ruddy out-of-control school

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: Arrogant legend

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: Racy Internal Respiration

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: olive location mood

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: abnormal bull headed quadroon

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: Ruby Juggernaut Ticket Booth

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: Racy Internal Respiration

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: provocative wine base

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: dark messiness goal in life

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: trip pit

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: Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish

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: mustard native puppy

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: provocative wine base

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: Copper cracking sanctuary

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: Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish

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 thriller alpha

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: Tripping Talented Spot Death Wish

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: Copper cracking sanctuary

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: emerald ungodly therapy state

~$500k

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