Desk·2026-08-25
Jane Street SWE still clears Citadel cash
Same SWE title. Jane Street pays the higher typical. Citadel is the multi-strat book in Chicago. Name the desk before the city.
Jane Street typical $525,000 against $425,000 at Citadel.
SWE typical
Jane Street typical sits ~1.24× Citadel
Same title. NY pure shop clears higher typical and base. Chicago multi-strat clears a wider organization. Thin samples on both.
How to plan it
Sit the pure shop loop before the multi-strat book
A mid IC who can ship systems and still read a book should clear Jane Street, HRT, and Jump before treating Citadel as the default shop seat. Jane Street prints the higher typical on the ledger ($525k vs $425k). Citadel is the multi-strat machine with more seats and a different P&L culture. If you want the pure cash year and a smaller book, sit the NY/Chicago HFT loop first. If you want scale and multiple strategies under one roof, take the Citadel interview — but name the tradeoff. Do not treat a $525k pure-shop typical and a $425k multi-strat typical as the same career move. The desk is the plan; the title is not.
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