Desk·2026-09-08
Renaissance QR still the IC cash plan
Same quant-researcher title. Renaissance prints the higher typical. Jane Street is the NY cash seat under it.
Renaissance typical $700,000 against $650,000 at Jane Street.
QR typical
Renaissance typical sits ~1.08× Jane Street
Same title. East Setauket clears the top cash year. NY shop clears the deeper book. Thin samples on both.
How to plan it
Name the QR IC seat before the manager or lab track
A mid IC who can still read a paper and ship signal should clear Renaissance and Jane Street before treating a lab research seat or an engineering-manager loop as the default next move. Renaissance prints $700k typical on a tiny QR book. Jane Street prints $650k with more seats and the same cash-first structure. Both compound the year you keep. A lab research mark or a first-line manager seat compounds optionality and headcount, not the floor. If you need a cash year for a house or a family, the QR IC desk is the plan. If you can carry thinner cash and want the lab name or the people-management track, take that loop — but name the tradeoff. Do not treat a $700k QR year and a lab or EM mark as the same career move. The title is research; the books are not.
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