Desk·2026-09-30
Jump still leads the Chicago SWE cash book
Same software-engineer title. Jump prints the Chicago HFT cash year. DRW prints the Chicago prop book under it. Name the shop before the city.
Jump Trading typical $460,000 against $340,000 at DRW.
SWE typical
Jump typical sits ~1.35× DRW
Same title. Chicago HFT clears $460k typical. Chicago prop clears $340k. Thin samples on both books.
How to plan it
Sit Chicago as two shop books, not one market
A software engineer planning 2027 in Chicago should treat Jump Trading and DRW as two cash books one hundred twenty thousand dollars apart, not one LaSalle band. Jump prints $460k typical on the ledger with a $215k base you keep. DRW prints $340k typical with a $185k base. The HFT shop compounds the year inside a hotter book — heat is marked hot, sample is twelve. The prop shop compounds a quieter IC year in the same city, under Jump by about $120k, sample eleven. If you need the 2027 cash year and can clear the Chicago HFT loop, take Jump first. If you want the prop door and can live with the thinner typical, sit DRW — but name the tradeoff. Do not treat a $460k HFT year and a $340k prop year as the same next seat. The city is shared; the books are not.
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