Desk·2026-10-16
Renaissance QR year clears the Jane Street cash seat
Same quant-researcher title. Renaissance prints the Medallion year. Jane Street prints the NY shop under it by about $50k. Bases sit twenty-five thousand apart.
Renaissance typical $700,000 against $650,000 at Jane Street.
QR typical
Renaissance typical sits ~1.08× Jane Street
Same title. Medallion clears $700k typical on a $250k base. NY shop clears $650k on a $275k base.
How to plan it
Sit the Medallion QR year before the NY shop seat
A 26-year-old planning 2027 should treat Renaissance and Jane Street as two next seats, not one quant band. Renaissance quant researcher prints $700k typical on the ledger with a $250k base, sample six, four work-email. Jane Street prints $650k typical with a $275k base, sample nine, four work-email, marked hot in New York. The Medallion book leads typical by about $50k. The shop leads sample size and cash density on the base. If you can clear the tiny Medallion loop and want the higher typical, sit Renaissance first. If you want the larger NY cash book and can ship research at scale, sit Jane Street — but name the mix. Do not treat a $700k Medallion year and a $650k shop year as the same next seat.