Desk·2026-11-10
OpenAI lab paper clears Jane Street shop by $128k
Same software-engineer title. OpenAI prints the default lab year. Jane Street prints the pure NY shop cash under it by about $128k. Bases sit twenty thousand apart.
OpenAI typical $653,000 against $525,000 at Jane Street.
SWE typical
OpenAI typical sits ~1.24× Jane Street
Same title. Default lab clears $653k typical on a $270k base. NY shop clears $525k on a $250k base.
How to plan it
Sit the NY shop cash year or the default lab paper
A 26-year-old planning 2027 should treat Jane Street and OpenAI as two next IC seats, not one high band. Jane Street software engineer prints $525k typical on the ledger with a $250k base, sample fourteen, six work-email, marked hot in New York. OpenAI prints $653k typical with a $270k base, sample twenty-three, eleven work-email, marked hot. The default lab leads typical by about $128k. The shop leads cash density: the year is almost all cash, top at $900k against OpenAI’s $1.37M. Anthropic launched its IPO roadshow on 10 November targeting $70-78 per share. That roadshow does not reprice these seats. OpenAI closed an initial tranche near $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation recently. That capital does not reprice these seats either. If you need the 2027 cash year and can clear the NY shop loop, sit Jane Street first. If you can hold paper and want the larger product loop, sit OpenAI — but name the mix. Do not treat a $525k cash year and a $653k paper year as the same next seat.
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