I don't think it's terribly unusual. I have a friend with a physics Ph.D. who went to work for a D.C. area consulting firm, subsequently moved to a startup. I

I don't think it's terribly unusual. I have a friend with a physics Ph.D. who went to work for a D.C. area consulting firm, subsequently moved to a startup. I've heard a lot of physicists get hired as quants too.