Quants tend to be reasonably exposed, in terms of programming ability, and smart enough that they can pick up new languages quickly (necessary, as they're often

Quants tend to be reasonably exposed, in terms of programming ability, and smart enough that they can pick up new languages quickly (necessary, as they're often used to crappy languages like C++). Laid-off IBD/M&A analyst types are screwed, though, because they're pretty useless.