You’ll likely find it utterly boring. The majority of your time will be spent on details and getting them right. But that’s probably true of being a quant as we

You’ll likely find it utterly boring. The majority of your time will be spent on details and getting them right. But that’s probably true of being a quant as well. My suggestion is that you get into data science or bioinformatics. You will be able to pick up the specifics easily, given your quant background, and there is a decent amount of software development involved as well.