> I get the impression that investment banking culture is biased against that in the sense that it does not hire polymath geek types. But they do -- they's cal

> I get the impression that investment banking culture is biased against that in the sense that it does not hire polymath geek types. But they do -- they's called "quants." They aren't as popular as they were 20 years ago, but they're still hired. And they're notoriously incapable of assessing risk versus reward. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_analyst http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_analyst > It hires suits with finance degrees, or people who have a demonstrated record building businesses. Only in an ideal world. Not this one.