> I think the question that rhodri poses is an important one. And I think kasey_junk answered it pretty succinctly. That's not to say that it's the only valid

> I think the question that rhodri poses is an important one. And I think kasey_junk answered it pretty succinctly. That's not to say that it's the only valid reason to want to do anything. It just happens to be quite a common reason for people to become quants. If what you want to do is answer the great questions in life then I'm not sure that being a quant is necessarily going to help with that.