As for the quants, they love nothing more than having to tackle technically difficult problems.the more difficult,the better. Not only will the pleasure in solving the puzzle be greater, but, at least as importantly, the quants' indispensability to the firm will be further confirmed. So, it is not so surprising after all that the quant suggesting that a simpler, less quantitative approach should be used to solve a problem is only slightly less rare than a turkey voting for Christmas. This has had unexpected consequences

-– Riccardo Rebanato