Analysts in heavy quant positions: were you ever bad at math?

Apologies in advance if my post sounds ignorant, first post here. I am just starting to research the complexities of Hedge Funds, but I wanted to ask since HF Analyst positions are math heavy, if anyone here knows or has heard of people who were bad at math? I just want perspective because I am not the best at it. 

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True quants are usually pretty amazing at math

At something like a L/S you can’t be bad at math, it you can also be good if you are a great conceptual thinker 

 

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