Is being a investment banker the top finance career if you arent IMO level genius in math

Whenever there's a debate around careers like investment banking or private equity and buy-side quantitative work, there's always something in the thread about how the relevant people for those roles are completely different, and one wouldn't work in the other. Usually along the lines of "Investment banking is for stupid people who love money, and quant is for Math Olympiad geniuses who also love money." Is this really as true, or is it vastly exaggerated? Is it that unlikely your average smart dude (who studied math and CS in a top 25 school) would have a much worse chance of becoming a quant than a guy in a top 25 finance school trying to become a banker?

how would you rank buy side quant finance's competitiveness for jobs compared to investment banking

simarily competitive
13% (1 vote)
more competitive
38% (3 votes)
a lot more competitive
50% (4 votes)
not as competitive
0% (0 votes)
significantly less competitive
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 8
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