Ethereum

They’ll have to learn to code now, so let’s see if quants are as smart as they think 😉

Isn't programming one of the required skills for a quant?

20. hacking @ https://www.spire.dev/ 
previously intern Nethermind, epns.io

to keep it 100 with you, i am not sure, but sounds right

My cousin's a quant and writing the code is a part of his job
I tried getting him interested in MEV since the parallels with efficiency are very similar

Didn't really get very excited about it
But think it was just more to do with his bandwidth then
Also, companies like Wintermute probably do hire seasoned quants

Absolutely!
It's also easier for people to get started with defi trading, mev on their own since they don't need licences etc (which are prolly required for hft in traditional markets??)

i can image that.

exactly market making is already game in tradfi, it's just new infra at this point.

tbh i think early mover quants can be miles ahead from late adopters if defi gets mass scale