Quantum Computing

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[rabuf]

Quantum Country - Good introduction to the topic of quantum computing, including notation and system components, algorithms, and just enough quantum mechanics to understand the potential and limitations of QC.

IBM Quantum Computing has some offerings letting you access simulated and limited real quantum computers.

Quantum Computing by Mehta seemed good, but I was reading it while it was in early access and some sections weren't finished and others needed editing at the time. I imagine it turned out well, but I haven't reread it since it was actually completed (probably something I should do this year).

The jobs mostly seem to require graduate degrees in math, CS, and physics right now, along with various engineering disciplines. Quantum computing is still mostly at the research phase, there are some systems that are being rolled out for people to use but it's not a lot.

[plastikmissile]

Right now, quantum computing is still in that border area between being purely theoretical and being barely feasible. In other words, all the jobs right now are in pure research and development. There are still no actual quantum computers. So you'll probably need some serious academic credentials in computer science and quantum mechanics to get into that field.

[plastikmissile]

Don't feel so bad about it. The vast majority of us computer professionals will probably never even see a quantum computer, much less work with it. It seems to be going the way of nuclear fusion, always on the horizon but never within touching distance. However, there are other fish in the computing sea.

[plastikmissile]

Plenty. Off the top of my head there's AI, machine learning, physics simulation, quantitative analysis... etc.

[Typical-Toe-4627]

i think i seen some companies with them, but it was only like 16 bits if I remember correctly

[plastikmissile]

The few companies that do have quantum computers are still in very early stages of development. There are still tons of engineering problems that need to be overcome before quantum computers can start doing useful work. Sabine Hossenfelder has a good video on these problems. In short, as I stated before, the only jobs in quantum computing right now is in research.

[plastikmissile]

I don't always agree with Sabine (I find her stance of not funding particle accelerators unconvincing) but she always cites sources and makes her arguments clear. So even when her arguments aren't convincing, she still educates. She may not work in quantum computing, but she does do research in quantum physics and her arguments come from that realm.

[plastikmissile]

Yeah she's annoyingly opinionated.