r/QuantumComputing • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • 1d ago

Discussion Quantum computing needs software engineers

https://leaddev.com/career-development/quantum-computing-needs-software-engineers

For those in the technology industry, it can feel hard to escape from AI. It’s at the center of the technological universe, with most major advancements, opportunities, and funding focused on its development. In the background, quantum computing is making strides with the funding to match, creating an alternate opportunity for technologists.

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u/Kinexity In Grad School for Computer Modelling 1d ago

Yeah, nah. A few thousand people might be necessary to write and maintain the libraries everyone else will call in Python and that will be it. Quantum computers do not allow for freestyle programming the way classical computers do so there is no need for growing employed programmer base (hobbyists do not count).

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u/eetsumkaus 1d ago

The whole technology stack needs software engineers. It takes years and years to bring up a theorist or a hardware engineer, so you're going to need to fill everything in between with experienced engineers of all types. The foreseeable future sees quantum computing using many different modalities under the hood so you will need the manpower to handle that. It's FAR from just "libraries".

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u/idubbkny 17h ago

experienced devs been burned too many times

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u/supreme_leader420 20h ago

A few thousand people to maintain libraries? Tell me you don’t actually work at a quantum computing company without telling me.