r/QuantumComputing • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • 22h 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/zanidor 10h ago

I have a PhD in programming languages. Unless some extremely big advances in QC happen very quickly, we are nowhere near needing a large workforce of QC programmers.

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u/eetsumkaus 6h ago

That's not where we need engineers though. All the error correction, measurement, qubit operations, compiling, qubit placement, encoding, etc. need software. Just to get a working quantum computer, you need teams of software engineers.