/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12285870
no, just stuck in academia

>>12285888
sick trips brah. u mind me asking how you feel about academia? what's stopping you from getting out?

>>12285870
No one outside of silicon valley is doing anything with quantum computers which means that if you want to make a career move you better start shoving interview books inside your ass.

>>12285905
not true. several financial companies like Goldman and JP Morgan have QC groups, and there are a lot of other tech companies outside Silicon Valley working with QC

>>12285909
>Goldman and JP Morgan
So... shove interview books inside your ass. Those are top banks, boy.

>>12285902
it's okay
to be honest, I'm a bit indecisive. I'm not sure I want out as I'm on the theory heavy end and that seems less sought after in industry and also just less appealing.
I come from the cs side and even before I got involved in qc stayed as far away from hardware as I could.

>>12285927
I'm in a similar boat my PhD is in math so I've been researching quantum algorithm development. but my entire career to this point has been entirely self-motivated; I've had no one giving me guidance on where to go or what problems to look at. on one hand that sounds like an academic wet dream to have total freedom over what to study, but on the other hand it's a nightmare feeling like no one in my organization cares about what I'm doing and I don't have the requisite training to adapt myself to the broader research community. at this point I just want to be part of a team and provide value in some capacity even if it means sacrificing publication output. also I want money

>>12285942
If you are a Ph.D. student then it's okay to have your career be completely unsupervised until now. You technically still don't have a career. You've literally never held a job. If you want to help then find which professor's cock tastes better in your mouth and then go finish your Ph.D. with them. Then have them recommend a Postdoc with one of their friends with a similar tasting cock and go from there.

>>12286550
Jesus christ this. Op, get a job first and stop acting like you've actually published anything worthwhile. They hand out PhDs like candy.

>>12286727
>>12286550
I have held a non-academic research position for the past 4 years

>>12285870
>quantum computing
>industry position
mutually exclusive, at least for now
>I have a PhD and publications in the field
post linkedin

>>12285870
>Does anyone here actually work on quantum computing in an industry position?
Sort of. My company has been throwing fun money at internal projects and I ended up leading a QC project. I've never been to graduate school, but am apparently employable for this kind of work by virtue of being the only person interested enough to suggest anything. My physics background is bad, but quantum computing can be understood with very little QM and I'm so deep in the literature I can propose plausible projects. I imagine most people who do quantum computing in industry and aren't building hardware have a similar background. Once I'm done laying the groundwork, they'll probably hire someone like OP to move things along.

If you have several publications, a PhD, and you can talk about getting a job as "a career move" rather than "starting a career", you don't have anything to worry about. Industry is a desperate struggle to find applications for your work that can bring in external funding. I imagine grant chasing feels the same. Pick your poison.

>>12286727
yeah which is why you only go to a top 50 school or not at all

>>12285870
>quantum computing in an industry position
Almost. It's not like you imagine though. We still need some breakthroughs for QC to be viable for industry applications. It's just basic research currently.

>>12287303
>>quantum computing
>>industry position
>mutually exclusive, at least for now
The automotive industry is looking for talents and they already have departments.

I worked for 2 years at a technician in a research institute (no undergrads). Not sure if that qualifies. In any case, make sure you have a window in your working room :P

When people say QC are they talking about hardware implementation or something else?

>>12288163
Good point. I think that's where confusion like
>>12287303
stem from. Hardly any company is working on the hardware side currently. Software though, plenty.