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I wrote some quantum library code, ended up interviewing with 2 quantum startups and Amazon's lab at CalTech For people who've been in the industry for a while
by mapmeld 3y ago
I wrote some quantum library code, ended up interviewing with 2 quantum startups and Amazon's lab at CalTech
For people who've been in the industry for a while, the past 5 years have been amazing - (small, noisy = NISQ) quantum computers are real, there's VC and government money in it. Aside from the industries you mentioned, there's interest in chemistry and medicine (for example: https://www.proteinqure.com https://www.proteinqure.com ) and you can work with smart people. Edit: should also mention post-quantum encryption research which is adjacent to this space and in practice at Google, Cloudflare, Microsoft.
That said, if I joined a quantum company 2-5 years ago and worked long startup hours, I could be disappointed that it's not practical yet, and ML / NLP has taken off. So it's up to you what your alternatives are and what seems like a "win".