Quantum as a Profession - Two Years Later
Recap from 2022
In October and November of 2022, I wrote a series of articles on “Quantum as a Profession”. These articles were forward-looking and not a guarantee of the future.
Here’s a recap of the Substack articles. You can judge how prescient (or not) these articles were, and in a future substack, I will look at where we’re going into 2025.
Quantum as a Profession - Is it Time?
The legal profession has Notary Public’s and Justices of the Peace, while the medical profession has M.D.’s, and R.N.’s and accounting/finance has CPA’s and CFA’s (among 50 others) to name a few of the designations. Associates and Fellows populate the actuarial profession and Registered Architects are joined by 27 other designations in the field of arc…
Quantum as a Profession - Part 2
Whether one pursues qualifications to advance their career (given potential employers or associations demand some combination of degrees and experience), gain access to improved job opportunities, upgrade or gather new skills, enhance their earning potential, leapfrog over the competition, or simply for personal fulfilment and accomplishment the benefit…
Quantum as a Profession - Part 3
As more bright minds look to quantum as a career path, we'll move closer to the era where we'll talk about not 'if' we can solve our hardest problems with a quantum computer, but 'when.' " - Danika Hannon, Deputy Head, Quantum Strategy Institute
Quantum as a Profession - Part 4
In the first three parts of my “Quantum as a Profession” substack, I covered whether it was, indeed,
Quantum as a Profession - Part 5
Continuing from “Quantum as a Profession - Part 4”, we focus on the next 5 key skills and knowledge requirements achieved through some combination of academic and experiential learning and development.
Quantum as a Profession - Final
In the first five parts of this series, we’ve covered whether it was time for quantum as a profession (not statistically representative but resounding YES), the key characteristics of a profession (based on existing precedents), the various roles published by recruiters and technology firms, and 10 characteristics of a Chief Quantum Officer or CQO.
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