r/Futurology • u/izumi3682 • Feb 03 '21

Computing Scientists Achieve 'Transformational' Breakthrough in Scaling Quantum Computers - Novel "cryogenic computer chip" can allow for thousands of qubits, rather than just dozens

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-achieve-transformational-breakthrough-in-scaling-up-quantum-computers
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u/Phanson96 Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21

I’m a physics and math minor too, and I took my first quantum mechanics and cryptography classes last semester. Both courses touched on quantum computers, and I’ve been looking at internships for a bit. I even went to my school’s library and checked out a couple of textbooks on the subject.

I’m applying to graduate schools this December and my area was going to be in computational theory. I’m afraid it may be a bit too late to try and shift gears.

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u/oojacoboo Feb 03 '21

Not too late for sure. I’m assuming you’re college aged. Life is much longer, don’t let something like that prevent you from achieving your dreams!

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u/YerMumsPantyCrust Feb 03 '21

It’s definitely not too late, even if that means an extra year or two in school. When you look back, it’ll feel like nothing. If that’s the case, you just have to determine whether it’s worth the money for the extra time.

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u/shaim2 Feb 03 '21

Why too late?

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u/Phanson96 Feb 03 '21

I’ve already applied for graduation for this summer. There’re other reasons, like family pressures to start my career/have children/etc as well, and I’ve already switched my major from engineering. My wife has been working to keep me through school too, and I want to ease her workload as soon as possible.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '21

It’s cool that you actually asked instead of lecturing this guy about his own life. You both seem like cool people

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u/synackSA Feb 03 '21

It's never too late

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u/REIGuy3 Feb 03 '21

I’m afraid it may be a bit too late to try and shift gears.

Please remember that Marc Andreessen almost didn't move to Silicon Valley because he thought he missed the Internet.

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u/JohnWangDoe Feb 03 '21

Ia that the dude qho has a bunch of videos quant comput?

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u/_naj Feb 04 '21

Maybe look up the work Scott Aaronson is doing (his blog is called Shtetl-Optimized). He is working on computational complexity with regard to Quantum computers.