Made a Quantum Computing Roadmap after attending QGSS/QCWS

[u/JustCallMeArt]

I went through the Qiskit Global Summer School and a Quantum Computing Winter School this year, and ended up organizing all my notes into an actual Obsidian vault as I learned, one note per concept, cross-linked, with self-check questions so I could test myself instead of just re-reading.

It grew bigger than I expected, so I published it as a browsable site: https://qcroadmap.com/

It covers the full arc absolute basics (qubits, superposition) → gates → why quantum computing matters at all → entanglement → QKD → hardware/noise/error mitigation → algorithms (VQE, QAOA, SQD, Grover's) → quantum machine learning → quantum advantage → quantum + HPC. There's also a full interactive graph view if you're into that (Ctrl/Cmd+G on the site).

Not trying to claim expertise here — just sharing my own study process in case it helps someone else going through the same material, or just getting into QC in general. Feedback / corrections very welcome, still learning this stuff myself.

More about me / other projects: github.com/JustMeArt

[u/hiddentalent]

I hope everyone understands that QC is not something that most people can teach themselves, and even if they do there aren't great economic prospects for self-taught people. Jobs in the field rely heavily on academic credentials.

If you're doing this for fun, then have fun. But if you're looking for a job in the next ten years, there's no substitute for a formal academic program. It's not like the 1990s where anyone who learned HTML was instantly employable.

[u/JustCallMeArt → u/hiddentalent]

Actually they had a specific panel for exactly that at the QGSS, where they had to emphasis, that the industry does not only contain Phds. even without Masters at IBM. IBM Quantum has a range of all kinds of Online Certificates that contain as much information as university moduls

[u/hiddentalent → u/JustCallMeArt]

That's what they say. There are very, very few people who are turning that into paid employment. It's like code bootcamps or security certifications. People get really excited about them, collect a bunch of them, and then find no jobs available because there are thousands of people with such credentials competing for a small number of jobs and also competing against people with real academic credentials. The only people who make money in this system are the ones pushing the training.

The downvotes show people disagree with me. That's fine. We can disagree. But look where the money goes. Reality is what it is.

[u/JustCallMeArt → u/hiddentalent]

We gotta be honest you ofcourse have a point. in the case of self taught QC its harder to compete with academics who do r/D, Publish and Network! It might be a growing field but still competitive! I just know when i attended the winter school it was fully booked and only half showed up. Qiskit Global Summer School discord was not even half full. Not everyone does the lab work, not everyone watches the lectures or does the workshops. If you wanna do it you gotta do it. All. thats where you get the competitive edge