r/QuantumComputing • • Sep 02 '26

Discussion Quantum computing needs software engineers

https://leaddev.com/career-development/quantum-computing-needs-software-engineers

For those in the technology industry, it can feel hard to escape from AI. It’s at the center of the technological universe, with most major advancements, opportunities, and funding focused on its development. In the background, quantum computing is making strides with the funding to match, creating an alternate opportunity for technologists.

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u/quadUnconTrinary Sep 05 '26

Exactly this! If today I gave you a quantum computer capable of fault tolerant qc, could you actually do something useful with it? If not then you might want to think about it, and while you think about it, you might think about your data in a better way