My Quantum Journey
From QPong to LHC and beyond
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About me
- IBM Quantum Developer Advocate
- Focusing on promoting quantum education
- Participant of the first Qiskit Camp
- Organized the first university Qiskit hackathon in the world
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Co-creator of quantum games
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I love quantum computers!
- Learn how to fabricate superconducting qubits
- Learn how to operate a dilution refrigerator
- Learn how to use measurement electronics
- Learn how to design experiments
- Learn how to analyse data
- Learn how to publish papers
- ...
- ...
- ...
- Get a job in a QC company
How do I get a job in the QC industry?
My plan
Reality
Qiskit Camp 2019
27 Feb - 1 Mar 2019
NanoDays with a Quantum Leap
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Courtesy of James Weaver (IBM)
Clean up and polish QPong
6 Apr 2019
Learning points
Python
Github
IBM Quantum Arcade
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Courtesy of Gregory Boland (IBM)
Remake QPong in Unity game engine
6 Jun - 12 Sep 2019
Learning points
Unity game engine
C#
Game design principles
Open source collaboration
Coding with Qiskit
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2 Aug 2019
Qiskit Hackathon @ SG
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Source: Centre for Quantum Technologies
Centre for Quantum Technologies
11-12 Oct 2019
Learning points
Event organization
Public speaking
Coaching
Quantum Future Hackathon
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CERN
Birth place of Higgs boson
18-19 Oct 2019
Visited
CMS detector
IBM Research Zurich
Google Zurich
ETH Zurich
EPFL
CMS detector visit with Dr. James Wootton (IBM Research)
Qiskit Advocate
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28 Oct 2019
Coffee with Vicente in Murcia, Spain
Github Contributions
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Qiskit Camp 2019
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“At the beginning of this month, I got a job working for IBM Research. One of my team mates from the Rigetti hackathon, Sohaib Alam, started a job at Rigetti at the same time. Quantum game design seems to be a career with better prospects than normal game design!”
-- James Wootton
IBM Research Staff Member
Pioneer of Quantum Games
"Wrangler of qubits"
3rd data point: I joined Qiskit in March 2020!
Moral of the story
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- Many different types of jobs in QC industry
- Quantum Researcher (Zlatko Minev)
- Quantum Developer (Lauren Capelluto)
- Quantum Engineer (Mary Beth Rothwell)
- Quantum Educator (Abe Asfaw)
- Classical Developer (Va Barbosa)
- Technical Writer (Ryan Mandelbaum)
- Human Resources (Bradley Holt)
- ...
- Be active in the community and contribute
- Make yourself visible (Twitter & LinkedIn)
Many more examples
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- Amira Abbas (Winner of Qiskit Camp Europe)
- Olivia Lanes (Winner of Qiskit Camp Flagship)
- Vicente Pina Canelles (Judge of Qiskit Camp Asia)
- Jack Ceroni (Author of Qiskit textbook chapters)
- Ethan Hansen (Host of QC Now Podcast)
- Samanvay Sharma (IndiQ co-founder)
- Rana Prathap (IndiQ co-founder)
- Rahul Pratap Singh (IndiQ co-founder)
- Quantum Research Advocate @ IBM
- Quantum Research Advocate @ IBM
- Quantum Engineer @ IQM Germany
- Intern @ Xanadu
- Marketing @ Zapata
- Intern @ Qiskit Community Team
- Co-op @ Qiskit Community Team
- Co-op @ Qiskit Community Team
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Co-founders
A few quantum enthusiasts
in the Qiskit community
Mission
Making India quantum-ready
Activities
- Very active Discord server
- Qiskit textbook reading sessions
- Guantum gam jams
- Meetups
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- Initially planned for 500 registrations
- >1000 registrations in 30 hours!
Getting started
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Qiskit Career Resources
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