Open Source Your Way Into a Quantum Computing Career - David Ryan, Quantum Brilliance
Channel: The Linux Foundation
Date: 2023-05-25

Open Source Your Way Into a Quantum Computing Career - David Ryan, Quantum Brilliance

Quantum computing is one of the frontier technologies that will have the largest impact on business, the world, and how we live our lives. But it's also one that stems from both a highly technical and highly scientific field. So how can you break into a role without a physics PhD? In this talk, David Ryan will explain not just the opportunity that open source offers for future quantum workers, but the necessity that the industry use open source as a way to engage with, educate, and ultimately employ the talent required to drive the sector forward. To do so he will first recap the open source strategy that many people, like himself, used to migrate over from the corporate world, join an open source company, and gain the skills and experiences required to leap from "projects" to "products". As well as a nuanced look at the often contentious evolution of open source in the era of cloud computing, and what this shows us about the evolving nature of free and open software as the commercial world changes at a breakneck pace. The talk will wrap with a roadmap towards quantum utility (and quantum employability) that you can use as a functional checklist to understand the trends, the organisations, and the opportunities to contribute in this world-changing technology.