Quantum computing’s next big challenge: A quantum skills shortage

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Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

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Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

| August 2, 2021 — 12:15 GMT (13:15 BST)

| Topic: Building the digital workforce: Tech skills trends and strategies for success

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To fill the fast-increasing number of openings in quantum, copying and pasting even the most expert knowledge of classical computers into the quantum world won’t exactly cut it.   

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System architects, software engineers, data analysts — at first glance, the jobs that are hot in the quantum computing sector don’t sound all that different from the tech roles we’re already familiar with. Which deal with the classical computers we know well, from smartphones to supercomputers.  

But to fill the burgeoning opportunities in quantum, transferring even the most expert knowledge of classical computers into the quantum world just won’t cut it.  

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Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

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Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

| August 2, 2021 — 12:15 GMT (13:15 BST)

| Topic: Building the digital workforce: Tech skills trends and strategies for success