HI guys, I'll be gone from 11/19/2025 - 11/30/2025 and I won't be able to be online at all. Watch the video to find out what I'm doing for those days.

My calling towards quantum computing came in bits(qubits? haha) and pieces before I was able to string them together into one cohesive mission. In one such story, I was 12 years old when I first started learning about computers. As I read that they are just manipulating “1s and 0s,” my first thought jumped immediately towards, “Why are we stuck with base 2? There has got to be something better.” This was before I knew what quantum was. As a kid with hyperphantasia, my mind has always been filled with vivid scenes. I often daydream about highly advanced infrastructure that would help all humans prosper. Whereas other kids may have appreciated the fights and character development in sci-fi franchises like Star Wars, I was captivated by the control all the sentient species had over their dominion. I was so passionate about moving up on the Kardashev scale and wanting to contribute my efforts to such an enterprise. That belief still resides in me today. It was those types of thoughts stuck with me as I was deciding what to do with my life after my sophomore year in university. I had chosen electrical engineering for its versatility and practicality, and there were too many desires pulling at me in so many directions. I thought about what drove me as a child, and what choices my innate self would make. Quantum computing actually came to the table after I reflected over those things with a trusted supervisor. We both went over the things that excited me in the classroom, such as analog circuitry, electromagnetics, and signals and systems, as well as the impact I wanted to make after starting my career. With experience in microwave engineering, and nanofabrication, along with my deep seated desires, quantum computing just felt so correct, like a relief across my body. That was the moment I knew that a career in quantum would be something I would love to put much of my energy towards. I have read some of the other answers here and they are really methodical and analytical (in a good way!). I fear that my story may be too emotionally/whimsical to be taken seriously if I tell an interviewer or even others in general. However, this is more or less the story of how I decided I wanted to be a quantum engineer, so… thanks for reading!

Hey everyone, with only 75 days left in 2025, I found myself doing some reflection this morning on how I could make them most impactful. 💪 Comment below: What’s the most important thing you’ll make progress toward in the last 75 days of 2025? I split mine up into 2 main categories: work and life. For work, I will dedicate more time to improving the usefulness and value of this community to all of you here. - be active on here nearly every day - Finish the v1 roadmap course and ship modules fast for feedback - Post a youtube video weekly For life, I will explore deeper depths of my mental health and motivations to build a more present, peaceful, and clear life. I’d love to hear one thing from you guys on how you will make the last 75 days of 2025 most impactful for your personal growth. It doesnt necessarily need to be quantum related. Often, “life stuff” like focusing on your mental health can provide more benefits overall than always focusing on “work stuff”.

Generally speaking I really enjoy engineering and programming. I started programming games from a young age and played a lot of Minecraft, which is really a lot of gamified engineering. I was already planning on studying Computer Science and so in my fall freshman semester when I heard about Quantum Computing I was super interested. I had a surface-level why, but I was still excited. Right now, my motivation is that I find quantum mechanics really cool and I'm interested in computer engineering as an alternate (and more secure) career path outside of game development. Additionally, I find it really motivating to be working on problems that are very new and constantly evolving. I also enjoy drawing connections between many different subjects to come up with new ideas and perspectives (e.g. realizing how communicating a powerful meaning in a short poem is like modeling a physical scenario with a few terms of a differential equation). Hopefully, that example makes sense. As I learn more and get deeper into quantum engineering I think my reasons why will become more refined, deep, and clear.

Hello, To give a sense of where I'm at in my education and career right now, I wanted to make a post summarizing all my current and recent experiences as well as the STEM coursework I've done so far. Coursework: Fall 2024 (First semester at community college) - Differential Equations - C Programming - Physics: Mechanics Spring 2025 - Physics: Thermo, Waves, & Modern. Got into some basic quantum like normalization, infinite square well, ground state of hydrogen atom - Multivariable Calculus: All the way up to Stoke’s and Divergence Theorem - C++ Programming Summer 2025 - Physics: Electromagnetism (Maxwell’s equations, LRC circuits) - Computer Architecture and Assembly Language 1: All about writing and reading assembly code Fall 2025 (Now) - Data structures (Trees, graphs, search algorithms, etc.) - Discrete mathematics 1 & 2 - Computer Architecture 2: How computers work going from transistors to gates to building CPUs, memory, and busses. Unfortunately, all online so we don’t actually build a computer. - Linear Algebra Spring 2026 - Network Analysis + Lab (Online class, so no physical circuit experience) - Java Programming So far, I’ve excelled in all of my classes and I think I have pretty good relations with most of my professors. I'll be graduating and transferring with an AS in Computer Science, Math, and Physics in May 2026. I've listed the extracurriculars I’ve done so far in my attached resume. I'm planning to use this resume as a base for applying for any internships/jobs. I left one of the research projects I did last year out of the resume, to have space for experiences I thought had a more technical focus. I’ve attached a description of that project, as well.