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Milestones 2, 3, 4
Given that I have a pretty good understanding of my skills, experience, and where I want to go, I thought I'd combine these milestones into one post to save some time (plus its exam season!)
What TECHNICAL work do you look forward to doing?
I've always been better at and enjoyed my hardware/electronics/devices classes more than my software classes. This has been reflected in my grades, and where I choose to spend my time on. I know that if/when I enter the quantum engineering industry, I will somewhat prefer to be physically tinkering with, debugging, and building things in the lab rather than sitting in front of a monitor. As a result, I choose to focus my efforts in improving those skills. This is reflected in my experience with materials fabrication and characterization, and in my RF lab work.
What's one thing you will do to deepen your technical skills?
The technical skill that I have in mind is RF engineering. So far, I have done coursework on it, and I have done a undergraduate research project that exposed me to MATLAB, HFSS, and VNA testing. I intend to complete an internship next summer on this topic as well, where I will be exposed to Python scripting, circuit design, and fabrication. I hope that after these experiences, I will be able to apply to quantum positions beyond my senior year. I will also be taking some electives in quantum physics and computing.
What is your unique starting point?
As approach the end of my undergraduate degree (3 semesters left), I will have had a lot of research experience (with results hopefully soon), internship experience, and a good GPA. My most competitive asset in industry is my RF engineering experience, while my research experiences prepares me for graduate school. My biggest qualm is that I was not able to directly get any quantum experience to apply my RF skills to before graduating. I goal is to hopefully do a capstone related to quantum computing, and then apply to graduate programs where I can apply my RF skills to a quantum computing lab. I already volunteer a lot in different leadership positions in both technical and non-technical clubs, so I'd say I have a good grasp on the soft skills.
I digress... Thanks for reading!
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