The Four Capabilities a PQC Program Needs
Most organizations don't need four post-quantum hires. They need four capabilities: discovery, architecture, implementation, and delivery. How those map to headcount depends on the…
The Skills Quantum Sensing Work Requires
Quantum sensors are moving out of the lab, and the work that gets them there is optics, vibration isolation, and low-noise electronics. A family-by-family…
Do You Need a PhD to Work in Quantum?
For most quantum jobs advertised today, a doctorate is not the entry requirement. Here is what is: the prerequisites that actually decide whether training…
The Skills Quantum Communications Work Requires
QKD deployment work sits across photonics, network protocol engineering, cryptography, and operations. Here is what each domain asks of an engineer, and where classical…
What Early Quantum Buyers Are Actually Paying For
Current quantum computers can't beat a laptop on real work, yet governments and enterprises keep buying them. Which justifications hold up in a business…
China’s Quantum Talent Machine, and What It Couldn’t Buy
Two decades of state recruitment gave China a world-leading quantum program and left it short where it matters most. The workforce lesson transfers to…
How to Tell a Quantum Chokepoint From an Inconvenience
Scarcity is the wrong first question. Five tests separate a dependency that stops your quantum program from one that only costs money and time,…
Deemed Exports: When Explaining Your Quantum Work Becomes an Export
Since September 2024, a screen share with a foreign colleague can require a US export license. What deemed export rules mean for quantum teams,…
Before You Create a Chief Quantum Officer Role
Two organizations appointed Chief Quantum Officers in 2023. The lesson was never the title. Here is how to find the quantum decisions in your…
Quantum Research Is an Intelligence Target
Foreign intelligence services are collecting against quantum work at every level, from national labs to seed-stage startups. What the public record shows, and what…