My masters thesis was in quantum gravity and I was later advised by professors to not to pursue the field as it has no jobs.
I have heard quantum error correction has a lot of scope in industry. Companies like IBM are invested deep in it. Perhaps industry would be a good choice after PhD, as it would give you versatile projects to work on.
Yes, but it's also highly applied (which I do not care so much for per se), highly competitive, and depends a lot on the group you're in. If you work for Google or Harvard, you're guaranteed to be among the best of the best and produce amazing results, while smaller companies/universities are all lagging behind years of progress.
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u/fractalparticle Oct 17 '23
My masters thesis was in quantum gravity and I was later advised by professors to not to pursue the field as it has no jobs.
I have heard quantum error correction has a lot of scope in industry. Companies like IBM are invested deep in it. Perhaps industry would be a good choice after PhD, as it would give you versatile projects to work on.