Abraham Asfaw | Blog
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Cheers to America — my new permanent home
I recently became a permanent resident of the US. I now have a green card! I always thought the term “green card” was an expression of the idea that you have a green light to stay, but it turns out that there is indeed an identification card, and it is green. It’s a pretty significant…
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Quantum computing hype means different things to different people due to their biases
When I was starting my first job a little over 3 years ago, someone gave me advice that I keep going back to over and over again. It’s one that has shaped much of my perspective on the emerging quantum tech industry, and helped me add nuance to the conversation about quantum hype. Before I…
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(Unactionable -> Actionable) advice for new QIS grads interested in working in the quantum industry
I want to start this post by telling you about a conversation that happened in my first year of graduate school. The coursework during that year was particularly challenging for me because I hadn’t encountered condensed matter physics and quantum mechanics in my undergraduate studies. I’d seen small snippets of these in my semiconductor physics…
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Hello world!
Just like everything else, it’s probably worth doing a quick hello world and testing if it works. — Abe