Don't think you'd be required to know everything about quantum physics to program a quantum computer, just like you aren't required to be a electrical engineer to be a decent programmer. But if you are talking about a lifelong contribution to research, and you are going for a PHD then there is nothing unwise about that.
Someone will build the first quantum computer. I highly suspect that that person will also have to have a strong knowledge of quantum physics. Either way, it seems like a promising career field unless the theory for a quantum computer suddenly becomes impossible (which doesn't seem to be the case).
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Don't think you'd be required to know everything about quantum physics to program a quantum computer, just like you aren't required to be a electrical engineer to be a decent programmer. But if you are talking about a lifelong contribution to research, and you are going for a PHD then there is nothing unwise about that.
Someone will build the first quantum computer. I highly suspect that that person will also have to have a strong knowledge of quantum physics. Either way, it seems like a promising career field unless the theory for a quantum computer suddenly becomes impossible (which doesn't seem to be the case).
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