New Learning Journey
In 2024, I started my AI journey. I did really well, I learned some great stuff and was enjoying it very much. It’s also worth noting that at that time, while there was a lot of talk around AI, we didn’t have the “AI slop” we see today. The learning journey felt really good. I completed ML courses, built many POCs, and even got featured for implementing RAG with Drupal by The Drupal Times in July 2024. I read many books, ranging from core technical AI books to business AI books.
I was enjoying my time and even moved into a new role in May 2025, specifically in AI Integrations. But nothing much happened after that. In the industry, AI adoption is still a very big challenge. Only a handful of people are talking about real AI, the rest are just sliding into the “AI slop” category. Reading more about AI lately doesn’t feel like I am learning something futuristic anymore.
I have always seen myself as a futurist, learning things that might not matter today, but will matter in the future. This is how I prepare myself to be ahead of the crowd, rather than just learning things to save a job. I hate learning out of pressure or the fear of losing work. Thankfully, I have landed a new job thanks to all my work in the AI world. Since I will be working on AI in my official job, I don’t want to dedicate my personal time to it. I want my personal time for something truly futuristic.
Quantum Computing is what I have decided to learn, to see if it’s something I find interesting. If it is, I will go deep. The next three months will be a test period for me and Quantum Computing.
Why Quantum Computing?
AI is the present. It’s helping us automate repetitive work through its agentic architecture. It is not perfect at the moment, but it will get better as it merges with engineering best practices. However, running AI at that scale requires a different technology, something that can compute at a much faster rate. Quantum Computing is the potential answer. I don’t think it is that far in the future before everyone starts talking about it just like they do for AI now. When that time comes, I want to be ahead of the crowd and understand it better.
What is my Plan?
I am starting this journey slow. Unlike my past habit of going “all-in” on professional commitments until I do nothing else, I have decided to go slow but be consistent. I will dedicate one hour every day to this new world of Quantum Computing.
I started on 9 Feb 2026 by reading a very good article by Andy Matuschak and Michael Nielsen titled “Quantum Computing for the Very Curious”. I understood a little about Qubits and different gates like NOT, Hadamard, and CNOT. There was some math involved. I understood some parts, and some I did not. I am not making the same mistake this time of going too deep into prerequisites. Instead, I will learn things as they are mentioned in the material.
Next, I plan to gain more understanding by completing basic courses from the IBM Quantum Learning platform.
Every week on Sunday, I plan to publish an article documenting my journey.
That’s it for now, See you next Sunday!