IonQ Won’t Replace Cryptographers—Yet. Junior Work Is Next

IonQ won’t replace cryptographers yet, but junior cryptography work could be exposed first. The risk is cataloging RSA and elliptic-curve systems and planning post-quantum migrations—not breaking encryption today. IonQ’s commercial quantum-computing push shows traction, but fault-tolerant machines remain the open loop. Is this a real career warning or another tech demo being sold as a pink slip? Pick a side in the comments.