Machine Learning Advice
Hey! I just got started with Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course, but what should the next steps be? What would your ideal path be in order to land a job as a Machine Learning Engineer? Do certifications matter at all? I know I just got started and the course probably scratches the surface of ML, but I would appreciate the help. Thanks!
Would you mind listing your academic training, experience in software engineering, modeling and analysis in the academic and professional setting? Should be able to help a lot more then.
Well, I have a background in game development, AR, VR, 3D art, front end web dev, and UX design. I do know Python which I have heard is a big one for ML. My background is pretty weird I know heh
take deeplearning.ai as well. Then apply for the 2day free training by Ng’s team at deeplearning.ai. You need to be a SWE or DS and have taken one of his courses.
Will do! How does one let them know that one is a SWE or DS? Currently employed as one or a degree in one or the other?
Yes I think they want you to have 2yoe as SWE or DS.. you should be fine in terms of minimum requirements. I am guessing some people are offered jobs/internships after the seminar. If not it will be a great networking opportunity! I have not personally done this but its in my radar for the next 1-2 years
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No company will offer you ML role, unless you have prior experience. Best way is to find a team internally, get some exposure and then leave
Or join a start up who are willing to give you an opportunity to learn while work.
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Next step would be to read Bishops pattern recognition and ML book. If you get through that and understand material, you already know more than most people with ML titles. Then you can read Deep Learning by Bengio and Goodfellow to get up to speed with neural networks.
Actually, I would advise against this. Just 1-2 books are enough. Rather take some online course and do some projects. You will get basic understanding in 1-2 books. These books are way advance and will take most of your time. I still haven't read them.
I only recommended two books ;) I agree the Bishops book is rather advanced, so it's only for people who are seriously interested in ML, which seems like OP is.
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Checkout stanford cs231n, cs224n, andrew ng's Stanford ml class on youtube, do some kaggle competitions, real a ML book (not just a deep learning one).
Sweet! Will check those classes out. Thanks!
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