Ask Slashdot: How To Get Into Machine Learning?

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 28, 2015 @06:56AM from the starting-over dept.

An anonymous reader writes: I know this is a vague question, but hoping to get some useful feedback anyway. I'm an experienced SW Engineer/Developer who is looking to get into the Machine Learning arena. I have an MS in CS and a solid 15 years of experience in a variety of areas, but no experience in Machine Learning.With that as background, my question is: What is the most time-efficient (and reasonable cost) way to:
(1) Decide whether Machine Learning is for me and
(2) Make myself employable in the field.
An additional constraint is that I can't afford to quit my full-time day job. Thanks.

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Re:Coursera, Andrew Ng by wonkey_monkey · 2015-12-28 07:08 · Score: 3, Funny

It's excellent (took it twice).
If it was that good, you'd've only had to take it once!
Ba-dum-pum-pum.

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Use machine learning by Blaskowicz · 2015-12-28 07:39 · Score: 3, Funny

Machine learning is meant to learn itself on its own, right?