For an unshakeable ML career, don't worry about how long foundational math takes
TivadarDanka · x · 2026-11-11
Math educator Tivadar Danka argues that to build an unshakeable machine learning career, you shouldn't worry about how long it takes to master foundational mathematics from scratch—"you have nothing better to do than build deep intuition for how these algorithms actually work."
A short opinion post without further detail.
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