I have couple of links here.
https://medium.com/@boraturant/ai-ml-dl-links-5cf596fd29a1
Ask HN: How can a front-end developer dive into machine learning?
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#52You can check out this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3l4qz76JhQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FmcHiLCwTU
His videos are pretty dense but if you know Python and some basic ideas about neural networks you should be able to follow through.
I'm a plain dev, gone fullstack, gone frontend and it was pretty fun for me to reproduce and get to understand what's happening.
Re: Ask HN: How can a front-end developer dive into machine learning?
#53I have a slightly older article series on Machine Learning in Javascript, teaching algorithms assuming only JS knowledge: https://www.burakkanber.com/tag/ml-in-js/
Re: Ask HN: How can a front-end developer dive into machine learning?
#54If you really want to learn machine learning you should pursue a PhD. You might be able to do very simple stuff and follow tutorials because there are very high level tools around, but to really know what's going on and how to use it to produce new products and services, you need to master it properly.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
My undergrad was in computer science, although I would say this wasn't the case for most of my classmates. There were a lot of students from other engineering fields (like Mech E or civil), Math, Stats, physics, bio, and business.
Which college and which program, if you don't mind sharing? Edit: for the Master's degree.
I did my undergrad at U. of Michigan, and my master's at NYU. I would highly recommend both programs, although there are many great ones out there. I probably have a list of ~30 schools that I think would be excellent for a master's in CS with a focus on machine learning (although it is worth considering a master's in Data Science, as this makes sense if ML is your primary interest).
I am happy to give more targeted advice on grad school. Please send me an email at andrew [at] mrdrozdov.com.
Re: Ask HN: How can a front-end developer dive into machine learning?
#56A lot of bootcamp / self-trained devs went into front-end JS for the money. Now that it's saturated, time to move onto the next buzz word. A foundation of CS fundamentals will still be lacking.
You say "for the money" like it's a bad thing. A job is where you trade labor for money, no need to foist anything else onto it.
Re: Ask HN: How can a front-end developer dive into machine learning?
#57One word: https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning
How much it costs exactly ?
Re: Ask HN: How can a front-end developer dive into machine learning?
#58Find a company with a data-science department, which needs engineers to industrialize their proof-of-concepts (POCs). The POCs might often include front-end work. Once you are in, learn machine-learning on the side and try to transition into a machine-learning role. EDIT: On top of it, if software engineering is your strength (testing, automatic deployment, etc), data-scientists will also benefit, since you can show…
I have a friend applying for a job doing just this: being the software developer to help the data science folks operationalize their models.
Not sure how applicable this is to a straight up front end developer, though. I would definitely suggest learning Python if you head this route. R would be good as well.
Re: Ask HN: How can a front-end developer dive into machine learning?
#59A lot of bootcamp / self-trained devs went into front-end JS for the money. Now that it's saturated, time to move onto the next buzz word. A foundation of CS fundamentals will still be lacking.
You say "for the money" like it's a bad thing. A job is where you trade labor for money, no need to foist anything else onto it.
It's great to do jobs for money, I just think programming isn't something you can pick up in an afternoon and be good at, like mowing lawns or making sandwiches. I can't trust the journeymen for high tech jobs, maybe for editing wordpress or something.
Re: Ask HN: How can a front-end developer dive into machine learning?
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which college and which program, if you don't mind sharing? Edit: for the Master's degree.
I did my undergrad at U. of Michigan, and my master's at NYU. I would highly recommend both programs, although there are many great ones out there. I probably have a list of ~30 schools that I think would be excellent for a master's in CS with a focus on machine learning (although it is worth considering a master's in Data Science, as this makes sense if ML is your primary interest). I am happy to give more targeted…
On a general level, did you or your classmates general fund these masters degrees themselves? And what is the career path / expected compensation after completion of program? Asking as a web dev with only a few years experience but making ok startup-world money. I'm curious, being interested in such a route but also a little older and trying to catch up financially after a pre-tech career.