[jrheard]

I'm one of cr0sh's classmates. I don't have any background in ML/AI/etc, so I've had to supplement the Udacity course materials with a lot of external resources (just finished watching the Stanford CS231n course, which was very helpful), but overall the course been really interesting+fun so far. It's really nice to be exposed to new kinds of tech I've never heard of / used before. Refreshing change from webdev.

If you're strapped for cash and don't want to pay the $800/term, you could definitely learn these things on your own using free online resources. If you don't mind the price, though, I've found this course worth the time+money+effort so far. [they're not paying me to say this :)]

[Drdrdrq]

A bit off-topic, but does anyone know how good this[0] course is?

[0] https://www.udacity.com/course/deep-learning--ud730

[papaver]

i was quite put off by it. i feel like the teaching technique is pretty poor and the focus in on all the wrong things. mainly the tech gets in the way for learning. i don't want to figure out how to learn numpy when i'm trying to learn how to understand deep learning, that in itself is hard enough. i quite after a week (i did the stanford course first and this was going to be my second).

i would recommend the coursera course by andrew ng. i had an amazing time. the code stays out of your way and he walks you through the algorithms and explains the theory very well.

i just started the fast.ai by jeremy howard, and literally have been blown away but the course. it is AMAZING! by lesson 3 i'm able to build cnn models and score on top 20% in kaggle competitions. not bad for a complete novice. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

once im done with the fast.ai course i may look back around to google's deep learning course. i think it may be easier for more experienced users to digest its info.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning

http://course.fast.ai/

Edit: added fast.ai link

[findjashua]

Felt very rushed for a beginner, okay if you have some background.

Personally, I found Stanford dl courses (image classification, nlp) to be much more suitable for beginners.

[krashidov]

I'm also a web developer and I plan on taking the SDC nanodegree program in the February.

Ideally, I want to work on self driving cars or AI in my day to day job, but I don't want to get my hopes up. Do you think that after you complete the nanodegree you will attempt to change your career to an SDC engineer or AI/ML engineer? Or is this just meant to fulfill a curiosity of yours?

[glidek]

As someone who's interested in taking the Udacity course, could you understand the course better by answering the following questions? Do you think the course prepares you enough find a Self-Driving developer job? Would you learn enough to compete/work along side people who got their Masters/PhD in Machine Learning? Appreciate your input.