[jack_pp]

I haven't read any math textbooks cover to cover or anything but I did try to speedrun my way through some concepts needed for ML and from what I can tell the most important thing to learn is the insight.

Doing exercises or taking notes is only necessary if you feel the need for it, otherwise try to understand what the thing is and try to find where it is applied. Even though you probably won't ever need it in the future if you do picking it up will be much easier and this way you get the quick endorphins from figuring stuff out without the drudgery of actual work.

just my 2c.