[tikkun]

What does thriving in this field look like to you? Getting a job at a certain company, getting a certain type of job, making a side project that reaches a certain level of success, making a startup that reaches a certain level, just having fun and making things you love, making things that a handful of users love, something else

[y3sar]

By thriving what I meant was be a really skillful person in the field. But to answer your question definitely building things a handful of people love is my goal. Can you tell me how to improve ML skills?

[tikkun]

> But to answer your question definitely building things a handful of people love is my goal.

If that's your goal, then you might be better served by finding a group of users that you care about and can reach, understanding them deeply, and then only learning what you need to better solve the problems that really matter to them. You might end up needing to learn ML skills, you might end up needing to learn design, sales, copywriting, other domain-specific skills, and so on.