[tpaksoy]

As a software developer who also started learning Mathematics for the same purpose (Machine Learning), I just could not do it with books. It is strange to explain, but I need someone with me to study.

I need that person to say: "I don't understand it". Even if I don't understand it myself, as I try explaining it to my study partner, it starts clicking in my brain. I suddenly start to understand these parts as I'm explaining it. Hands down the best way for me to learn: explain to others.

[olavgg]

I took Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course on coursera together with a friend. I had the software engineering skills, he had the math skills. Together we strived through all the excercises with a lot of discussions, helping each other and of course we had some disagreements which we learned even more from.

[jpitz]

Maybe you could use a duck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging