Strengthening your comfort with math and algorithms is the first step. If you are doing your undergrad, do as many math classes as you possibly can. I think the

Strengthening your comfort with math and algorithms is the first step. If you are doing your undergrad, do as many math classes as you possibly can. I think the hardest part of breaking into a career in machine learning and data science is learning the math on your own. Being enrolled in a real class helps.