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I really like to get a degree in Mathematics but I simply don't have the time to throw at it (work, children, etc). What do you suggest I should do to have some

by edem 9y ago

I really like to get a degree in Mathematics but I simply don't have the time to throw at it (work, children, etc). What do you suggest I should do to have something on my resume? MOOC maybe?

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CoVar 9y ago
Usually MOOC for resume don't help as everyone does them. The advice that I found useful for resume building is working on projects that you can catalog in a portfolio. With regards to gaining math skills, this upcoming MOOC from Microsoft on EdX looks promising[1]. [1] https://www.edx.org/course/essential-mathematics-for-artificial-intelligence https://www.edx.org/course/essential-mathematics-for-artific...
- edem 9y ago
  So you suggest that I should learn from MOOC then go on and work on some projects so that I can prove I really know it.
  - CoVar 9y ago
    Exactly. And to take it one step further, choose one industry you are interested in. That way you will gain invaluable domain experience as you add relevant portfolio projects. If you don't have an industry in mind, you can use a site like glassdoor.com and search for data scientist positions by city and industry to get a feel for demand.
    - edem 9y ago
      Full disclosure: I'm in the industry for 10+ years as a programmer. I just realized that if I want to move in the AI direction I'll need some math education. I don't want to become a data scientist.
- petemir 9y ago
  Link didn't work for me. This one [1] did. [1] https://www.edx.org/course/essential-mathematics-for-artificial-intelligence-dat256x https://www.edx.org/course/essential-mathematics-for-artific...
gtani 9y ago
You could work thru one of the ML in R/python books e.g. Géron or Raschka/Mirjalili and then dig into the lin alg, prob, stats, calculus/analysis you see there with the books everybody recommends, LA by Axler, Strang or Proabilty by Bertsekas /Tsitsiklis, Real Analysis by Pugh, Abbott, Strichartz etc

by edem 9y ago

I really like to get a degree in Mathematics but I simply don't have the time to throw at it (work, children, etc). What do you suggest I should do to have something on my resume? MOOC maybe?

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CoVar 9y ago

Usually MOOC for resume don't help as everyone does them. The advice that I found useful for resume building is working on projects that you can catalog in a portfolio. With regards to gaining math skills, this upcoming MOOC from Microsoft on EdX looks promising[1]. [1] https://www.edx.org/course/essential-mathematics-for-artificial-intelligence https://www.edx.org/course/essential-mathematics-for-artific...

edem 9y ago
So you suggest that I should learn from MOOC then go on and work on some projects so that I can prove I really know it.
- CoVar 9y ago
  Exactly. And to take it one step further, choose one industry you are interested in. That way you will gain invaluable domain experience as you add relevant portfolio projects. If you don't have an industry in mind, you can use a site like glassdoor.com and search for data scientist positions by city and industry to get a feel for demand.
  - edem 9y ago
    Full disclosure: I'm in the industry for 10+ years as a programmer. I just realized that if I want to move in the AI direction I'll need some math education. I don't want to become a data scientist.
petemir 9y ago
Link didn't work for me. This one [1] did. [1] https://www.edx.org/course/essential-mathematics-for-artificial-intelligence-dat256x https://www.edx.org/course/essential-mathematics-for-artific...

gtani 9y ago

You could work thru one of the ML in R/python books e.g. Géron or Raschka/Mirjalili and then dig into the lin alg, prob, stats, calculus/analysis you see there with the books everybody recommends, LA by Axler, Strang or Proabilty by Bertsekas /Tsitsiklis, Real Analysis by Pugh, Abbott, Strichartz etc