I agree fully. I think a lot of people who claim that someone needs to know those things to be employable are just elitist. It’s no different those who claim on

I agree fully. I think a lot of people who claim that someone needs to know those things to be employable are just elitist. It’s no different those who claim one needs a Ph. D. in math/statistics to grok machine learning. I’ve found that the best way to learn is top-down: identify the problem and then start learning the bits and pieces you need to solve it and go as deep as necessary (but no more).