[OP here] Yes, you're right. In my case, I had the fortune of starting to program at a very young age, about 11. I started doing these courses to get on the who

[OP here] Yes, you're right. In my case, I had the fortune of starting to program at a very young age, about 11. I started doing these courses to get on the whole ML/AI bandwagon (although I had been exposed to neural networks in the early 2000s). The broad understanding I came to was, it's important to make your own conclusions, and not take anyone else's conclusion for granted, whether it comes from universities, courses, or even blog posts like mine. In reality, however, it's difficult to devote that much time to personally research everything. So you should at least do it with the things that matter the most to you in life.