> Gilbert Strang's course on OCW Thanks for the pointer! (link[1] for those interested) > you can get away with a basic understanding Great news to me! > ta

> Gilbert Strang's course on OCW Thanks for the pointer! (link[1] for those interested) > you can get away with a basic understanding Great news to me! > taking the time to understand the math is absolutely worthwhile in my experience. Strongly agree — for any topic, any field. My concerns are practical indeed, and less about the 10-year horizon (well enough to become skilled at anything) than the early stages of that, the best way to propel oneself far/fast enough on year 1, then 2, etc. > applying mostly existing techniques to messy, noisy real world data and taking the time to understand the domain you are applying it to. I hear that. I actually do like the sound of that, hence concerns that I was biased. [1]: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra...