Stick with python and follow the course at www.fast.ai It will quickly get you to a point where you can 'do' simple ML and tackle simpler Kaggle problems. Once

Stick with python and follow the course at www.fast.ai It will quickly get you to a point where you can 'do' simple ML and tackle simpler Kaggle problems. Once you are there then you will have a much better idea about a) If ML is something you actually want to focus on and b) what aspect of ML you want to focus. You'll also have a much better understanding about where the holes in you math knowledge is and what you need to learn.