coming from a similar context, i believe going top down might be the way to go. up to your motivation, doing basic level courses first (as shared by others) an

coming from a similar context, i believe going top down might be the way to go. up to your motivation, doing basic level courses first (as shared by others) and then tackling your own application of the concepts might be the way to go. i also observe the need for strong IT skills for implementing end-to-end ml systems. so, you can play to your strenghts and also consider working on MLOps. (online self-paced course - https://github.com/GokuMohandas/mlops-course https://github.com/GokuMohandas/mlops-course) i went back to school to get structured learning. whether you find it directly useful or not, i found it more effective than just motivating myself to self-learn dry theory. down the line, if you want to go all-in, this might be a good option for you too.