The Machine Learning School program

Key Takeaways

this is a machine learning model for example a neural network or a decision tree most books tutorials and courses you'll find will teach you how to build machine learning models but there is a problem a model is not enough sure it's a critical piece but the minute you start talking to companies that want to build real applications you realize a model is just a tiny fraction of the work to put this in context here is the model again but now you can see how much work goes into building an end-to-end machine Learning System the model is just a small piece of that picture and that's where this program comes in we're gonna learn about machine Learning Systems from framing up problems to training evaluating all the way to deploying a monitoring model here is how the programming is structured first you'll get access to pre-recorded lectures these are videos you will watch ahead of our live sessions I scripted and edited this lesson so there is no fluff you only get what matters second you'll have live sessions we all get together online to discuss the lectures now the goal is for these sessions to be a two-way street it's going to be a collaboration between you and me I'll answer questions talk about code try new things and do anything we need to ensure you get the most out of the program third you'll have assignments related to each lesson there is only one way to do this right you must practice everything you learn during the program and the assignments will help you do that finally a critical piece of this program is the community these are people like you they're watching the lessons in your same cohort or have already graduated lean on them ask questions help others that'll be key all right let me summarize what I think will happen after you complete this program first go have a sound understanding of what machine learning and production looks like second you'll have a framework you can use to solve real problems third you'll have practical experience building an end-to-end example machine Learning System but most important than anything else you'll build the confidence to take your career One Step Up the number of opportunities for people building machine Learning Systems will Skyrocket in the next few years that's why you're here only one more thing here are the prerequisites to join these programs starting with the most important one this program is for people with experience writing software we're going to be using python a lot if you're not comfortable with it you will find that some lessons are hard to follow this class is not for people starting their Tech careers now ideally you have a good grasp of machine learning terminology you don't need experience as a data scientist and you don't need to understand how to build machine learning models but you should be somewhat familiar with the field finally we will talk a lot about infrastructure and how we run and serve models that's not a machine learning challenge but an engineering one you'll do great if you're not afraid of picking up a few new skills and learning new ideas last thing I'll say I've done this work for a long time I'm putting this program together has been a lot of fun I hope you find it helpful