The heat wave has me dreaming of the arctic. But I've always wondered how is life up here? I have been to Iceland (which I know is a very unique place) and have wondered why there are few settlements at that latitude elsewhere.
This is my 2nd class, took ML in Spring. Probably a mistake to do it in this order, got my ass kicked in ML but ended with a good grade and a ton of learning.
This class I'm finding more frustrating than hard. The project details that can nuke your grade, the wording of the tests, the project submission, the test TSA pre-checks are the hardest part. The material I get fine, and I am doing okay in the course.
My two questions about future classes:
Are all the classes like this? The projects aren't that bad but fitting them into gradescope is the most annoying part. The prestige of a masters is a nice to have. I really want to learn, challenge myself, and develop tools to solve hard problems.
And do all the classes run through SL flirt with RL and DL and then stop? Feel like these two classes had the same exact ML material. Which honestly is fine twice, getting it more now. But I feel like this field is moving so insanely fast. I assume the RL and DL class will go deeper into these topics. But ML4T doesn't give me enough info to get me the understanding of what a quant would do today. I fear that the rest of the courses are going to run through the exact same material, and I'm going to come away feeling I didn't get anything out of going further.