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Practical work versus theory in a move to machine learning

After years in academia, a practitioner says they focused on getting things to work in ML instead of learning theory.

Bojan TunguzBT
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While moving into machine learning after years in academia, the poster says they chose to focus on getting things to work rather than learning theory. They had planned to fill that gap someday, but later concluded that doing so would largely be a waste of time.

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Bojan Tunguz@tunguzWhen I was moving into my ML career after years in academia, I made a pragmatic decision to just focus on getting things to work, instead of learning any theory. I thought one day I might come back to fill in the gap, but at some point I realized that it was in fact largely a waste of time.43m
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    Bojan Tunguz@tunguzWhen I was moving into my ML career after years in academia, I made a pragmatic decision to just focus on getting things to work, instead of learning any theory. I thought one day I might come back to fill in the gap, but at some point I realized that it was in fact largely a waste of time.43m
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