Hello World of Applied Machine Learning

Last Updated on September 5, 2016

It is easy to feel overwhelmed with the large numbers of machine learning algorithms. There are so many to choose from, it is hard to know where to start and what to try.

The choice can be paralyzing.

You need to get over this fear and start.

There is no magic book or course that is going to tell you what algorithm to use and when. In fact, in practice you cannot know this before hand. You have to discover it empirically through trial and error. That means making some mistakes.

In this post you will discover a simple trick that will get you started in applied machine learning.

It will provoke questions in you that will motivate you to dive deeper, it will give you a defense against picking a favorite algorithm or tool and it will accelerate your machine learning journey.

It’s a simple tactic and even experienced practitioners ignore or forget it because of its simplicity.