Master Kaggle By Competing Consistently
Last Updated on June 7, 2016
How do you get good at Kaggle competitions?
It is a common question I get asked. The best advice for getting started and getting good is to consistently participate in competitions. You cannot help but get better at machine learning.
A recent post by Triskelion titled “Reflecting back on one year of Kaggle contests” bares this out. He started out as a machine learning beginner and finished up as a “master” level Kaggle competitor (achieving a 10% and a top 10 finish)
In this post we will review Triskelion’s lesson of consistent participation as an approach to begin an master Kaggle.
Compete Consistently
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Key To a Good Start
I think the key to Triskelion starting well and having the confidence to continue is two fold:
- Reproduced Results: He reproduced results described in the forums and blog posts.
- Used Tools: Through reproducing results, he discovered and started to use tools like Vowpal Wabbit and To finish reading, please visit source site