Work on Machine Learning Problems That Matter To You

Last Updated on September 27, 2016

It is difficult to stay motivated when self-studying machine learning.

The standard test datasets can be quite obtuse and disconnected from you and from your everyday life. Boring even. A trick that you might like to use is to find and work on a dataset that matters to you.

In this post, we will look at some ideas for datasets that you could use to motivate and even accelerate your journey into applied machine learning.

Problems with Impact

We have looked before at the need to work on problems that have an impact. The problems that have the biggest impact are the problems in which the outcome affects you directly.

These may be problems related to your personal life, hobbies or even your work. They are problems that may or may not be addressed right now. The size and scope of the problem does not matter as long as you are invested in the outcome in some way. The results matter to you.

This is a powerful method for two reasons:

• It gives you permission to treat the problem objectively and apply your rational problem-solving skills to
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