I've been looking into Machine Learning and Data Science for a while, and I feel that it would be a very interesting field to get into. Anyways, I have some questions that need to be answered before I go into the deep end.
Is Python the language of choice for Machine Learning and Data Science? I know that Kaggle encourages people to use it, but I've also seen people look down on Kaggle. I'm not good at computer programming but I think that I could get the hang of Python if I practiced hard enough.
Do I need to be adept at calculus to excel at Machine Learning and Data Science? Because I'm not good at that, although I am decent at statistics (I took two courses of Statistics in graduate school and a course in Psychometrics). I like statistics because it actually puts meaning behind the numbers and formulas. I'm actually decent at mathematical theory (or at least I'm not so hopeless in that field), but I have trouble doing the actual calculations.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.
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