I'll be graduating with a degree in CS in a year from a relatively unknown school, after dropping out of a top university for personal reasons (my math background is okay, except no calculus).
I recently finished the coursera course without difficulty, and I just got the MLPP book. I lack the mathematical maturity to be able to get through it in a reasonable amount of time. Even after figuring out the math, it's unclear how I'd apply the math to data.
What level of technical knowledge is required for an entry-level machine learning job? And how can I proceed? (Is a master's necessary?)
To clarify, I'm mostly curious about the level of math required, I'm aware that there are business, software engineering, and dealing with data I/O involved.
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