Andrej Karpathy advises beginners interested in machine learning [engineering]: He emphasizes the importance of putting in 10,000 hours of deliberate effort and work to become an expert in the field. He suggests forming a daily habit of doing the work and not getting paralyzed by choosing a path. He also encourages people to compare themselves only to their past selves, not others, and to embrace mistakes and failures as opportunities for learning. You will waste time on things that will never materialize, but you'll develop scar tissue and intuition from those mistakes. Related: [[how-to-learn]] #learning #dev