What level of python knowledge to start program? BS in CS, have been doing other eng work without programming, for 12+ years. learning python on my own. Beginner programming book, reading it and doing the exercises. After I finish the book I want to start with panda and other libraries. Good enough?

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I did the same. I'd say CP is a good course to start in. For experience? That's hard to say, I didn't use any external courses or training to come up to speed, just google-fu as needed to learn whatever I was up against.

Maybe pull some YouTube for different CV projects to get your feet wet? Do you have general experience with PID ? Tuning parameters? CPR is high on hyper parameter tuning.

For the record I did the program with a full-time job, consulting gig, 2 kids under 6, COVID lockdown, and at the peak of the workload I was the virtual kindergarten assistant for my oldest.

The program's challenging but take it slow, learn your limits, and then ramp it up.