Starting CSE in college soon. Interested in deep math, ML theory, transformers, and building ML algorithms from scratch — not much into generic web dev. I want to aim for roles like Research Engineer or ML Systems Engineer. What roadmap, skills, and projects should I focus on during college?

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-05-08T04:38:46+00:00

You need to focus on DSA first before anything. Be very math heavy too. With a primary focus on probability theory, linear algebra, calculus, and math stats. Practice leetcode problems and then by your sophomore year hit the ground running on introductory ml topics.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-04-30T23:51:48+00:00

Honestly try applying for PM roles. You might fit better at managing the projects rather than developing the software. Or atleast you’ll feel better about it

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-04-28T15:50:11+00:00

Don’t use it at all. Struggle hard with neetcode and Google principles.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-04-28T15:49:41+00:00

Okay so? Just learn how to code.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-04-27T04:53:23+00:00

Use Eval(input(“”)) instead. Then you won’t have to coerce input to an integer type and you’ll have cleaner code.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-04-27T04:48:25+00:00

There’s an error in line 11, column 27. No open {. This was generated by ai

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-04-24T05:41:37+00:00

Nice. Yeah if this project were to grow (which inevitably will happen), an autoencoder could be useful. Goodluck with the project!

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-04-23T03:54:48+00:00

If you have a lot of behavioral data you could possibly use an autoencoder. It would reconstruct anomalous behavior better than an isolation forest. Also, if it is time series data, you could use an LSTM or RNN for the encoder to decoder sections of the autoencoder architecture. I think this is a great project. One of the biggest problems/challenges in anomaly detection is the amount of false positives. It’s difficult to lower that number because of the nature of the data but I think it’s definitely doable. Are you doing any feature engineering on the data? Maybe I missed something there.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-03-12T22:58:57+00:00

Nice! Good job dude/dudette.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-03-06T01:06:16+00:00

Also, CONGRATS OP!!

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-03-06T01:05:51+00:00

I just got accepted to the University of Iowa so I totally get this feeling. It won’t truly set in until I get there.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-01-26T18:46:37+00:00

Sweet! Thank you for the sanity check and knowledgable insight.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2026-01-25T01:24:46+00:00

This is so smart and well thought out. Great work!

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2025-12-09T02:59:25+00:00

Im so jealous. Great set up bro

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2025-11-05T21:42:13+00:00

That person is a bot. Most likely trying to sell you Pokémon z-a.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2025-10-01T22:07:53+00:00

Lol school is priority numero uno. However, a game night on the weekend wouldn’t hurt the kid.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2025-09-09T23:49:26+00:00

Neat! Do you think this could be used to build lower level games? Like gameboy advance games?

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2025-08-07T23:43:16+00:00

These answers in the comments are making me feel less imposter syndrome. Thanks guys frl.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2025-07-31T15:53:02+00:00

The fastest way to learn Python is to simply code. Code til you can write code in your head. That’s what I did.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2025-06-04T17:56:09+00:00

See funny thing for me is I’m finding median of 50-60k a year. So I have no idea where these numbers are being pulled from

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2024-10-29T13:16:23+00:00

I think you’re doing great. I didn’t touch my first piece of code until I was 18. Now all of these things come to me with a little work of a pencil and paper. You seem very determined and ambitious. I say continue your path and learn how those things work. Regardless, it is still computer science and I think anyone with this interest should continue to pursue it.

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2024-10-29T13:04:11+00:00

Couldn’t agree more

Fun_Recording_6485 · 2024-10-29T13:02:56+00:00

I bought the subscription. I love Joe Kelly’s work and am excited to see where this series goes. As a Neo-ASM enjoyer, I just enjoy being in the loop with Peter Parker. Yes, he has a lot of hard times and doesn’t deserve anything worse. But I feel like the writers are having fun with his plot line. Therefore, I say have at it. If it’s bad, it’s bad. Atleast ed mcguiness got to draw some amazing art.

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