started learning python for Data Science, via cognitiveclass.ai IBM

https://courses.cognitiveclass.ai/courses/course-v1:CognitiveClass+PY0101EN+v3/course/

I am learning how to code and as I started with HTML, CSS and Javascript in 2019 I decided to go for Python right now. 

For me, learning should be fun and that's why I love to expand some "boring" exercises with some funny things. 

While practicing for and while loops I wrote a favorite emoji input and printed out a whole emoji pyramide 🔺. 😅

What's my favorite emoji? 

I'm currently learning Python, let's see what I can work on with it.

I'm a Pythonista!
Python became my favorite as I started learning it. Like JS, it felt very easy to learn. To be honest, part of the motivation was because it was the go-to language for hackers but it became my go-to language to quickly write any automation script.

Learning new ideas through mapping coordinates 📍

As a lover of words and the craft of writing, I love to spend my time learning different ideas.

But before I do that, I need a map, and coordinates before I begin and endeavor my journey.

There are several thousand of interesting stuffs in the world. I don’t need all of them. I only need the most interesting and resonating idea.

Ignoring these signals will give me a jolt of electricity and restless thinking.

So I’ll buckle up, get my map, and pinpoint the coordinates that I want to explore.

It’s refreshing to see my map having many pinpoints.

It’s also daunting and paralyzing, because where do I go first?

Well, three questions:

1. What’s interesting to me right now?
2. In my map, where are the group of coordinates?
3. Are there foundational stuff that I can learn from there

Answering these questions will give me clarity on what’s my next step.

I love foundational stuff, especially for technology.

Here’s my map:

My coordinates are web applications, software development, and understanding of how technology works.

With these three in my coordinates, I can pinpoint my starting point, and that’s learning how to code.

Yes, writers aren’t limited to one form of craftsmanship.

Besides, learning how to code is a self-expression for innovation and problem solving.

I enrolled to Codecademy last December to begin my software development journey.

Still on my machine learning kick… We're doing a computer vision project. As a product manager, my goal is to automate as much of the process as possible. One bit we've been struggling with has been cleaning the training data.

When talking with a colleague, I said that I believe we need to try to solve impossible problems with machine learning. Automating a process that he felt could only be done by humans (something impossible) seemed like a great task to try and tackle.

I reminded him that the beauty of machine learning is we don't necessary need to be able to express why something works, just so long as it works 98% of the time. And from that conversation, we came up with an approach that seemed reasonable.

Then, while researching, I ran across this article  and think we're going to try following the process described.