The Yin and Yang of Learning Deep Learning
Sometimes Leaning Into It Is Not Enough: You folks tend to be hyper-focused, hugely on-your-game types. (My TA, and one of my favorite people, described himself as “alpha-squared.” So true for a lot of you!) So given your alpha-ness (or your alpha-squared-ness), your dominant approach to mastering a new topic is to work like crazy. Read a whole lot of stuff, from original papers down to tech blogs and forums. You install code environments, teach yourselves all the latest and…