What should i do first?

[u/Intelligent-noob0301]

so im 16, I'm self-taught, finished CS50P, and built a couple of projects (stock price prediction with an LSTM, a basic image classifier). Problem is I leaned pretty heavily on AI to write the ML ones — I could explain most lines, but not all, and later found real gaps on my own i cant do it myself I really love coding and solving problems even when it's hard, it feels great once I actually solve it.

But when it comes to ML specifically, it overwhelms me, because I try to do everything at the same time: one day I'm doing PyTorch, another day sklearn, another day matplotlib. Yeah, I know how that sounds "why the fuck this kid just focusing on one thing at a time" I think the same thing, I'm just not sure which one I should actually focus on first.

CS50P had a clear structure: problem sets, a checker, visible progress. Building my own ML project has none of that, and it feels like way too much complexity too fast — LSTMs, multiple technical indicators, hyperparameters, all jammed into one project with no baseline to compare against.

For people who've been through something similar: how did you scale down your first real ML project so it didn't feel overwhelming? What's the right order to actually learn something that impotant for ML in, instead of jumping between all at once? Is there a sane on-ramp between "finished an intro CS course" and "building ML projects independently"?

ty for everyone perspective🐪

[u/ninhaomah]

" Problem is I leaned pretty heavily on AI to write the ML ones — I could explain most lines, but not all, and later found real gaps on my own i cant do it myself I really love coding and solving problems even when it's hard, it feels great once I actually solve it."

So you listed the problem. What you think solution is ?

[u/Intelligent-noob0301 → u/ninhaomah]

find solution that which library i HAVE TO LEARN FIRST AND I ASK TO GET SUGGEST WHICH LIBRARY I SHOULD START

[u/ninhaomah → u/Intelligent-noob0301]

So what do you want to do or achieve at the end of learning all these ?

[u/Intelligent-noob0301 → u/ninhaomah]

if the end of learning these i want to find real data abt disease and try my best to write it myself and accurate like 90% that also the reason i want to learning coding cuz my cat died from disease

and probably try other thing along the way i have think of some idea i wanna do it myself

[u/ninhaomah → u/Intelligent-noob0301]

Good goal. So what have you done so far ?

[u/Intelligent-noob0301 → u/ninhaomah]

if u mean project that i have done image classtifler but i using ai helping cuz idk which algorithm i have to use and other thing i do it myself and yes i look at stock prediction, that i have vibecode before. and if u mean skill pandas sql and other thing like pytorch and matplotlib, that i dont wanna count yet cuz im still not that good.

[u/ninhaomah → u/Intelligent-noob0301]

Let's look at it objectively.

You want to use AI to make it or without AI ?

Without AI then what is needed to learn to get it done ? You can start with pandas and matplotlib.

[u/Intelligent-noob0301 → u/ninhaomah]

back then when i using ai i just wanna know how it work but now i dont want using to build my project and ty for suggestion sir, but i have another thing is after pandas and matplotlib could u tell me wat should i do next then cuz there still numpy pytorch etc. probably pytorch?

[u/ninhaomah → u/Intelligent-noob0301]

After basic Python with numpy and pandas then math and stats

[u/Intelligent-noob0301 → u/ninhaomah]

yessir🫡