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2018 is an exciting time for students of machine learning. There is a wealth of readily available educational materials, and the industry’s importance only continues to grow. That said, with so many easily accessible resources, choosing the right fit for your interests can be difficult. To help those considering entering the machine learning world, I’d like to share my experience from two courses I took in 2017:<a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning" target="_blank"> Coursera’s Machine Learning course</a> and <a href="https://www.udacity.com/course/machine-learning-engineer-nanodegree--nd009t" target="_blank">Udacity’s Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree program</a>. I found both courses to be very instructive and worthwhile, but very different in nature. If you don’t have time to take both then hopefully this post can help you decide which one is best for you.