TL;DR: Chat with , Product Manager for and about getting started with Machine Learning. Amit Pande Google Cloud Machine Learning One of the most powerful things about the “Cloud”, is the fact that a person with a laptop, an idea, and some hustle can use the exact same tools as big companies — personalized recommendations, image recognition, and even cucumber sorting are now available to everyone! You don’t need a huge server farm and a PhD in Matter-Anti-Matter reactions to make something awesome! Checkout tips on getting started and breaking into Machine Learning with Google’s Product Lead for Google Cloud and Machine Learning — Amit Pande Here are links to everything we talked about and more! Machine Learning Community on BeeHyve — beehyve.io/machine-learning/ Google Cloud Announcement Blog YouTube Video Library YouTube Video Library Tensor Flow Image Net Zillow And more importantly Cucumber sorting ;) — Happy Building! Team at BeeHyve PS : There are tons of companies looking for folks with Machine Learning interests and backgrounds. Check them out in our Career Prep community. http://www.beehyve.io/career-prep