The conversation between human and AI assistant.
I'm 25 and majoring in industrial engineering in grad school. I know basic statistics and limited knowledge of programming. I am a year from graduation. Is it possible I can pursue my career in data mining/machine learning?
That's a good idea. I've also heard that it can be helpful to work on personal projects to build skills and experience. How can I get started with that?
That's a great approach! You might start by identifying a problem or topic that interests you and seeing if you can apply machine learning techniques to it. There are a number of open source datasets available online that you can use as a starting point. Additionally, there are a number of online communities and forums where you can connect with other data scientists and machine learning enthusiasts to share ideas and get feedback on your work.