Self studying the MIT applied math curriculum (2019)
I have a pretty similar background. I have an undergrad in ChemE who fell in love with machine learning research. As I didn’t had the appropriate background so I taught myself Computer science using mostly resources such as OCW and teachyourselfcs, videolectures etc.However, what stood out to me was how difficult it is to self study? Universities provide a setting which helps you learn difficult subjects over a longer period of time. Outside of that, no such avenues exist. It’s not just reading up a book or making Anki flash cards(which is quite tedious to be honest) but the process of selecting, vetting what to read next and actually completing it. Or the question are we there yet, with no idea what “there” actually means.I decided to work on creating a platform where people can actually learn difficult subjects on their own. It’s a bit different than normal video based platform, it actually uses text based conversation to facilitate learning. But I truly believe this is the way forward.I have written comic based guide about this problem:https://primerlabs.io/comics/introducing-primer-comics/We are creating self paced courses on Computer Science and also looking into creating self paced Mathematics/Physics courses as well.We have released two free courses for everyone to try out at https://primerlabs.io