&gt; the massive amount of math thrown in your face<p>I can skip the math part - we don&#x27;t all invent new algorithms - but what I really need is a large enough &amp; gradual set of problems  to solve (datasets + verification scripts). I mean, start from the simplest and teach people how to use the already available software. Machine Learning should be assimilated practically, too much theory with too little application is useless. Most of us should focus on using existing software efficiently instead of being able to implement backprop.