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How much more Calculus?

In getting up to speed on analytics I found that there is general agreement that it helps, particularly with machine learning, to have some proficiency in the following areas of mathematics: Calculus, Probability, Statistics, and Linear Algebra. Not having taken any of these, or used any of it, since graduate school over 30 years ago I set out recently taking courses for credit. (My programming...

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The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
"NIH" Not Invented Here syndrome. If it was not invented here it is not used. Not paid to invent everything from scratch. Paid to implement features. Success is achieved by applying not best practices but proven practices. If it works use it regardless of the source as long as it was not stolen.