> While you are right that some feature engineering is needed, there's no reason DL can't be a part of your workflow.

I (and, I believe, the earlier poster, too) never implied you can't use deep learning on such examples. What we (I think, both) were referring to was the claim that it would absolve you from feature engineering. (Which I understand you also refute.)

> For more of the basics, my book on deep learning might help as well

Congratulations on your book, I know how much hard work that is!

Disclaimer: I make money with deep learning, too... ;-)