Thanks for the advice! Yes, reading in any field is paramount. Not sure about the screen limitation, since most of my library is on my laptop as is, but I get the point. :) And I know what you mean about actually experimenting with the tools for yourself and not chasing the latest thing. I am not getting into ML for the money, I would keep doing what I am doing now if that was the goal. I really do find it interesting and fascinating. I always loved math, but never really found an interesting application for it until stumbling on this subject while doing research into Micron, of all things.
Anyway, thanks again!