Why haven't you started learning machine learning, anon?

(https://machinelearning.to)
(https://madewithml.com)
(https://pythonprogramming.net)

These three resources will get you 90% of the way there, but the topic is very broad.

I suggest learning by picking an application (such as NLP) and running a project from start to finish without using pre-collected datasets or libraries. Try to do it from scratch if you can. (nnfs.io) has a great book for creating neural networks from scratch.

Any other tips from the field are highly appreciated.

Welcome to the journey, enjoy the ride.