{ "id": 114345, "title": "Year-long path", "url": "/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/114345", "author_name": "Konstantin Yakovlev", "post_date": "2019-10-25T16:23:25.292000", "votes": 112, "comment_count": 32, "views": 0, "content": "

Another day for Kaggle, but for me, this day will always be special. Exactly a year ago, I've joined the greatest community in the world. Just imagine what concentration of brains (I do not want to say IQ) and talents on one site. Imagined? And now open the kernels and the forum - all these, the smartest people on the planet (I'm not talking about myself)) for all my great arrogance, I don’t even stand nearby them) share their knowledge and lead hand in hand across all the difficulties of machine learning.

\n\n

> Join, Learn, Share.

\n\n

I've always thought this should be a Kaggle motto.

\n\n

When I registered on the site, I could not even imagine how much Kaggle would mean to me. The goal was simple - to check my knowledge, take part in a couple of competitions. Place a checkmark for the completed stage and move on.

\n\n

Did I think then that I could win a medal, of course not? And of course, I could not imagine that I could win a competition. But all this is possible. How?

\n\n

Join, Learn, Share.

\n\n
\n\n

Year-long path

\n\n

My first competition:

\n\n\n\n

The first test. I thought that I would spend a week, maybe two, and finish, but when you see how you climb in the leaderboard, you see how “new cool things” make your model better and you can’t stop. You try harder and harder. How is it that the guy in the first place scores better than yours? If he succeeded, then it is possible, then you need to learn, read, try harder.

\n\n

And here you are in the first place. So far, only in the sandbox, where such mastodons as Giba do not shred the whole leaderboard top and you gain faith in your own strengths.

\n\n

In parallel with the competition, I went into reading the forum - I have not seen so much information, the necessary information for a long time or never at all.

\n\n

The whole month the schedule was: work, 2 hours of coding, 2 hours of reading, plan for tomorrow. And it gave a result.

\n\n

Tip: set a schedule for yourself, read a lot, try to “code” what you learned. Regularity and practice. Set up a time window for Kaggle when nothing distracts you.

\n\n

Paylist:\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXjfcf2dvU

\n\n
\n\n

The second competition:

\n\n\n\n

After the sandbox, my appetite flashed and I wanted to try a real competition. I did not believe in a good result, but I really wanted to try - the final result is a “ghost” silver medal - cut from the leaderboard for using the second account. Yes, I was young and stupid. It's not stupid to use a second account to analyze your work more quickly but I'm blaming myself for showing such disrespect to thousands of participants (I knew that I would be removed from the leaderboard, I just wanted to check my strength). Now I am very ashamed of that period.

\n\n

Tip: do not use a second account)) this is something you will regret for a very long time.

\n\n

Paylist:\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsbrKZhCLZU\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU0XUolOtzQ\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmvC4dY9Qho

\n\n
\n\n

Third competition:

\n\n\n\n

No second accounts. 2 hours to code, 2 hours to read. Read about everything: models, validation, imbalance data, python, statistics. If you don’t know something, this is not a reason to quit; it is a reason to learn something new.

\n\n

It was a time when I met very talented Data Scientists, those whom I can call friends now.\nThe final result, which I am very proud of 48th place in the largest Kaggle competition. It was a huge achievement for me and gave confidence in my abilities.

\n\n

Tip: Get out of isolation - communicate, exchange ideas, learn from others.

\n\n

Paylist (no ATB this time):\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwWC_nlvyxk

\n\n
\n\n

Fourth competition:

\n\n\n\n

We formed a team at the very beginning of the competition and fought like lions)). On the public leaderboard, we were the first 3 hours before the end of the competition and finished in second place. The private result was not so cool - 27th place.

\n\n

Here is our story:

\n\n\n\n

Tip: You will make mistakes, often, a lot, this is not a reason to quit - learn from it - this is the best experience that you can get.

\n\n

Paylist (again no ATB):\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pO3_7qipM8\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSThrKGn9EU

\n\n
\n\n

Fifth competition:

\n\n\n\n

We won. With, I’m not afraid of the word, great competitors. This is our journey. \n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/ieee-fraud-detection/discussion

\n\n

The idea at the beginning of the competition was to stop taking from Kaggle and start giving - basic things, not perfect but help in the same way you all helped me during all this year.

\n\n

Tip: Believe in yourself, even if no one supports you, even if you don’t have enough knowledge, believe in yourself, everything is possible, everything depends only on you.

\n\n

Paylist:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvDj2fnKoQ

\n\n
\n\n

Now new challenges are coming.\nI have a dream, dream to work with such talented people as I see here.\nDream to have a job where my hobby and duties go hand in hand.\nOne step closer to it - the previous contract is broken from last Monday.

\n\n

Be the Kaggle with you

", "messages": [ { "id": 658059, "postDate": "2019-10-25T16:23:25.293Z", "content": "

Another day for Kaggle, but for me, this day will always be special. Exactly a year ago, I've joined the greatest community in the world. Just imagine what concentration of brains (I do not want to say IQ) and talents on one site. Imagined? And now open the kernels and the forum - all these, the smartest people on the planet (I'm not talking about myself)) for all my great arrogance, I don’t even stand nearby them) share their knowledge and lead hand in hand across all the difficulties of machine learning.

\n\n

> Join, Learn, Share.

\n\n

I've always thought this should be a Kaggle motto.

\n\n

When I registered on the site, I could not even imagine how much Kaggle would mean to me. The goal was simple - to check my knowledge, take part in a couple of competitions. Place a checkmark for the completed stage and move on.

\n\n

Did I think then that I could win a medal, of course not? And of course, I could not imagine that I could win a competition. But all this is possible. How?

\n\n

Join, Learn, Share.

\n\n
\n\n

Year-long path

\n\n

My first competition:

\n\n\n\n

The first test. I thought that I would spend a week, maybe two, and finish, but when you see how you climb in the leaderboard, you see how “new cool things” make your model better and you can’t stop. You try harder and harder. How is it that the guy in the first place scores better than yours? If he succeeded, then it is possible, then you need to learn, read, try harder.

\n\n

And here you are in the first place. So far, only in the sandbox, where such mastodons as Giba do not shred the whole leaderboard top and you gain faith in your own strengths.

\n\n

In parallel with the competition, I went into reading the forum - I have not seen so much information, the necessary information for a long time or never at all.

\n\n

The whole month the schedule was: work, 2 hours of coding, 2 hours of reading, plan for tomorrow. And it gave a result.

\n\n

Tip: set a schedule for yourself, read a lot, try to “code” what you learned. Regularity and practice. Set up a time window for Kaggle when nothing distracts you.

\n\n

Paylist:\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXjfcf2dvU

\n\n
\n\n

The second competition:

\n\n\n\n

After the sandbox, my appetite flashed and I wanted to try a real competition. I did not believe in a good result, but I really wanted to try - the final result is a “ghost” silver medal - cut from the leaderboard for using the second account. Yes, I was young and stupid. It's not stupid to use a second account to analyze your work more quickly but I'm blaming myself for showing such disrespect to thousands of participants (I knew that I would be removed from the leaderboard, I just wanted to check my strength). Now I am very ashamed of that period.

\n\n

Tip: do not use a second account)) this is something you will regret for a very long time.

\n\n

Paylist:\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsbrKZhCLZU\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU0XUolOtzQ\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmvC4dY9Qho

\n\n
\n\n

Third competition:

\n\n\n\n

No second accounts. 2 hours to code, 2 hours to read. Read about everything: models, validation, imbalance data, python, statistics. If you don’t know something, this is not a reason to quit; it is a reason to learn something new.

\n\n

It was a time when I met very talented Data Scientists, those whom I can call friends now.\nThe final result, which I am very proud of 48th place in the largest Kaggle competition. It was a huge achievement for me and gave confidence in my abilities.

\n\n

Tip: Get out of isolation - communicate, exchange ideas, learn from others.

\n\n

Paylist (no ATB this time):\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwWC_nlvyxk

\n\n
\n\n

Fourth competition:

\n\n\n\n

We formed a team at the very beginning of the competition and fought like lions)). On the public leaderboard, we were the first 3 hours before the end of the competition and finished in second place. The private result was not so cool - 27th place.

\n\n

Here is our story:

\n\n\n\n

Tip: You will make mistakes, often, a lot, this is not a reason to quit - learn from it - this is the best experience that you can get.

\n\n

Paylist (again no ATB):\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pO3_7qipM8\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSThrKGn9EU

\n\n
\n\n

Fifth competition:

\n\n\n\n

We won. With, I’m not afraid of the word, great competitors. This is our journey. \n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/ieee-fraud-detection/discussion

\n\n

The idea at the beginning of the competition was to stop taking from Kaggle and start giving - basic things, not perfect but help in the same way you all helped me during all this year.

\n\n

Tip: Believe in yourself, even if no one supports you, even if you don’t have enough knowledge, believe in yourself, everything is possible, everything depends only on you.

\n\n

Paylist:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvDj2fnKoQ

\n\n
\n\n

Now new challenges are coming.\nI have a dream, dream to work with such talented people as I see here.\nDream to have a job where my hobby and duties go hand in hand.\nOne step closer to it - the previous contract is broken from last Monday.

\n\n

Be the Kaggle with you

", "rawMarkdown": "Another day for Kaggle, but for me, this day will always be special. Exactly a year ago, I've joined the greatest community in the world. Just imagine what concentration of brains (I do not want to say IQ) and talents on one site. Imagined? And now open the kernels and the forum - all these, the smartest people on the planet (I'm not talking about myself)) for all my great arrogance, I don’t even stand nearby them) share their knowledge and lead hand in hand across all the difficulties of machine learning.\n\n> Join, Learn, Share.\n\nI've always thought this should be a Kaggle motto.\n\n\nWhen I registered on the site, I could not even imagine how much Kaggle would mean to me. The goal was simple - to check my knowledge, take part in a couple of competitions. Place a checkmark for the completed stage and move on.\n\nDid I think then that I could win a medal, of course not? And of course, I could not imagine that I could win a competition. But all this is possible. How?\n\nJoin, Learn, Share.\n\n---\n\n## Year-long path\n\n### My first competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/competitive-data-science-predict-future-sales\n\nThe first test. I thought that I would spend a week, maybe two, and finish, but when you see how you climb in the leaderboard, you see how “new cool things” make your model better and you can’t stop. You try harder and harder. How is it that the guy in the first place scores better than yours? If he succeeded, then it is possible, then you need to learn, read, try harder.\n\nAnd here you are in the first place. So far, only in the sandbox, where such mastodons as Giba do not shred the whole leaderboard top and you gain faith in your own strengths.\n\nIn parallel with the competition, I went into reading the forum - I have not seen so much information, the necessary information for a long time or never at all.\n\nThe whole month the schedule was: work, 2 hours of coding, 2 hours of reading, plan for tomorrow. And it gave a result.\n\n\nTip: set a schedule for yourself, read a lot, try to “code” what you learned. Regularity and practice. Set up a time window for Kaggle when nothing distracts you.\n\n\n**Paylist:**\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXjfcf2dvU\n\n---\n\n### The second competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation\n\nAfter the sandbox, my appetite flashed and I wanted to try a real competition. I did not believe in a good result, but I really wanted to try - the final result is a “ghost” silver medal - cut from the leaderboard for using the second account. Yes, I was young and stupid. It's not stupid to use a second account to analyze your work more quickly but I'm blaming myself for showing such disrespect to thousands of participants (I knew that I would be removed from the leaderboard, I just wanted to check my strength). Now I am very ashamed of that period.\n\n\nTip: do not use a second account)) this is something you will regret for a very long time.\n\n\n**Paylist:**\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsbrKZhCLZU\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU0XUolOtzQ\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmvC4dY9Qho\n\n---\n\n### Third competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/santander-customer-transaction-prediction\n\nNo second accounts. 2 hours to code, 2 hours to read. Read about everything: models, validation, imbalance data, python, statistics. If you don’t know something, this is not a reason to quit; it is a reason to learn something new.\n\nIt was a time when I met very talented Data Scientists, those whom I can call friends now.\nThe final result, which I am very proud of 48th place in the largest Kaggle competition. It was a huge achievement for me and gave confidence in my abilities.\n\n\nTip: Get out of isolation - communicate, exchange ideas, learn from others.\n\n**Paylist (no ATB this time):**\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwWC_nlvyxk\n\n---\n\n### Fourth competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/jigsaw-unintended-bias-in-toxicity-classification\n\nWe formed a team at the very beginning of the competition and fought like lions)). On the public leaderboard, we were the first 3 hours before the end of the competition and finished in second place. The private result was not so cool - 27th place.\n\n\nHere is our story:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/jigsaw-unintended-bias-in-toxicity-classification/discussion/97389\n\n\nTip: You will make mistakes, often, a lot, this is not a reason to quit - learn from it - this is the best experience that you can get.\n\n\n**Paylist (again no ATB):**\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pO3_7qipM8\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSThrKGn9EU\n\n---\n\n### Fifth competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/ieee-fraud-detection\n\nWe won. With, I’m not afraid of the word, great competitors. This is our journey. \n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/ieee-fraud-detection/discussion\n\nThe idea at the beginning of the competition was to stop taking from Kaggle and start giving - basic things, not perfect but help in the same way you all helped me during all this year.\n\nTip: Believe in yourself, even if no one supports you, even if you don’t have enough knowledge, believe in yourself, everything is possible, everything depends only on you.\n\n**Paylist:**\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvDj2fnKoQ\n\n---\n\nNow new challenges are coming.\nI have a dream, dream to work with such talented people as I see here.\nDream to have a job where my hobby and duties go hand in hand.\nOne step closer to it - the previous contract is broken from last Monday.\n\n\n**Be the Kaggle with you**", "votes": 110 }, { "id": 662235, "postDate": "2019-10-31T09:29:59.437Z", "content": "

Thanks for sharing!\nI checked my diary and found my first competition's record (in-class, it belongs to my statistic machine learning class's project, in > 3 years ago) just now, the interface in 2016 is quite different from the current one. Here I wish to show it with you all : )\nThat's interesting to look back on previous competitions we've participated. The memories, efforts, exciting for the improvements and worry about huge shake up...\nHappy Kaggle everyday!

\n\n

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", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing!\nI checked my diary and found my first competition's record (in-class, it belongs to my statistic machine learning class's project, in > 3 years ago) just now, the interface in 2016 is quite different from the current one. Here I wish to show it with you all : )\nThat's interesting to look back on previous competitions we've participated. The memories, efforts, exciting for the improvements and worry about huge shake up...\nHappy Kaggle everyday!\n\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F682501%2Fd4352a5bda0f811e604f86dbbd29b9bb%2Fkaggle.jpeg?generation=1572514409660718&alt=media)\n", "votes": 4 }, { "id": 668925, "postDate": "2019-11-09T05:24:20.280Z", "content": "

Thank you for sharing such impressive story!

", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for sharing such impressive story!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 665845, "postDate": "2019-11-05T13:09:35.063Z", "content": "

Thank you for sharing your history!\nI feel now like i am in the place when you've started. You are now advanced person on Kaggle and i am like in primary school.\nI started me serious journey with data science in my University. I was the time when i had so many laboratories on which i was doing measurements and then i had to prepare report from this. I've loved this. It was one of my fav things in my Uni.\nThen i started first job, completly not connected with my studies. And it lasted for 1.5 year. I was depressed, exhausted. And i decided to change everything. To have fun from my job, to do what i really love to do. \nNow I am working as software automation tester. But i am learning now everyday data science, machine learning, NLP, big data. I really love this. And i hope to change my job soon from tester to data scientist. I will be connected with my studies and with what i love!\nI love that kind of stories, to read to gain knowledge!

\n\n

I have similar schedule to your, but of course sometimes it is hard to strictly kepp with it. I start learning at about 8 pm and it lasts everyday for 4-5 hours. But after several days i feel exhausted.. and just after job there are some days when i just fall asleep..

\n\n

I wish you luck!

", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for sharing your history!\nI feel now like i am in the place when you've started. You are now advanced person on Kaggle and i am like in primary school.\nI started me serious journey with data science in my University. I was the time when i had so many laboratories on which i was doing measurements and then i had to prepare report from this. I've loved this. It was one of my fav things in my Uni.\nThen i started first job, completly not connected with my studies. And it lasted for 1.5 year. I was depressed, exhausted. And i decided to change everything. To have fun from my job, to do what i really love to do. \nNow I am working as software automation tester. But i am learning now everyday data science, machine learning, NLP, big data. I really love this. And i hope to change my job soon from tester to data scientist. I will be connected with my studies and with what i love!\nI love that kind of stories, to read to gain knowledge!\n\nI have similar schedule to your, but of course sometimes it is hard to strictly kepp with it. I start learning at about 8 pm and it lasts everyday for 4-5 hours. But after several days i feel exhausted.. and just after job there are some days when i just fall asleep.. \n\nI wish you luck! ", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 663464, "postDate": "2019-11-02T05:00:52.923Z", "content": "

Indeed helpful and inspiring for beginners. Thank you so much for sharing!

", "rawMarkdown": "Indeed helpful and inspiring for beginners. Thank you so much for sharing!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 662426, "postDate": "2019-10-31T14:43:39.913Z", "content": "

I just joined a week ago and I'm so amazed at what one can accomplish after finding this website. Wish more people knew about it!

", "rawMarkdown": "I just joined a week ago and I'm so amazed at what one can accomplish after finding this website. Wish more people knew about it!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 662227, "postDate": "2019-10-31T09:10:23.963Z", "content": "

Thanks for sharing! It is an inspiration to me!

", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing! It is an inspiration to me!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 662119, "postDate": "2019-10-31T05:34:38.577Z", "content": "

Very inspirational..!

", "rawMarkdown": "Very inspirational..!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 662049, "postDate": "2019-10-31T03:18:22.007Z", "content": "

I read your code in IEEE, that is quite a lot of work. Thanks for sharing.

", "rawMarkdown": "I read your code in IEEE, that is quite a lot of work. Thanks for sharing.", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 662052, "postDate": "2019-10-31T03:26:27.950Z", "content": "

The interesting thing that it just seems so complicated.\nBut after the first competition, you have a bunch of useful stuff that migrates from kernel to kernel.

", "rawMarkdown": "The interesting thing that it just seems so complicated.\nBut after the first competition, you have a bunch of useful stuff that migrates from kernel to kernel.", "votes": 2 } ] }, { "id": 661690, "postDate": "2019-10-30T15:44:21.220Z", "content": "

it's so inspiring for me as novice

", "rawMarkdown": "it's so inspiring for me as novice", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 661685, "postDate": "2019-10-30T15:38:42.807Z", "content": "

Thanks for sharing! It is an inspiration to me!

", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing! It is an inspiration to me!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 660919, "postDate": "2019-10-29T19:16:28.267Z", "content": "

Awesome write-up. Very inspiring for beginners like me.

", "rawMarkdown": "Awesome write-up. Very inspiring for beginners like me. ", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 660344, "postDate": "2019-10-29T02:41:49.223Z", "content": "

Congrats !! 1st competition 210 entries wow

", "rawMarkdown": "Congrats !! 1st competition 210 entries wow", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 661441, "postDate": "2019-10-30T09:50:25.577Z", "content": "

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200 is not large number)) It's normal for any competition that permits submit 5 times per day.

", "rawMarkdown": "![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F2405813%2Fc6cb6652340e6313f3e2ab6c0c49978f%2F2019-10-30%20%209.48.41.png?generation=1572428965297428&alt=media)\n\n200 is not large number)) It's normal for any competition that permits submit 5 times per day." } ] }, { "id": 660277, "postDate": "2019-10-29T00:30:41.567Z", "content": "

Congrats @kyakovlev on an amazing journey and thanks for sharing.

", "rawMarkdown": "Congrats @kyakovlev on an amazing journey and thanks for sharing.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 660235, "postDate": "2019-10-28T23:06:11.497Z", "content": "

Wow, such an epic journey 😍

", "rawMarkdown": "Wow, such an epic journey 😍 ", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 660166, "postDate": "2019-10-28T19:46:27.607Z", "content": "

Thanks for sharing @kyakovlev !!\nYou're doing an awesome job!\nI share your enthusiasm and passion for Kaggling.\nCurrently i'm on a break, because of the obsession and addiction Kaggling is causing me.\nI am currently working with reinforcement learning on my own - something i can do with a bit more self control.\nbut it's very difficult seeing the great competitions that come up and only watching from the side.

\n\n

I appreciate your involvment in the community and the amount of time and energy you spend on sharing your methods.\nI don't always agree with the extent and\\or timing of it (i.e sharing your process with gold solution, even if still few weeks for competition) but i appreciate it very much =)

\n\n

Keep up the good work my friend, \nMay the Kaggle be with you and good luck in your future endeavors!

", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing @kyakovlev !!\nYou're doing an awesome job!\nI share your enthusiasm and passion for Kaggling.\nCurrently i'm on a break, because of the obsession and addiction Kaggling is causing me.\nI am currently working with reinforcement learning on my own - something i can do with a bit more self control.\nbut it's very difficult seeing the great competitions that come up and only watching from the side.\n\nI appreciate your involvment in the community and the amount of time and energy you spend on sharing your methods.\nI don't always agree with the extent and\\or timing of it (i.e sharing your process with gold solution, even if still few weeks for competition) but i appreciate it very much =)\n\nKeep up the good work my friend, \nMay the Kaggle be with you and good luck in your future endeavors!\n", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 659651, "postDate": "2019-10-28T02:50:41.427Z", "content": "

Thanks for sharing your journey! It motivates beginners like me to do better day by day! Congrats and thanks again!

", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing your journey! It motivates beginners like me to do better day by day! Congrats and thanks again!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 658437, "postDate": "2019-10-26T02:12:27.070Z", "content": "

Great Write-Up\nAmazing & Inspiring\nCongrats & Thanks for Sharing @kyakovlev

", "rawMarkdown": "Great Write-Up\nAmazing & Inspiring\nCongrats & Thanks for Sharing @kyakovlev ", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 663898, "postDate": "2019-11-02T20:30:22.007Z", "content": "

Wow 2 hours reading and 2 hours coding a day. @kyakovlev you must be very persistent and committed. And I guess this is on top of normal work commitments.

\n\n

I'm spending all time debugging and not enough reading. It is time to re-adjust my trajectory. Thank you for sharing and inspiring!

", "rawMarkdown": "Wow 2 hours reading and 2 hours coding a day. @kyakovlev you must be very persistent and committed. And I guess this is on top of normal work commitments. \n\nI'm spending all time debugging and not enough reading. It is time to re-adjust my trajectory. Thank you for sharing and inspiring! ", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 661170, "postDate": "2019-10-30T01:15:17.727Z", "content": "

Great post and great journey, Konstantin.\nIt was a previlege to know you, to learn from you and to witness your generosity .\n Really inspiring!

", "rawMarkdown": "Great post and great journey, Konstantin.\nIt was a previlege to know you, to learn from you and to witness your generosity .\n Really inspiring!", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 660780, "postDate": "2019-10-29T15:32:30.153Z", "content": "

Great article @kyakovlev ... Thanks for sharing it.

", "rawMarkdown": "Great article @kyakovlev ... Thanks for sharing it. ", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 658458, "postDate": "2019-10-26T03:10:02.327Z", "content": "

Congratulations for your awesome journey. I am sure you will work very soon with the brightest minds in this domain. Kaggle will be with you.

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Thank you for sharing your best practices and learning path. This 2 hour + 2 hour is something new for me. I always feel overwhelmed with the discussions and public kernels. May be I should spend more time reading those.

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One question. Do you follow or participate in multiple competitions together? Or do you follow multiple competitions, but actively participate only in one? Please let us know.

", "rawMarkdown": "Congratulations for your awesome journey. I am sure you will work very soon with the brightest minds in this domain. **Kaggle will be with you.**\n\nThank you for sharing your best practices and learning path. This 2 hour + 2 hour is something new for me. I always feel overwhelmed with the discussions and public kernels. May be I should spend more time reading those.\n\nOne question. Do you follow or participate in multiple competitions together? Or do you follow multiple competitions, but actively participate only in one? Please let us know.", "votes": 2, "replies": [ { "id": 658798, "postDate": "2019-10-26T14:55:27.570Z", "content": "
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Do you follow or participate in multiple competitions together?

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I don't. During this year I've dedicated time to one competition. But it doesn't mean I don't read kernels and discussions on others competitions - there is a lot of new techniques and interesting ideas that could be applied for different tasks.

", "rawMarkdown": "> Do you follow or participate in multiple competitions together? \n\nI don't. During this year I've dedicated time to one competition. But it doesn't mean I don't read kernels and discussions on others competitions - there is a lot of new techniques and interesting ideas that could be applied for different tasks.\n", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 658285, "postDate": "2019-10-25T21:39:15.433Z", "content": "

A great journey full of falls and achievements with the final great growth we have recently seen.

", "rawMarkdown": "A great journey full of falls and achievements with the final great growth we have recently seen. ", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 658245, "postDate": "2019-10-25T20:42:36.697Z", "content": "

Great writeup! Congrats and thanks for sharing it.

", "rawMarkdown": "Great writeup! Congrats and thanks for sharing it.", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 659139, "postDate": "2019-10-27T06:33:52.647Z", "content": "

Great write-up. Very inspiring!

", "rawMarkdown": "Great write-up. Very inspiring! ", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 664901, "postDate": "2019-11-04T11:23:10.137Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": 1, "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 664972, "postDate": "2019-11-04T13:37:44.987Z", "content": "

thanks

", "rawMarkdown": "thanks", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 660416, "postDate": "2019-10-29T05:16:19.620Z", "content": "

Thanks for sharing!

", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 660141, "postDate": "2019-10-28T18:44:26.390Z", "content": "

Thanks for sharing your Kaggle story!

", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing your Kaggle story!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 713058, "postDate": "2020-01-07T21:01:14.027Z", "content": "

thanks for sharing.. very inspiring

", "rawMarkdown": "thanks for sharing.. very inspiring\n" } ], "comments": [ { "id": 662235, "author_name": "Yiheng Wang", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-31T09:29:59.437000", "content": "

Thanks for sharing!\nI checked my diary and found my first competition's record (in-class, it belongs to my statistic machine learning class's project, in > 3 years ago) just now, the interface in 2016 is quite different from the current one. Here I wish to show it with you all : )\nThat's interesting to look back on previous competitions we've participated. The memories, efforts, exciting for the improvements and worry about huge shake up...\nHappy Kaggle everyday!

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", "votes": 4, "replies": [] }, { "id": 668925, "author_name": "fujiyuu75", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-11-09T05:24:20.280000", "content": "

Thank you for sharing such impressive story!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 665845, "author_name": "Monika Panfil", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-11-05T13:09:35.063000", "content": "

Thank you for sharing your history!\nI feel now like i am in the place when you've started. You are now advanced person on Kaggle and i am like in primary school.\nI started me serious journey with data science in my University. I was the time when i had so many laboratories on which i was doing measurements and then i had to prepare report from this. I've loved this. It was one of my fav things in my Uni.\nThen i started first job, completly not connected with my studies. And it lasted for 1.5 year. I was depressed, exhausted. And i decided to change everything. To have fun from my job, to do what i really love to do. \nNow I am working as software automation tester. But i am learning now everyday data science, machine learning, NLP, big data. I really love this. And i hope to change my job soon from tester to data scientist. I will be connected with my studies and with what i love!\nI love that kind of stories, to read to gain knowledge!

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I have similar schedule to your, but of course sometimes it is hard to strictly kepp with it. I start learning at about 8 pm and it lasts everyday for 4-5 hours. But after several days i feel exhausted.. and just after job there are some days when i just fall asleep..

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I wish you luck!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 663464, "author_name": "Gaurav kumar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-11-02T05:00:52.923000", "content": "

Indeed helpful and inspiring for beginners. Thank you so much for sharing!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 662426, "author_name": "Carlos Salgado", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-31T14:43:39.913000", "content": "

I just joined a week ago and I'm so amazed at what one can accomplish after finding this website. Wish more people knew about it!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 662227, "author_name": "Sailaja Thippabhotla", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-31T09:10:23.963000", "content": "

Thanks for sharing! It is an inspiration to me!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 662119, "author_name": "shrutigoel", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-31T05:34:38.577000", "content": "

Very inspirational..!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 662049, "author_name": "LongYin/杰少", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-31T03:18:22.007000", "content": "

I read your code in IEEE, that is quite a lot of work. Thanks for sharing.

", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 662052, "author_name": "Konstantin Yakovlev", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-31T03:26:27.950000", "content": "

The interesting thing that it just seems so complicated.\nBut after the first competition, you have a bunch of useful stuff that migrates from kernel to kernel.

", "votes": 2, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 661690, "author_name": "fithratullah habibie", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-30T15:44:21.220000", "content": "

it's so inspiring for me as novice

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 661685, "author_name": "TSRTSR", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-30T15:38:42.807000", "content": "

Thanks for sharing! It is an inspiration to me!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 660919, "author_name": "AshitShrivastava", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-29T19:16:28.267000", "content": "

Awesome write-up. Very inspiring for beginners like me.

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 660344, "author_name": "Anurag", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-29T02:41:49.223000", "content": "

Congrats !! 1st competition 210 entries wow

", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 661441, "author_name": "Konstantin Yakovlev", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-30T09:50:25.577000", "content": "

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200 is not large number)) It's normal for any competition that permits submit 5 times per day.

", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 660277, "author_name": "YaGana Sheriff-Hussaini", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-29T00:30:41.567000", "content": "

Congrats @kyakovlev on an amazing journey and thanks for sharing.

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 660235, "author_name": "Hieu Phung", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-28T23:06:11.497000", "content": "

Wow, such an epic journey 😍

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 660166, "author_name": "AmirH", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-28T19:46:27.607000", "content": "

Thanks for sharing @kyakovlev !!\nYou're doing an awesome job!\nI share your enthusiasm and passion for Kaggling.\nCurrently i'm on a break, because of the obsession and addiction Kaggling is causing me.\nI am currently working with reinforcement learning on my own - something i can do with a bit more self control.\nbut it's very difficult seeing the great competitions that come up and only watching from the side.

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I appreciate your involvment in the community and the amount of time and energy you spend on sharing your methods.\nI don't always agree with the extent and\\or timing of it (i.e sharing your process with gold solution, even if still few weeks for competition) but i appreciate it very much =)

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Keep up the good work my friend, \nMay the Kaggle be with you and good luck in your future endeavors!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 659651, "author_name": "Sandeep Kumar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-28T02:50:41.427000", "content": "

Thanks for sharing your journey! It motivates beginners like me to do better day by day! Congrats and thanks again!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 658437, "author_name": "Ailurophile", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-26T02:12:27.070000", "content": "

Great Write-Up\nAmazing & Inspiring\nCongrats & Thanks for Sharing @kyakovlev

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 663898, "author_name": "David Tang", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-11-02T20:30:22.007000", "content": "

Wow 2 hours reading and 2 hours coding a day. @kyakovlev you must be very persistent and committed. And I guess this is on top of normal work commitments.

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I'm spending all time debugging and not enough reading. It is time to re-adjust my trajectory. Thank you for sharing and inspiring!

", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 661170, "author_name": "João Gonçalves", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-30T01:15:17.727000", "content": "

Great post and great journey, Konstantin.\nIt was a previlege to know you, to learn from you and to witness your generosity .\n Really inspiring!

", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 660780, "author_name": "Manoj Prabhakar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-29T15:32:30.153000", "content": "

Great article @kyakovlev ... Thanks for sharing it.

", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 658458, "author_name": "arnab", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-26T03:10:02.327000", "content": "

Congratulations for your awesome journey. I am sure you will work very soon with the brightest minds in this domain. Kaggle will be with you.

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Thank you for sharing your best practices and learning path. This 2 hour + 2 hour is something new for me. I always feel overwhelmed with the discussions and public kernels. May be I should spend more time reading those.

\n\n

One question. Do you follow or participate in multiple competitions together? Or do you follow multiple competitions, but actively participate only in one? Please let us know.

", "votes": 2, "replies": [ { "id": 658798, "author_name": "Konstantin Yakovlev", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-26T14:55:27.570000", "content": "
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Do you follow or participate in multiple competitions together?

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I don't. During this year I've dedicated time to one competition. But it doesn't mean I don't read kernels and discussions on others competitions - there is a lot of new techniques and interesting ideas that could be applied for different tasks.

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 658285, "author_name": "Mukharbek Organokov", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-25T21:39:15.433000", "content": "

A great journey full of falls and achievements with the final great growth we have recently seen.

", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 658245, "author_name": "Will Cukierski", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-25T20:42:36.697000", "content": "

Great writeup! Congrats and thanks for sharing it.

", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 659139, "author_name": "Manraj Singh", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-27T06:33:52.647000", "content": "

Great write-up. Very inspiring!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 664901, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-11-04T11:23:10.137000", "content": "", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 664972, "author_name": "chen pu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-11-04T13:37:44.987000", "content": "

thanks

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 660416, "author_name": "Tony", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-29T05:16:19.620000", "content": "

Thanks for sharing!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 660141, "author_name": "Erica Brick", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-10-28T18:44:26.390000", "content": "

Thanks for sharing your Kaggle story!

", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 713058, "author_name": "Ricercar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-07T21:01:14.027000", "content": "

thanks for sharing.. very inspiring

", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "658059": "Another day for Kaggle, but for me, this day will always be special. Exactly a year ago, I've joined the greatest community in the world. Just imagine what concentration of brains (I do not want to say IQ) and talents on one site. Imagined? And now open the kernels and the forum - all these, the smartest people on the planet (I'm not talking about myself)) for all my great arrogance, I don’t even stand nearby them) share their knowledge and lead hand in hand across all the difficulties of machine learning.\n\n> Join, Learn, Share.\n\nI've always thought this should be a Kaggle motto.\n\n\nWhen I registered on the site, I could not even imagine how much Kaggle would mean to me. The goal was simple - to check my knowledge, take part in a couple of competitions. Place a checkmark for the completed stage and move on.\n\nDid I think then that I could win a medal, of course not? And of course, I could not imagine that I could win a competition. But all this is possible. How?\n\nJoin, Learn, Share.\n\n---\n\n## Year-long path\n\n### My first competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/competitive-data-science-predict-future-sales\n\nThe first test. I thought that I would spend a week, maybe two, and finish, but when you see how you climb in the leaderboard, you see how “new cool things” make your model better and you can’t stop. You try harder and harder. How is it that the guy in the first place scores better than yours? If he succeeded, then it is possible, then you need to learn, read, try harder.\n\nAnd here you are in the first place. So far, only in the sandbox, where such mastodons as Giba do not shred the whole leaderboard top and you gain faith in your own strengths.\n\nIn parallel with the competition, I went into reading the forum - I have not seen so much information, the necessary information for a long time or never at all.\n\nThe whole month the schedule was: work, 2 hours of coding, 2 hours of reading, plan for tomorrow. And it gave a result.\n\n\nTip: set a schedule for yourself, read a lot, try to “code” what you learned. Regularity and practice. Set up a time window for Kaggle when nothing distracts you.\n\n\n**Paylist:**\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXjfcf2dvU\n\n---\n\n### The second competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation\n\nAfter the sandbox, my appetite flashed and I wanted to try a real competition. I did not believe in a good result, but I really wanted to try - the final result is a “ghost” silver medal - cut from the leaderboard for using the second account. Yes, I was young and stupid. It's not stupid to use a second account to analyze your work more quickly but I'm blaming myself for showing such disrespect to thousands of participants (I knew that I would be removed from the leaderboard, I just wanted to check my strength). Now I am very ashamed of that period.\n\n\nTip: do not use a second account)) this is something you will regret for a very long time.\n\n\n**Paylist:**\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsbrKZhCLZU\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU0XUolOtzQ\n* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmvC4dY9Qho\n\n---\n\n### Third competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/santander-customer-transaction-prediction\n\nNo second accounts. 2 hours to code, 2 hours to read. Read about everything: models, validation, imbalance data, python, statistics. If you don’t know something, this is not a reason to quit; it is a reason to learn something new.\n\nIt was a time when I met very talented Data Scientists, those whom I can call friends now.\nThe final result, which I am very proud of 48th place in the largest Kaggle competition. It was a huge achievement for me and gave confidence in my abilities.\n\n\nTip: Get out of isolation - communicate, exchange ideas, learn from others.\n\n**Paylist (no ATB this time):**\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwWC_nlvyxk\n\n---\n\n### Fourth competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/jigsaw-unintended-bias-in-toxicity-classification\n\nWe formed a team at the very beginning of the competition and fought like lions)). On the public leaderboard, we were the first 3 hours before the end of the competition and finished in second place. The private result was not so cool - 27th place.\n\n\nHere is our story:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/jigsaw-unintended-bias-in-toxicity-classification/discussion/97389\n\n\nTip: You will make mistakes, often, a lot, this is not a reason to quit - learn from it - this is the best experience that you can get.\n\n\n**Paylist (again no ATB):**\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pO3_7qipM8\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSThrKGn9EU\n\n---\n\n### Fifth competition:\n\n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/ieee-fraud-detection\n\nWe won. With, I’m not afraid of the word, great competitors. This is our journey. \n* https://www.kaggle.com/c/ieee-fraud-detection/discussion\n\nThe idea at the beginning of the competition was to stop taking from Kaggle and start giving - basic things, not perfect but help in the same way you all helped me during all this year.\n\nTip: Believe in yourself, even if no one supports you, even if you don’t have enough knowledge, believe in yourself, everything is possible, everything depends only on you.\n\n**Paylist:**\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvDj2fnKoQ\n\n---\n\nNow new challenges are coming.\nI have a dream, dream to work with such talented people as I see here.\nDream to have a job where my hobby and duties go hand in hand.\nOne step closer to it - the previous contract is broken from last Monday.\n\n\n**Be the Kaggle with you**", "662235": "Thanks for sharing!\nI checked my diary and found my first competition's record (in-class, it belongs to my statistic machine learning class's project, in > 3 years ago) just now, the interface in 2016 is quite different from the current one. Here I wish to show it with you all : )\nThat's interesting to look back on previous competitions we've participated. The memories, efforts, exciting for the improvements and worry about huge shake up...\nHappy Kaggle everyday!\n\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F682501%2Fd4352a5bda0f811e604f86dbbd29b9bb%2Fkaggle.jpeg?generation=1572514409660718&alt=media)\n", "668925": "Thank you for sharing such impressive story!", "665845": "Thank you for sharing your history!\nI feel now like i am in the place when you've started. You are now advanced person on Kaggle and i am like in primary school.\nI started me serious journey with data science in my University. I was the time when i had so many laboratories on which i was doing measurements and then i had to prepare report from this. I've loved this. It was one of my fav things in my Uni.\nThen i started first job, completly not connected with my studies. And it lasted for 1.5 year. I was depressed, exhausted. And i decided to change everything. To have fun from my job, to do what i really love to do. \nNow I am working as software automation tester. But i am learning now everyday data science, machine learning, NLP, big data. I really love this. And i hope to change my job soon from tester to data scientist. I will be connected with my studies and with what i love!\nI love that kind of stories, to read to gain knowledge!\n\nI have similar schedule to your, but of course sometimes it is hard to strictly kepp with it. I start learning at about 8 pm and it lasts everyday for 4-5 hours. But after several days i feel exhausted.. and just after job there are some days when i just fall asleep.. \n\nI wish you luck! ", "663464": "Indeed helpful and inspiring for beginners. Thank you so much for sharing!", "662426": "I just joined a week ago and I'm so amazed at what one can accomplish after finding this website. Wish more people knew about it!", "662227": "Thanks for sharing! It is an inspiration to me!", "662119": "Very inspirational..!", "662049": "I read your code in IEEE, that is quite a lot of work. Thanks for sharing.", "661690": "it's so inspiring for me as novice", "661685": "Thanks for sharing! It is an inspiration to me!", "660919": "Awesome write-up. Very inspiring for beginners like me. ", "660344": "Congrats !! 1st competition 210 entries wow", "660277": "Congrats @kyakovlev on an amazing journey and thanks for sharing.", "660235": "Wow, such an epic journey 😍 ", "660166": "Thanks for sharing @kyakovlev !!\nYou're doing an awesome job!\nI share your enthusiasm and passion for Kaggling.\nCurrently i'm on a break, because of the obsession and addiction Kaggling is causing me.\nI am currently working with reinforcement learning on my own - something i can do with a bit more self control.\nbut it's very difficult seeing the great competitions that come up and only watching from the side.\n\nI appreciate your involvment in the community and the amount of time and energy you spend on sharing your methods.\nI don't always agree with the extent and\\or timing of it (i.e sharing your process with gold solution, even if still few weeks for competition) but i appreciate it very much =)\n\nKeep up the good work my friend, \nMay the Kaggle be with you and good luck in your future endeavors!\n", "659651": "Thanks for sharing your journey! It motivates beginners like me to do better day by day! Congrats and thanks again!", "658437": "Great Write-Up\nAmazing & Inspiring\nCongrats & Thanks for Sharing @kyakovlev ", "663898": "Wow 2 hours reading and 2 hours coding a day. @kyakovlev you must be very persistent and committed. And I guess this is on top of normal work commitments. \n\nI'm spending all time debugging and not enough reading. It is time to re-adjust my trajectory. Thank you for sharing and inspiring! ", "661170": "Great post and great journey, Konstantin.\nIt was a previlege to know you, to learn from you and to witness your generosity .\n Really inspiring!", "660780": "Great article @kyakovlev ... Thanks for sharing it. ", "658458": "Congratulations for your awesome journey. I am sure you will work very soon with the brightest minds in this domain. **Kaggle will be with you.**\n\nThank you for sharing your best practices and learning path. This 2 hour + 2 hour is something new for me. I always feel overwhelmed with the discussions and public kernels. May be I should spend more time reading those.\n\nOne question. Do you follow or participate in multiple competitions together? Or do you follow multiple competitions, but actively participate only in one? Please let us know.", "658285": "A great journey full of falls and achievements with the final great growth we have recently seen. ", "658245": "Great writeup! Congrats and thanks for sharing it.", "659139": "Great write-up. Very inspiring! ", "664901": "", "664972": "thanks", "660416": "Thanks for sharing!", "660141": "Thanks for sharing your Kaggle story!", "713058": "thanks for sharing.. very inspiring\n" } }