You ever start watching an anime or a series on episode 12 and just sit there wondering wtf is going on? 😂 Yeah, that’s exactly what it would feel like if I just dropped my Kaggle code today without an intro. So, let’s start at Episode 1. Hey, I'm Vishnu. I’m currently a 1st-year B.Tech CSE student, but I'm playing the long game. My ultimate endgame is pursuing my Master’s in AI and Machine Learning at a top research lab in Japan. Recently, I had this massive realization: the clean, custom datasets they give you in basic ML tutorials are basically a trap. They teach you the syntax, but they don't teach you how to survive. The real world is a messy warzone of missing values, typos, and useless noise. I realized I need to treat Data Science less like a calculator and more like detective work. I’ll be using Dev.to as my captain’s log.…