Every tech job & skill has a life span. The mobile tech buzz had extended life for the crowd at QC.
Whats important to note is not to burn yourself at one job, keep updating your skills & position yourself for the next big wave
http://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/08/gartner-2015-hype-cycle-big-data-is-out-machine-learning-is-in.html
Everyone can do Math. Hunger, Mortgage, Kid's fees, future prospects etc will make you do what it takes. Some learn fast, some take time but he who uses what is learnt to productise will succeed.
Historically, America's success has been its ability to innovate. Obesity is a physical problem today, dont let it be a mental problem. No time for complacency and finger pointing.
Its survival guys.
bitflippers can't do math. time to pivot.
In ucsd ext , there is a data mining course but better to take coursera.
San Diego supercomputing hires folks but really qualified.
Get ready to study Matrices.
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23machinelearning
AI/neural network was all the rage in the 80s. Now it's back under a new name! McFly went back to the future.