The best solution I have come up with that takes the bad away but keeps the positive aspects is getting an Apple Watch/smart watch and using that. Leaving the phone at home. I'll have all the convenience of the smart phone without a robust distraction system built into it. App blockers don't work past like a week or two for me. I need to change the environment I live in to quit, this is how I quit cigarettes as well. I have recognized my "willpower" is just not as genetically gifted as others so I need to have a-little more ingenuity when I solve my problems then just using brute force.

I tried that, tried everything you could think of. I get so bad.

Most of these people are telling an alcoholic the equivalent of just sip don't throw the bottle away. It is a-little frustraighting

I appreciate all of your feedback,

I will just get a flip phone they are 20 bucks and less stress then battling an addiction I have all-ready tried to quit a million times

This is what I was thinking, the other option is get a Apple Watch so I have gps and texting alittle smother and just use the watch and leave the phone at home.

I don't think most of these people understand they are just saying do better quit using your phone when that is not a solution at all

Maybe we could mastermind and create a network or professional org for ML engineers and data scientists

I am getting my masters in compsci in machine learning for my emphasis.

I really really want to be a machine learning engineer I love the math, I love the code and everything about all that is.

What is the best way as a new graduate to seek and prepare for a job in this field

Is it simply apply, have projects, and use kaggle?

Or is there more to it?

Also what networks or organizations can i join to start networking in the area?