Not applying is the surest way not to get the ml job. Or try switching roles within the same company?
If you find the time you can do an online masters in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech for around $7k. You can hack on your own projects and build credentials.
Some companies might be willing to sponsor the OCMS course.
I'm 22 and I can empathize with you. I'd suggest seeking a psychologist to talk about your possible depression is the best thing you can do.
Otherwise, get into a routine? Try to include waking up on time, work , gym and exercise into that routine.
I've been trying headspace for the past week. It feels nice.
I've been thinking of project ideas to work on or people to work with. I wish there was a better way to find this. Maybe talk to your friends who are into such things?
Perhaps the best way to find co-founders and ideas and interesting work is to work for a startup? It allows you to learn about startups at someone elses expense.
Google's Python class is a pretty good start[0]. It's enough to get you started and moves at a nice pace! After that I'd hack on a project of my own. Even better if you have a project in mind before learning the language. This book by Jeff Knup will get you familiar with the pythonic way of doing things[1].
A "Tiffin" in India is a meal in a box. There is this website https://tiffinplanet.co.uk/ that provides a tiffin service. That is serves Indian food to you for lunch/dinner. You can find similar services on Gumtree. I briefly subscribed to a Tiffin service that would advertise the food a day before and you could decide whether you were interested or not.
I'm am an expat who lives in the UK. I'm from India as well. $24 for 3-4 vegetarian meals seems really expensive, will you adjust pricing as you scale?
How do you plan on preserving taste and the "home cooked feeling" as you scale? This might be an absurd question at this stage, but a friend and I who wanted to get in this space couldn't come up with a good answer.
Personally, I just cook a lot of food whenever I cook so that I am able to do a couple of meals. I've recently considered having a soylent for dinner and I just ordered my first pack of Huel. I can cook whenever I want to eat really authentic food.
Here in the UK a lot of house wives provide a tiffin service. Is there something similar in the US?
I've been through this. It's a good starting point and can be fairly useful for interviews. It gives a good high level overview of systems, enough for you to talk about them.
Maybe I can go through this again and dive deeper into topics that interest me.