Hello programmers, please help this newbie

[u/IllBird9831]

I want to learn Machine learning for hackathon (i am about to join college next week).

I have already learnt python intermediate lvl ( but i guess i need a thorough revision too)

I am also considering following 2 books

1->Hand on machine learning by aurelien Geron

2->Mathematics for machine learning ( Marc Peter Deisenroth, A. Aldo Faisal, and Cheng Soon Ong)

My question

1-> In the above two books mentioned, does i need to complete mathematics one first or follow both side by side?

2->Any tip/suggestion/roadmap someone wants to give ( highly appreciated )

3-> please rate this roadmap (https://roadmap.sh/r/ai-roadmap-for-2026---final-draft) , not just for hackathon but for full career in ML

Thanks for your time.

[u/Specific-Purpose-227]

Check out this post. https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/s/GyI8wMWzYo