Machine learning (ML) is the invisible engine behind various applications like Netflix, fraud-proof banks, and stock markets.Building a top-tier ML pipeline requires a 6-step grind that anyone can learn, starting with data collection and ending with deployment.Key steps include data cleaning to handle missing values, duplicates, encoding, and scaling.The importance of exploratory data analysis (EDA) is highlighted, as it helps uncover outliers, trends, and feature cuts before model development.