AI, DevOps and data roadmaps

Specialist roadmaps for AI engineering, machine learning, DevOps, cloud, data and cybersecurity: what to learn, in what order, with real projects.

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AI engineering roadmap
Build products on LLMs and generative AI
The path
1. 1How LLMs work: tokens and context
2. 2Prompting and model APIs
3. RAG: embeddings, chunking and retrieval
+ 5 more
- 8 stages
- 67 topics
- ~12 months
Opens with credits
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Machine learning roadmap
Data, models, deep learning
The path
1. 1Python for data
2. 2The maths you need
3. Data cleaning and feature engineering
+ 4 more
- 7 stages
- 63 topics
- ~20 months
Opens with credits
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System design roadmap
Systems that scale
The path
1. 1Core concepts and building blocks
2. 2Data storage, partitioning and replication
3. Networking, APIs and messaging
+ 4 more
- 7 stages
- 66 topics
- ~13 months
Opens with credits
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DevOps and cloud roadmap
Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
The path
1. 1Linux, the shell and scripting
2. 2Networking for engineers
3. Containers with Docker
+ 4 more
- 7 stages
- 67 topics
- ~18 months
Opens with credits
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Cybersecurity roadmap
Defend systems, test them, secure code
The path
1. 1Security foundations
2. 2A safe home lab
3. Logs and telemetry
+ 5 more
- 8 stages
- 54 topics
- ~12 months
Opens with credits
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Data analytics roadmap
SQL, spreadsheets, dashboards, insight
The path
1. 1How analysts think
2. 2Spreadsheets properly
3. SQL for analysis
+ 5 more
- 8 stages
- 53 topics
- ~11 months
Opens with credits
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QA and test automation roadmap
Manual testing to automated suites
The path
1. 1Testing fundamentals
2. 2Manual testing done well
3. Web and API basics for testers
+ 5 more
- 8 stages
- 57 topics
- ~13 months
Opens with credits
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Data engineering roadmap
Pipelines, warehouses, Spark, dbt
The path
1. 1What data engineers do
2. 2Analytical SQL and data modelling
3. File formats, lakes and Spark
+ 5 more
- 8 stages
- 63 topics
- ~9 months
Opens with credits
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Data science roadmap
Statistics, pandas, ML, experiments
The path
1. 1Python for data: NumPy and pandas
2. 2Statistics and probability you actually use
3. SQL for data work
+ 7 more
- 10 stages
- 69 topics
- ~10 months
Opens with credits
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AI agents and MCP roadmap
Tool calling, MCP servers, evals
The path
1. 1How agents work
2. 2Tool calling from scratch
3. Structured output and validation
+ 7 more
- 10 stages
- 71 topics
- ~5 months
Opens with credits
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MLOps and LLMOps roadmap
Ship, serve and monitor models
The path
1. 1From notebook to package
2. 2Data and model versioning
3. Experiment tracking and the model registry
+ 7 more
- 10 stages
- 68 topics
- ~12 months
Opens with credits
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Cloud engineering roadmap
One cloud in depth, with certifications
The path
1. 1Linux and networking you need for cloud
2. 2Cloud concepts and billing
3. Identity and access
+ 7 more
- 10 stages
- 66 topics
- ~9 months
Opens with credits
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Platform engineering and SRE roadmap
SLOs, observability, Kubernetes platforms
The path
1. 1Reliability basics: SLIs, SLOs and error budgets
2. 2Observability: metrics, logs and traces
3. Incident response and postmortems
+ 7 more
- 10 stages
- 62 topics
- ~10 months
Opens with credits
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Network engineering roadmap
Routing, switching, CCNA, cloud networks
The path
1. 1How networks work and subnetting
2. 2Switching and VLANs
3. Routing: static, OSPF and BGP
+ 7 more
- 10 stages
- 69 topics
- ~9 months
Opens with credits
Roadmap · Specialise
AI security roadmap
Secure LLM apps and agents, test models safely
The path
1. 1Security foundations for AI builders
2. 2How LLM apps and agents work, and where they break
3. Risk maps: the OWASP lists and MITRE ATLAS
+ 6 more
- 9 stages
- 66 topics
- ~11 months
Opens with credits
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AI governance roadmap
Inventory, oversight, EU AI Act, ISO 42001
The path
1. 1Why AI governance, and the rules
2. 2AI inventory: know what you run
3. Data foundation
+ 5 more
- 8 stages
- 48 topics
- ~6 months
Opens with credits
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Cloud cost and FinOps roadmap
Read the bill, cut waste, forecast spend
The path
1. 1How cloud billing works
2. 2Reading the bill and tagging
3. Visibility and allocation: showback, chargeback and unit costs
+ 6 more
- 9 stages
- 66 topics
- ~4 months
Opens with credits

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