Database roadmaps

Database roadmaps on Sefism: every stage, what it covers, how long it takes and what you can build once it is done.

56 paths
3295 topics

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Foundations

Start here if you are new or your basics are patchy.

Roadmap · Foundations
SQL and databases roadmap
Queries, design, indexes, transactions
The path
1. 1Relational thinking and your setup
2. 2Querying one table
3. Joins and set operations
+ 6 more
- 9 stages
- 67 topics
- ~6 months
Opens with credits
Roadmap · Foundations
MongoDB roadmap
Documents, modelling, indexes, aggregation
The path
1. 1Documents and your setup
2. 2Reading and writing documents
3. Arrays and nested documents
+ 5 more
- 8 stages
- 66 topics
- ~5 months
Opens with credits

Build products

Ship real apps for the web and phones.

Roadmap · Build products
Choosing the right database roadmap
SQL, document, cache, search, vector and more
The path
1. 1Start from the data, not the product
2. 2Relational databases: the sensible default
3. Document databases: MongoDB and Firestore
+ 6 more
- 9 stages
- 56 topics
- ~4 months
Opens with credits

Specialise

Go deep in one area of engineering.

Roadmap · Specialise
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

Browse the roadmaps by stage of your career

Each of these is its own page: the foundations, the ones that build products, the ones that specialise, the career paths and the ways to earn independently.

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