🧠 Full Stack Software Engineering + AI/ML Mastery Roadmap (2+ Years)

This roadmap is designed to take you from a beginner to a Senior Software Engineer and AI Developer, ready for top-tier interviews, hackathons, and industry-grade applications using JavaScript, Python, and best modern engineering practices.

⏱️ Daily Commitment

👨‍💻 Weekdays: 3–5 hours/day (Learning + Projects + Practice)
📚 Weekends: 6–8 hours/day (Deep Work + Revision + Mock Interviews)
⏳ Interview Prep Time (Always Reserved): 30–60 min/day

📅 2+ Year Roadmap Table

Phase	Duration	Topics & Focus Areas
1. Programming Foundations	3 Months	JavaScript & Python basics, Syntax, Loops, Functions, Data Types, OOP, Error Handling, Git & GitHub, VS Code setup
2. Core Web Development	3 Months	HTML, CSS, JavaScript DOM, Events, LocalStorage, Browser APIs, Responsive Design, Accessibility (a11y), SEO
3. Advanced JavaScript	2 Months	Closures, Hoisting, Event Loop, Promises, async/await, `this`, call/apply/bind, Currying, Prototypes
4. Python Mastery	2 Months	Python advanced: Iterators, Generators, Decorators, File Handling, OOP, Exception Handling, CLI tools
5. DSA in JavaScript	4 Months	Arrays, Strings, Linked Lists, Trees, Graphs, Recursion, Heaps, Hashing, Backtracking, Greedy, DP, Systematic Leetcode grind
6. Real Projects (JS Focused)	2 Months	Portfolio, Kanban Board, Chat App (Socket.io), Expense Tracker, GitHub Repo Explorer, AI Tools using OpenAI API
7. TypeScript + Testing	1.5 Months	TS basics, Interfaces, Enums, Type Narrowing, Jest, Mocha, Snapshot Testing, TDD
8. React & Ecosystem	3 Months	JSX, Hooks, Context, Router, Redux/Zustand, React Query, Custom Hooks, SSR (Next.js), Tailwind CSS, UI libs
9. Backend Development	3 Months	Node.js, Express, JWT Auth, REST APIs, File Uploads, MongoDB (Mongoose), PostgreSQL (Prisma), Middleware, Helmet
10. DevOps & Deployment	2 Months	Docker, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Vercel/Netlify, Railway, Nginx, PM2, Rate Limiting, Logging, Monitoring
11. AI/ML Foundations (Python)	2.5 Months	NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, Regression, Classification, Clustering, Evaluation Metrics, ML Pipelines
12. Deep Learning (Python)	2 Months	Neural Networks, CNN, RNN, LSTM, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Image Classifier, Spam Detection
13. NLP & Transformers	2 Months	Tokenization, BERT, GPT, TF-IDF, Word2Vec, HuggingFace, LangChain, Chatbots, Fake News Detection
14. Advanced Projects (Fullstack + AI)	3 Months	AI Chatbot in Browser, Emotion Detection, AI CMS, AI Voice Assistant, Doodle Classifier, Stock Price Predictor
15. System Design Basics	2 Months	High-level design, Scalability, Caching, Sharding, CAP Theorem, Load Balancing, Rate Limiting, Design Patterns
16. Microservices & WebSockets	1.5 Months	Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, gRPC, WebSockets, Event-Driven Architecture, API Gateway
17. Final Prep + Mock Interviews	2 Months	Mock Interviews (Pramp, Interviewing.io), Resume Polishing, GitHub Cleanup, Portfolio, 100+ JS & DSA Questions

✅ Additional Skills & Practices

✅ Soft Skills: Communication, Problem Solving, Time Management
✅ Open Source: Contribute to beginner-friendly GitHub Repos
✅ Blogging: Share JS & AI tips on Dev.to, Hashnode
✅ Public Speaking: Practice explaining concepts on Twitter, YouTube Shorts
✅ Meetups: Join Discords, attend hackathons, networking

🎯 Tools & Ecosystem

Category	Tools & Tech
Languages	JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, Python
Frontend	HTML, CSS, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS
Backend	Node.js, Express, NestJS
Databases	MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
DevOps	Docker, GitHub Actions, Nginx, Railway
Testing	Jest, Mocha, Cypress, Playwright
AI/ML	NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch
NLP/CV	HuggingFace, OpenCV, spaCy
Deployment	Vercel, Netlify, Render
Version Control	Git, GitHub
APIs	REST, GraphQL, OpenAI, LangChain