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Machine Learning Roadmap
Career Path: Software Engineer → ML Engineering
Phase 1: Fundamentals (Weeks 1-10)
Week 1: Computer Science Fundamentals
● Operating Systems (OS)
● Computer Hardware & Architecture
● Bits & Bytes
● Internet & Networking Basics
Resources: Khan Academy, CS50 (Harvard), Computer Networking (Coursera)
Week 2: Mathematics for ML
● Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, Eigenvalues
● Calculus: Derivatives, Integrals, Partial Derivatives
● Probability & Statistics: Bayes Theorem, Probability Distributions
Resources: Khan Academy, 3Blue1Brown (YouTube), MIT OpenCourseWare
Week 3-4: Python Programming
● Data Types, Loops, Functions, OOP
● NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib
Resources: Python Crash Course, Automate the Boring Stuff, Real Python
Week 5: Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA)
● Arrays, Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues
● Trees, Graphs, Sorting & Searching Algorithms
Resources: Abdul Bari (YouTube), [Link], LeetCode
Week 6: SQL & Databases
● SQL Queries, Joins, Indexing
● Database Normalization & Transactions
Resources: W3Schools, SQLZOO, Mode Analytics
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Week 7: System Design & Scalability
● Communication Protocols (REST, gRPC, WebSockets)
● Security Protocols (SSL/TLS, OAuth, JWT)
● Latency & Throughput Optimization
Resources: System Design Interview by Alex Xu, High Scalability Blog
Week 8: Leadership & Soft Skills
● Decision-Making & Problem-Solving
● Team Collaboration & Agile Methodologies
Resources: Amazon Leadership Principles, The Pragmatic Programmer
Week 9: Professional Networking
● Resume Building & LinkedIn Optimization
● Connecting with ML Professionals & Open-Source Contributions
Resources: LinkedIn Learning, Kaggle Community, GitHub
Week 10: Data Cleaning & Preprocessing
● Handling Missing Data, Feature Engineering
● Data Normalization & Standardization
Resources: Hands-On Machine Learning by Aurélien Géron
Phase 2: Machine Learning Core (Weeks 11-13)
Week 11-13: ML Foundations
● Cost Function & Loss Function
● Gradient Descent (SGD, Adam)
● Train-Test Split & Cross-Validation
● Model Training & Performance Metrics (RMSE, R², Precision-Recall)
● Hyperparameter Tuning & Regularization (L1/L2)
● Overfitting vs. Underfitting & Bias-Variance Tradeoff
Machine Learning Algorithms
● Supervised Learning:
● Linear Regression, Logistic Regression
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● Support Vector Machines (SVM)
● Decision Trees & Random Forest
● Naïve Bayes
Unsupervised Learning:
● K-Means Clustering
● Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
● DBSCAN
Reinforcement Learning:
● Markov Decision Process (MDP)
● Q-Learning & Deep Q Networking
Resources:
● Machine Learning for Absolute Beginners
● Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Bishop)
● Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning Course (Coursera)
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Phase 3: Deep Learning & Advanced ML (Weeks 14-19)
Week 14-16: Deep Learning
● Neural Networks (Perceptron, Backpropagation)
● Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) for Image Processing
● Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) & LSTMs for Sequence Data
● Transformers & Attention Mechanisms (BERT, GPT)
Resources: Andrew Ng’s Deep Learning Specialization, TensorFlow, PyTorch
Week 17-19: ML System Design
● Designing ML Pipelines
● Facebook News Feed Ranking Case Study
● Model Deployment (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)
Resources: ML System Design ([Link]), ML Expert (AlgoExpert)
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Phase 4: Specialization & Research (Weeks 20-22)
Week 20-22: Specialization & Research
● ML Ops (CI/CD for ML, Model Monitoring)
● Computer Vision (Image Classification, Object Detection)
● Natural Language Processing (NLP) (Tokenization, Sentiment Analysis)
● Generative AI (GANs, Stable Diffusion, LLMs)
Resources:
● Top ML Conferences:
● NeurIPS
● ICIR
● ICML
● AAAI
Company Blog Posts:
● FAIR by Meta
● Google Brain
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Final Steps: Portfolio & Job Search
1. Build ML Projects
● Kaggle Competitions
● End-to-End ML Model Deployment
● Open Source Contributions
2. Portfolio & Resume
● Showcase projects on GitHub
● Write blog posts on ML concepts
3. Job Interviews & Applications
● LeetCode for coding interviews
● System Design & ML Case Study Practice
