Python Developer Roadmap for Freshers

Learn Python well enough for scripting, backend and data roles, with the topics interviewers actually ask.

7 milestones · ~160 hours total

1. 1

   Core syntax

   ~25h

   Variables, types, strings, lists, dicts, sets, loops and functions. Solve 30 small problems.

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2. 2

   Writing cleaner Python

   ~20h

   List comprehensions, *args and **kwargs, generators, decorators and context managers.

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3. 3

   Object-oriented Python

   ~20h

   Classes, inheritance, dunder methods, dataclasses and the MRO.

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4. 4

   Files, modules and testing

   ~15h

   Reading and writing files, JSON and CSV, virtual environments, pytest.

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5. 5

   Pick a direction

   ~50h

   Backend (Flask or FastAPI), data (pandas, NumPy) or automation. Build one project in it.

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6. 6

   Performance and internals

   ~15h

   GIL, memory model, complexity of list and dict operations, caching.

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7. 7

   Interview rounds

   ~15h

   Take the Python rated tests and the coding basics test; prepare to explain your project.

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