📌 Month 1: Python Foundations (Deep Dive)
Goals: Master Python syntax, OOP, data structures, problem-solving.
Resources:
● Book: Automate the Boring Stuff with Python (free online book).
● Course: Python for Everybody (Coursera, free audit).
● Practice: LeetCode Easy Python Problems.
● Supplement: Real Python Tutorials.
Mini Project Ideas:
● Expense Tracker CLI app.
● Weather app using API calls.
● Simple text-based game (Tic Tac Toe, Hangman).
📌 Month 2: Data Analysis with Python
Goals: Learn NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn. Start data wrangling & visualization.
Resources:
● Book: Python for Data Analysis by Wes McKinney.
● Course: Kaggle Python & Pandas Micro-Courses.
● Supplement: freeCodeCamp Data Analysis with Python.
Mini Project Ideas:
● Analyze your own bank statement CSV.
● Visualize Covid-19 data from Our World in Data.
● Kaggle Dataset EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis).
📌 Month 3: Statistics + Machine Learning Basics
Goals: Math foundation + Intro to ML algorithms.
Resources:
● Math: Khan Academy Statistics + Practical Statistics for Data Scientists (book).
● ML Course: Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning (Coursera).
● Python ML: Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras & TensorFlow (book).
Mini Project Ideas:
● Predict house prices (sklearn dataset).
● Build spam email classifier (Naive Bayes).
● Kaggle Titanic competition.
📌 Month 4: Intermediate ML + Kaggle
Goals: Work with supervised & unsupervised learning, feature engineering, model evaluation.
Resources:
● Course: Kaggle Intermediate ML.
● YouTube: StatQuest ML playlist (easy math explanations).
● Book: Continue Hands-On ML.
Mini Project Ideas:
● Customer segmentation with K-Means.
● Loan default prediction.
● Kaggle competition with full notebook submission.
📌 Month 5: Deep Learning Foundations
Goals: Neural networks, TensorFlow / PyTorch basics, computer vision & NLP intro.
Resources:
● Course: Deep Learning Specialization (Andrew Ng, Coursera).
● PyTorch: Official PyTorch Tutorials.
● Book: Deep Learning with Python (François Chollet).
Mini Project Ideas:
● Image classifier (cats vs dogs).
● Sentiment analysis on movie reviews.
● Digit recognition with MNIST dataset.
📌 Month 6: Real-World Projects + Portfolio
Goals: End-to-end projects, deployment, freelancing prep.
Resources:
● MLOps Basics: Made With ML.
● Deployment: Flask + FastAPI + Streamlit tutorials (YouTube).
● Portfolio Hosting: GitHub + Kaggle + personal blog.
Capstone Project Ideas:
● Stock price prediction with LSTMs.
● NLP chatbot using Transformers (HuggingFace).
● Recommendation system (movies/books).
🚀 Output After 6 Months
● Solid Python + ML fundamentals.
● 10–12 small + 2–3 capstone projects.
● Portfolio on GitHub + Kaggle profile.
● Enough skills to start applying for freelance gigs, internships, or part-time roles.