6-Month Data & AI Learning Plan
This structured learning plan will help you master key skills in data analysis, business intelligence,
SQL, Python, NLP, and Generative AI. Each skill is broken down into detailed topics so you can
track your progress step by step.
Detailed Topic Breakdown
Python
- Basics: Variables, Data Types, Operators
- Control Flow: Loops (for, while), Conditionals (if-else)
- Data Structures: Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Sets
- Functions & Modules: Defining Functions, Importing Modules
- File Handling: Read/Write Operations, CSV, JSON
- Pandas & NumPy: Data Manipulation & Analysis
- Matplotlib & Seaborn: Data Visualization
- OOP: Classes, Objects, Inheritance
- Web Scraping: BeautifulSoup, Requests
- Automation & Scripting: Automate Excel, File Management
SQL
- Basic Queries: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY
- Joins: INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL
- Aggregation: GROUP BY, HAVING
- Subqueries & CTEs: Writing Complex Queries
- Window Functions: RANK, DENSE_RANK, LEAD, LAG
- Indexes & Optimization: Improving Query Performance
- Stored Procedures & Triggers: Automating SQL Workflows
Power BI
- Data Import & Transformation: Power Query
- Data Modeling: Relationships, Star & Snowflake Schema
- DAX Functions: SUMX, CALCULATE, FILTER
- Visualizations: Bar, Line, Pie, KPI, Maps
- Report Building: Dashboards & Interactions
- Power BI Service: Publishing & Automating Reports
Tableau
- Connecting to Data: Extracts vs Live Connections
- Basic Visualizations: Bar, Line, Pie, Heatmaps
- Calculated Fields & Parameters
- Level of Detail (LOD) Expressions
- Dashboard Design & Interactivity
- Performance Optimization & Best Practices
Advanced Excel
- Formulas & Functions: VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH
- Pivot Tables & Charts
- Power Query: Data Cleaning & Transformation
- Macros & VBA: Automating Tasks
- Data Analysis: Solver, Scenario Manager
NLP
- Text Preprocessing: Tokenization, Stopwords, Stemming, Lemmatization
- Word Embeddings: TF-IDF, Word2Vec, FastText
- Named Entity Recognition (NER)
- Sentiment Analysis & Text Classification
- Topic Modeling: LDA, LSA
- Building NLP Pipelines with spaCy & NLTK
Generative AI
- Introduction to Transformers (GPT, BERT, LLaMA)
- Fine-Tuning Large Language Models
- Prompt Engineering Techniques
- Text Generation with OpenAI API
- Image Generation (DALL-E, Stable Diffusion)
- Ethics & Bias in AI
Daily Study Plan (4 Hours)
1st Hour: Theory & Video Lectures (Udemy, YouTube)
2nd Hour: Hands-on Coding (Python, SQL)
3rd Hour: Project Work (Kaggle, GitHub)
4th Hour: Revision & Practice (LeetCode, Mock Tests)
Progress Tracker
Mark your progress step by step:
- Week 1: Python & SQL Basics
- Week 2: Power BI & Tableau
- Week 3: Data Analysis & Stats
- Week 4: Projects & Case Studies
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