Career roadmap
Full-Stack Developer Roadmap
Build complete products end to end — one path through frontend, backend, database, and deployment.
Timeframes assume a typical part-time pace. Faster or slower is fine — the order is what matters.
Foundations on both sides
Weeks 1–8JavaScript/TypeScript as the spine: solid DOM fundamentals in the browser and Node.js on the server, with Git throughout.
- You can build a static site and a small API and connect them
- One language serves you across the whole stack
Frontend framework
Weeks 9–15React with a production meta-framework. Components, routing, forms, and talking to your own API.
- You can build a typed, routed, styled application shell
- You understand server components vs client components
Backend & database
Weeks 16–22Persist real data: schema design, an ORM, authentication, and API routes your frontend actually consumes.
- Users can sign up, log in, and own their data in your app
- You can reason about a schema migration without fear
Ship & operate
Weeks 23–27Deployment, environments, and the operational glue: CI, error tracking, and knowing your app is up.
- Your product is live with CI running on every push
- You can debug production from logs, not vibes
Flagship product
Weeks 28–32One complete product — real problem, real users if you can get them — polished into the centerpiece of your profile.
- A live product URL at the top of your resume
- A repo that reads like a case study, not a code dump
Keep reading
The developer's guide to ATS resumes
Most developer resumes die in applicant tracking systems before a human sees them. How parsing actually works, and how to write bullets that survive both filters.
Landing your first dev job without professional experience
The proof-of-work strategy for breaking the no-experience loop: what to build, how to present it, and where the hidden hiring signals are.
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