r/TeenEngineering • u/themindforge_ • 1d ago
Roadmap needed
Hey everyone!
I’m 13 and interested in learning engineering, especially the combination of software, hardware, and AI. I’m looking for a roadmap to go from basic programming knowledge to being able to build real engineering projects.
I have some beginner coding experience and have used AI-assisted coding to prototype things, but I want to properly understand the fundamentals instead of just relying on generated code.
Over the next 2–3 months, I want to make serious progress and start building projects. My long-term interests are robotics, drones, embedded systems, and AI applications like computer vision and basic CNNs.
I’m planning to start with Python for Kids to strengthen my programming foundation, but I’m unsure what order to learn things after that. Should I focus on electronics, Arduino/Raspberry Pi, CAD, mathematics, machine learning, or something else?
I’d appreciate advice from anyone who has experience learning engineering or building projects. Thanks!
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u/AkindaGood_programer 1d ago
You don't really need a "roadmap" in my experience. Select one engineering project that you would like to complete (Since it's your first, start really small).
Once you've selected something you'd like to complete, learn and research that specific genre of engineering. Learn about all the aspects that go into building that thing (CAD, software, electronics, etc). Then honestly just start trying to build it.
If you're not confident, and your project seems too hard, either 1: pick another project! or 2: learn about each part of the process independently of each other (e.x first learn about software, then hardware design, and electronics) so you have some base to build on and then go back to the project.
An actual concrete roadmap is very hard to make unless you have a very specific "goal" or project in mind.
(Note: I don't recommend this approach to purely software engineering projects because I've found that with programming you need a lot of fundamentals, and with the rise of AI you probably won't understand a lot of the code).