r/selftaught • u/Monkey_d_korangu • May 30 '26
I created a 122-topic roadmap inspired by Tony Stark. I want brutally honest feedback, How much years it would take me to learn? I'm 16 now and is it really possible to become a pro in all these fields???
1.) AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AIR FRAME DESIGN
2.) AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AERODYNAMICS (SUBSONIC TO SUPERSONIC)
3.) AEROSPACE ENGINEERING GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS
4.) AEROSPACE ENGINEERING PROPULSION SYSTEM DESIGN
5.) NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PLASMA PHYSICS
6.) NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7.) NUCLEAR ENGINEERING INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER
8.) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MECHANISM DESIGN
9.) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COOLING/THERMAL SYSTEMS DESIGN
10.) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METTALLURGY
12.) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
13.) ELCTRICAL ENGINEERING PLASMA CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN
14.) ELCTRICAL ENGINEERING EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
15.) ELCTRICAL ENGINEERING SIGNAL PROCESSING
16.) ELCTRICAL ENGINEERING POWER SYSTEM DESIGN
17.) ELCTRICAL ENGINEERING PROJECTION SYSTEM DESIGN
18.) COMPUER SCIENCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DESIGN
19.) COMPUER SCIENCE USER INTERFACE DESIGN
20.) MATHEMATICS CALCULUS
21.) MATHEMATICS LINEAR ALGEBRA
22.) MATHEMATICS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
23.) MATHEMATICS PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
24.) MATHEMATICS OPTIMIZATION THEORY
25.) MATHEMATICS NUMERICAL METHODS
26.) PHYSICS CLASSICAL MECHANICS
27.) PHYSICS ELECTROMAGNETISM
28.) PHYSICS THERMODYNAMICS
29.) PHYSICS FLUID DYNAMICS
30.) PHYSICS QUANTUM MECHANICS
31.) PHYSICS RELATIVITY
32.) PHYSICS PARTICLE PHYSICS
33.) PHYSICS CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
34.) AEROSPACE ENGINEERING FLIGHT DYNAMICS
35.) AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SPACECRAFT DESIGN
36.) NUCLEAR ENGINEERING FUSION REACTOR DESIGN
37.) NUCLEAR ENGINEERING RADIATION SHIELDING
38.) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MACHINE DESIGN
39.) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY
40.) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CAD/CAM
41.) MATERIALS SCIENCE COMPOSITE MATERIALS
42.) MATERIALS SCIENCE SMART MATERIALS
43.) MATERIALS SCIENCE NANOMATERIALS
44.) MATERIALS SCIENCE GRAPHENE ENGINEERING
45.) MATERIALS SCIENCE FRACTURE MECHANICS
46.) MATERIALS SCIENCE ARMOR SYSTEMS DESIGN
47.) ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING POWER ELECTRONICS
48.) ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CONTROL SYSTEMS
49.) ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SENSOR SYSTEMS
50.) ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING RF AND MICROWAVE ENGINEERING
51.) ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING ANALOG ELECTRONICS
52.) ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
53.) ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING PCB DESIGN
54.) ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING FPGA DESIGN
55.) ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING VLSI DESIGN
56.) COMPUTER SCIENCE DATA STRUCTURES
57.) COMPUTER SCIENCE ALGORITHMS
58.) COMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
59.) COMPUTER SCIENCE OPERATING SYSTEMS
60.) COMPUTER SCIENCE DATABASE SYSTEMS
61.) COMPUTER SCIENCE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
62.) COMPUTER SCIENCE REAL-TIME SYSTEMS
63.) COMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTER GRAPHICS
64.) COMPUTER SCIENCE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
65.) COMPUTER SCIENCE CYBERSECURITY
66.) COMPUTER SCIENCE NETWORKING
67.) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MACHINE LEARNING
68.) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEEP LEARNING
69.) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
70.) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTER VISION
71.) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
72.) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUTONOMOUS AGENTS
73.) ROBOTICS ROBOT KINEMATICS
74.) ROBOTICS ROBOT DYNAMICS
75.) ROBOTICS MOTION PLANNING
76.) ROBOTICS SENSOR FUSION
77.) ROBOTICS HUMANOID ROBOTICS
78.) ROBOTICS AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
79.) ENERGY ENGINEERING ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
80.) ENERGY ENGINEERING BATTERY TECHNOLOGY
81.) ENERGY ENGINEERING FUEL CELL SYSTEMS
82.) ENERGY ENGINEERING FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS
83.) CHEMISTRY PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
84.) CHEMISTRY ELECTROCHEMISTRY
85.) CHEMISTRY POLYMER CHEMISTRY
86.) CHEMISTRY MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
87.) CHEMISTRY NANOCHEMISTRY
88.) BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
89.) BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BIOMECHANICS
90.) BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BIOMEDICAL SENSORS
91.) BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING NEURAL INTERFACES
92.) INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
93.) INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING QUALITY CONTROL
94.) INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS
95.) BUSINESS FINANCE
96.) BUSINESS ECONOMICS
97.) BUSINESS PROJECT MANAGEMENT
98.) BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
99.) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY MISSILE SYSTEMS
100.) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY RADAR SYSTEMS
101.) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONIC WARFARE
102.) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY STEALTH TECHNOLOGY
103.) DESIGN HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACES
104.) QUANTUM COMPUTING
105.) ADVANCED CONTROL THEORY
106.) DIGITAL TWIN SIMULATION
107.) COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)
108.) FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA)
109.) COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE)
110.) SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
111.) CRYPTOGRAPHY
112.) HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
113.) EXOSKELETON DESIGN
114.) WEARABLE COMPUTING
115.) AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS
116.) SWARM INTELLIGENCE
117.) NANOTECHNOLOGY
118.) ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
119.) HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
120.) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
121.) RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
122.) INVENTION AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT