![Modern Data Engineer Roadmap 2021](img/title.png) > Roadmap to becoming a data engineer in 2021 [![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Twitter-1DA1F2)](https://twitter.com/datastacktv) [![YouTube](https://img.shields.io/badge/-YouTube-FF0000)](http://youtube.com/c/datastacktv) [![Website](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Website-565CD8)](https://datastack.tv/) [![Jobs](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Jobs-ffdf4b)](https://datastackjobs.com/) This roadmap aims to give a **complete picture of the modern data engineering landscape** and serve as a **study guide** for aspiring data engineers. ***

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> Beginners shouldn’t feel overwhelmed by the vast number of tools and frameworks listed here. A typical data engineer would master a subset of these tools throughout several years depending on his/her company and career choices. *** 🔥 We just launched [**Data Stack Jobs**](https://datastackjobs.com/) — a clean and simple job site for Data Stack Engineers! > [Text version for visually impaired users](text/roadmap.md) ![Data Engineer Roadmap](img/roadmap.png) ## Nice to have 😎 > [Text version for visually impaired users](text/extras.md) ![Data Engineer Roadmap Extras](img/extras.png) ## Contributions are welcome 💜 Please raise an issue to discuss your suggestions or open a Pull Request to request improvements. ## Reviewers 🔎 Huge thank you to [@whydidithavetobebugs](https://github.com/whydidithavetobebugs), [@sawidis](https://github.com/sawidis), [@marclamberti](https://github.com/marclamberti) and [@mpyeager](https://github.com/mpyeager) for reviewing this roadmap. ## About us 👋🏼 [datastack.tv](https://datastack.tv/) is the learning platform for the modern data stack. We create concise screencast video tutorials for data engineers. [**Browse our courses here!**](https://datastack.tv/courses.html) ## License 🗞 > Copyright © 2021 Alexandra Abbas —