The Real Python Developer Roadmap 💻🐍 | How to become a Python Developer in 2026

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Follow this path to learn python, get hired, and become a Python Developer in 2026! This guide outlines the entire Python landscape, the many python developer jobs and career options available and the topics you need to learn to get hired for the path you choose. 🔥 UPDATE ➡ Check out our brand new Python Career Path: https://zerotomastery.io/career-paths/become-a-python-developer/ 📺 Learn Python for free (8+ HOURS!): https://youtu.be/4uBbCUjJ_G8 1:37 - Who is Andrei Neagoie?! 4:49 - Python 2 vs. Python 3 6:30 - IDE/Editor - where you'll write your Python code 9:33 - Python Foundations 25:31 - Popular Python Libraries 29:38 - Computer Science Fundamentals 32:43 - CI/CD (Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery) 34:58 - Python Career Options & Opportunities 36:22 - Web Development 40:45 - Web Parsing/Scraping/Crawling 43:00 - Test Automation (Automation Engineer / Testing Engineer) 45:36 - Scripting (DevOps, System Admin, Business Analyst & more) 48:40 - Data Science & Analysis (Data Scientist / Data Analyst / Data Engineer) 54:20 - Machine Learning ========== Use my interactive python roadmap from the video to create your own customized python learning path or to follow my suggested path 🐍: https://links.zerotomastery.io/python_developer_roadmap ========== 💡 Key Takeaway: Your goal should be to focus your time on learning the topics and skills you need to get hired as quickly as possible, no matter what path and role you choose. Why? 🠪 Your learning doesn't stop once you get hired, in fact, you will learn exponentially more because you'll be getting trained by and working with many experienced team members who have a vested interest in teaching you and helping you succeed. The best way to really learn Python (or any coding language) is by working on real projects and hard problems... which is exactly what you'll be doing at a company. The best part? You'll be getting paid (really well) to learn! ========== Start learning Python for free now... 8+ HOURS from my Complete Python Developer in 2026: Zero to Mastery Bootcamp 👇 https://youtu.be/4uBbCUjJ_G8 Join our private developer community of thousands of students learning Python and getting hired as Python Developers 👇 https://zerotomastery.io/courses/learn-python/ ========== If you're serious about making a commitment to learning Python and getting hired at world-class companies like Google, Amazon and Tesla, come join the Zero To Mastery Academy and learn the skills you need to become a python web developer / data scientist / machine learning engineer in under 6 months 💪 https://zerotomastery.io/academy ========== Free Bonus Resource #1: Python Cheat Sheet 💻🐍 We created this Python 3 Cheat Sheet initially for ZTM Academy students of Complete Python Developer in 2026: Zero to Mastery but we're now sharing it with any Python beginners to help them learn and remember common Python syntax and with intermediate and advanced Python developers as a handy reference. You can also download a PDF version of the Python Cheat Sheet 👇 https://zerotomastery.io/cheatsheets/python-cheat-sheet ========== Free Bonus Resource #2: Python Monthly Newsletter 📰🐍 Every month, I accumulate all of the best resources, articles, and free resources for Python Developers into a monthly newsletter. It gets read by 1,000s of python developers every month. If you want to stay up to date with the industry and make sure you don't miss any important news, you can check out the monthly newsletter below. It's completely free every month! https://zerotomastery.io/newsletters/python-monthly/ ========== Take my Python Bootcamp: https://zerotomastery.io/courses/learn-python/ Follow Zero To Mastery: https://www.twitter.com/zerotomasteryio https://www.facebook.com/zerotomasteryio #zerotomastery