That roadmap pretty much mirrors what I’ve seen work in real life: slow, steady progress beats rushing and burning out. The practical side is what really clicks—once you start building things, patterns make sense. From a business angle, solid dev skills are how teams end up with dashboards and analytics instead of guesswork, which is why some companies even
hire artificial intelligence developers to turn raw numbers into decisions you can actually act on. Learning to think in data early is a big advantage.