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LLM Scientist Roadmap [ 2025–2026 ]

SWE → research/training engineer · architecture · pre-training · alignment · evaluation

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Goal: become an LLM scientist / research engineer — someone who trains, fine-tunes, aligns, and builds models. Follow the numbered milestones down the spine through 3 phases; structure follows mlabonne's LLM Scientist track, enriched with current 2025–2026 techniques from study.md. Math is load-bearing on this track — Phase 0 is not optional. ★ = build-this project (you learn training by training). Click any node for details + resources. Progress saves in your browser.
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★ Mastery goal: train, align & ship your own models
Built from study.md · structure after mlabonne LLM Scientist · facts verified against primary sources, current as of 2026. Named tools/models churn — re-check ~quarterly.