What is the road map to study and become AEP? Adobe Experience Platform Developer

Hi ​@Tabs2 

1. Start with core AEP fundamentals (1–2 weeks)

• Do the intro course: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/courses/aep-introduction
• Skim the product overview: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-platform/landing/home

2. Follow the official AEP developer learning paths (4–8 weeks)

Focus on these (all are hands-on, developer‑oriented):

• Data & architecture: Data & architecture: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/platform-learn/getting-started-for-data-architects-and-data-engineers/overview
• Web implementation (Web SDK): https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/learning-paths/aep-apps/implement-scalable-web-data-collection-in-aep
• Mobile implementation (Mobile SDK): https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/learning-paths/aep-apps/implement-real-time-mobile-data-collection-in-aep

All official AEP learning paths live here:

• https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/learning-paths/aep-apps

3. Go deeper on APIs & real implementations (4+ weeks)

• Work through the full tutorial:https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/platform-learn/getting-started-for-data-architects-and-data-engineers/overview ((sandboxes, schemas, datasets, identities, ingestion, profiles, segments, Query Service, etc.))
• Practice with APIs using Developer Console + Postman: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/platform-learn/getting-started-for-data-architects-and-data-engineers/set-up-developer-console-and-postman

4. Specialize in at least one app on top of AEP (parallel)
Pick one path and follow its developer track:

• Real-Time CDP: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/learning-paths/aep-apps/get-started-with-rtcdp-for-web-developers
• Customer Journey Analytics or Journey Optimizer via the same AEP & Apps hub: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/learning-paths/aep-apps

5. Build portfolio projects + aim for certification

• Rebuild 1–2 real flows end‑to‑end in a sandbox:
  • Web/Mobile SDK -> AEP -> Profiles/Segments -> Destination or AJO/CJA
• Then prepare for the developer‑level certification using Experience League + certification portal content.

For continuous practice and videos: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/platform-learn/tutorials/overview

By AEP developer , I am assuming you want to be good at Adobe data collection (Tags), reporting (CJA) and CDP (ingestion,audience creation etc). 
Ideally, you should begin with WebSDK and EdgeSDK learning and then move onto reporting aspects and then CDP part.