* = need to know
+ = need to have understanding of what it is
- = good to know


+ Cloud computing
	+ VMs
		- Snapshots
		- Cloning
		* VMware / virtualbox
	+ cloud storage
	- micro services
	- deployment models
	- hypervisors - Xen / KVM/ ESXi
	- ESXi / vSphere

* C/C++ - programming language
	* GCC/G++
	* Optimization levels and common flags
	- multi processing, pthreads or openmp
	+ structures, linked list, hash table, hashmap, map, array etc
	* struct, union, typedefs
	* headers, source files, libs, compilation, linkage, static/dynamic linkage, packaging
	- (C++) STD

+ Debugging
	* GDB
	+ Valgrind

* Object oriented design
	* Python
	+ Modules
	* Java
	- Enterprise java development - jar files. javac class compilation, JRE / JDK installation and paths + configuration

+ Hardware hacking
	- Arduino

+ Mobile Development
	- Android development
	- iOS - objective C
	- Cordova
	- NFC / GPS / Gyro / sensors

+ Web development
	+ Front end
		* Javascript
		+ jquery
		- Wordpress
		- angular
		- bower
	+ Back end
		* Node.js
		* Apache
		- Tomcat
		- Nginx
		+ PHP
		- Java

Misc
	* Version control
		* Git
		- SVN
	* Editors
		* Nano / Vim/ Emacs (maybe)
		* Eclipse
	* JSON / XML
	* ASCII / UNICODE
	+ HTTP/HTTPS
	* PUT/GET/POST/DELETE/LIST/MKCOL
	* common error codes (40x, 50x, 20x)

+ Storage
	- NAS
		- NFS
		- SMB
		- AFP+
	* File
		- EXT4
		* NTFS
		* FAT32
		- HFS
	- Block
		- iSCSI
		* SAS / SATA
		- RAID
			0
			1
			5
			6
			1+0
			5+0
	- Cloud
		- S3 / Swift
	Misc
		- fstab
		- fdisk
		+ partitions

+ Networking
	+ OSI model
		+ L1/2/3/4
	* IP addresses
	+ Netmasks
	- Routing
	- gateways
	- firewalls
	- ARP
	* DHCP
	- PXE boot TFTP
	- MAC addresses
	- NAT
	* Proxy
	* TCP / UDP
	- VLANS
	- WEP/WPA/WPA2
	- VPN/LT2P/PPTP/OpenVPN

+ Security
	* Public key crypro
	* Certificates
	- Revocation lists
	* Public / Prvate keys
	* OpenSSL
	- DES
	* AES
	* Hashing
		-MD5
		+ SHA1
		* SHA256
		* Salting
	+ 2 factor auth
	- Randomness, random, urandom, uuids entropy

+ Theory
	* Basics of efficiency
	* recursion
	- Big O

+ Machines
	- EFI/BIOS
	- instruction sets
	- RISC/CISC
	* Anatomy of a computer
	- Anatomy of a CPU
	- interconnects
		* Ethernet
		- FibreChannel
		- SAS
		- InfiniBand
		* SATA
		- Fibre/Copper
	* Storage levels, caching, RAM, HDD, SSD


+ Databases
	+ MongoDB
	* MySQL
	- PostgreSQL

+ Development tools
	* Ubuntu
	* Eclipse
	* Git
	* build-essentials
	* headphones
	* good chair
	-sublime

+ Linux
	* Basic
		* Bash
		* cd/ls/chmod/mkdir/etc (essentials in build-utils and busybox)
	+ Intermediate
		* apt-get or yum
		+ bash scripting
		+ makefiles
		- fstab
		- swap
		* top
		+ hostfiles
		* ifconfig
		- host
		* ping
		- ntp
		- FTP
		* SSH
			- SFTP
			* SSH
			+ ssh keys
			* SCP
	- Advanced
		+ packaging - RPM/DEB, spec files
		- kernel parameters
		+ Serial tty
		+ Screen
		+ UDEV
		+ DDoS
		- routing
		- bridging
		- iptables
		+ hard drive partitioning
		- zeroconf networking
		+ parted / fdisk

+ Design
	- GUI design
	+ minimalism
	- design thinking
	- rapid prototype
	* storyboards
	+ UML

- Workflows
	- Agile
	- Scrum
	- Waterfall
	- Kanban
	- jira
	- rally
	* github
	- slack

+ Advanced topics
	- Machine learning
	- graphics
	+ algorithms
	- robotics
	+ high performance compute
	+ security engineering
	- Image processing and machine vision - openCV
	- Compiler design
	+ embedded systems, assembly / operating system design
	- theory of computation - turing machines etc
	+ data structures and algorithms
	- symbols patterns and signals
	- human computer interaction
	- artificial intelligence
	- computational neuroscience
	- design verification

+ Languages
	* C
	* Python
	+ C++
	+ PHP
	- Ruby
	* JS
	* Java
	+ Assembly
	+ bash
	- Go
	+ make
	+ SQL

+ Testing
	+ Pytest
	* JUnit
	- jenkins
	+ cppunit
	* code coverage
	* unit testing
	* functional testing
	+ continuous integration

+ Documentation
	+ Pydoc
	+ Doxygen