What’s the best thing to learn when you 6 – 8 months? /u/NewLegacySlayer CSCQ protests reddit

So I haven’t studied/done anything computer science related at all for over a year. For context, I have 1 -2 yoe of experience as a backend java developer for pretty big companies. However, I barely remember any of it and I know it’s easy to relearn everything once you’ve already it because I’ve had to relearn things multiple times. The thing is I don’t really want to go into software engineering at the moment.

So my question is what the best thing to learn over the next 6-8 months as I have a good amount of time (5-6 hours per day) to learn something while also focusing to getting a job for that field. I know no one knows or can predict the market so think of this as more subjective. I was thinking about learning ai/ml as I’m relatively decent at math. The thing is the market is bad for entry level with just a bachelors and experience. I know that’s for a lot of fields right now. I’m willing to put effort to learn and also make connections, etc. I just want to choose something that has a potential growing market. The other thing I was thinking about was a data engineer because it has many different roles it can be and doesn’t necessarily have to be a “data engineer.” Also, I understand that you can’t learn everything in 6 – 8 months maybe not even years. I’m asking more so of what to get started on for the next 6-8 months with 5-6 hours a day.

So in short what specific field do you think is most worth the time to get started on?

So I haven’t studied/done anything computer science related at all for over a year. For context, I have 1 -2 yoe of experience as a backend java developer for pretty big companies. However, I barely remember any of it and I know it’s easy to relearn everything once you’ve already it because I’ve had to relearn things multiple times. The thing is I don’t really want to go into software engineering at the moment.

So my question is what the best thing to learn over the next 6-8 months as I have a good amount of time (5-6 hours per day) to learn something while also focusing to getting a job for that field. I know no one knows or can predict the market so think of this as more subjective. I was thinking about learning ai/ml as I’m relatively decent at math. The thing is the market is bad for entry level with just a bachelors and experience. I know that’s for a lot of fields right now. I’m willing to put effort to learn and also make connections, etc. I just want to choose something that has a potential growing market. The other thing I was thinking about was a data engineer because it has many different roles it can be and doesn’t necessarily have to be a “data engineer.” Also, I understand that you can’t learn everything in 6 – 8 months maybe not even years. I’m asking more so of what to get started on for the next 6-8 months with 5-6 hours a day.

So in short what specific field do you think is most worth the time to get started on?