Life beyond IB

Hey guys. It's my first post here so please give it some love :) I've been in IB for almost a year, and while I do enjoy many aspects of the job, I want to learn some new stuff that is not necessarily related to M&A in order to develop some kind of "niche". I was thinking of learning to code (most likely Python) but then again, that is not exactly a niche. 

So my question is: what do you think a valuable extra skill would be in 2-3 years time (especially when combined with an IB background)?

I'm really curious to pick your brains here.

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