> You're in an excellent position of having been at the intersection of a bunch of cross pollinated fields, and you'll have a new skill to bring them together and do wonders. All the best!

That’s it, really, even without the gloss: OP’s background should stay firmly relevant to make him stand out. The new tool he adds to his resume is vertical (aka applied to his own domain expertise) and widens his professional reach… in this perspective, learning Python to perform industrial analytics, predictive maintenance, data-informed financial analyses, etc. seems a smart, openly justifiable move.