To the OP: I know this isn't the kind of answer you were looking for, but it will probably be the most rewarding — just in ways you hadn't imagined.

You're going to get paid to learn on your first job, and you'll get an idea of what you want to learn next from that experience. Go learn about life for now because like gobengo said, you won't get another chance to drop everything and travel for six months for awhile.