请问HN：在使用过时技术的情况下，如何提升自己并变得更具就业竞争力？
当我的日常工作依赖于遗留技术，而我又对在这个领域寻找新工作没有兴趣时，我可以合法地做些什么呢？想象一下，遗留的 .Net 框架桌面应用程序和单体 Java 应用程序。
我的目标很简单——找到一个能让我具备就业能力的位置。但为了让自己具备就业能力，我并没有明确的路径来利用我已经掌握的知识。我觉得我可以选择从头开始，比如深入学习机器学习，或者学习 React 并开始原型开发一个完整的 React 应用程序。但对于这两者来说，我在日常工作中都没有任何实际用途，因为我的公司并没有发生“真正”的增长。大多数时候只是一些小修小补，偶尔写写 PowerShell 脚本。
说说我的背景，我的职业生涯开始得比较晚——我在 28 岁时才找到真正的编程工作。从那时起，我在当前的雇主那里从事 Java 和遗留 C# 开发已经六年了。确实，前四年我学到了很多东西。但现在，我感觉自己几乎没有什么学习的机会。大约一年前，我开始随意申请工作，现在回头看，这让我意识到必须积极主动，弄清楚接下来该如何走。我目前的收入不高，这也是我想要走上正轨的重要动力。
我拒绝相信“创业”是我摆脱当前困境的办法。我必须找到更好的方法来利用我所做的事情。我已经尽力提升自己的技能，例如获得了 AWS 从业者证书。但在我的日常工作中，这并没有实际用途。此外，我在 LeetCode 上做了大约 150 道题目，但我并没有那么天赋异禀，能够通过 FAANG 的面试。我在系统设计方面还不错。
对于那些在这个情况下成功转型的更有经验的专业人士，我现在可以现实地做些什么？我应该将什么作为短期和长期目标来优先考虑？我下个月、下下个月、第三个月等应该设定什么样的目标？我的选择是否包括以下几点？
1) 走机器学习路径还是 ML-OPS 路径？如果是的话，我该如何向潜在雇主展示“嗨，我知道这些，但我的日常工作没有用到这些”？
2) 熟悉 React——我的直觉告诉我，也许我可以用这个来构建全栈应用程序，以展示我“构建者”的个性？
3) 追求高级云认证？比如 AWS 中级证书？
目前在组织内部转岗不是一个选项，因为晋升周期在四月开始。
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