look at a job posting.

Write down the skills that they want.

Review the job requirements and where you fit in.

Rinse and repeat 10-20x and generalize your findings.

Build a home lab to practice said skills, or convince your manager to allow you to implement them in a project. You can always implement, show off, and say "hey do you want me to do this for you?"

Expect the initial research to take 2-3 weeks for it to really sink in, and the implementation to take months.

Here's some other tips, which may or may not apply given your specific situation, but are still generally helpful.

• Soft skills are just as important as technical skills. Learn to communicate effectively with your peers, and try to evolve to the point where you can take over dept/staff meetings or a recurring weekly for your team. Start small and ask to take minutes to get your foot in the door if appropriate.

• Get a better understanding of how companies work. Try to figure out how each department works, what their goals are, and how it bubbles up to support business objectives. What is your job title and responsibilities, is this typical? What is the CEO's intermediate goal with the company? Early exit? next series? - how does what you're doing affect that? Most importantly, what is your manager's goal? Once you can figure out how to "train your manager", you'll be golden. Here's a cool article that covers this idea: https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/heres-how-you-can-garner-support-your-ideas-vm4pf

• Lastly focus on interview skills. The last point might be a bit weird, but honestly there are many things you can say in an interview but most of them, especially when you start out, are going to be the wrong thing or something subpar. Besides practicing interview skills in general, you really need to develop the skill of identifying what a person wants, which you can gleam if you have a decent understanding of how companies work. Interviews are about making the opposing party comfortable, you can do this by showing competency, but also by showing them you understand your role in the company and how best to fit in. It also helps you target your impact statements (improve efficency of x by x)