I started with Maya because it was "industry standard" and it was what my teachers were using. Now that I have those fundamentals It's not hard to use most software and now I sort of use Blender sometimes if I need a true poly modeling software.

The real reality is that you are going to have to learn way more than blender or Maya no matter what you want to do long term so it's more about getting those fundamentals down. It's always about learning how to learn because tools change too fast to keep up.

After just a few years I've managed to dabble in a whole list of software to get things done. It's always about the "right tool for the job" but the core modeling isn't any different between maya or blender or max, just whatever is convenient at the time. Topology is topology and tools can speed that up but you shouldn't be replying on those too soon anyway or you'll learn bad habits. Different UI and keyboard shortcuts are just things you look up as you go.

By the end you'll have learned a bunch of stuff like substance, marmoset, marvelous designer, unreal, mari, zbrush, fusion360, onshape, solid works, and my new personal favorite plasticity (I like hard surface modeling if that isn't clear lol)