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I have an objectively wonderful job. Great people, great job security, wonderful work/life balance... but I absolutely HATE the tech stack I've been assigned to work on.

Has anyone else faced this? How did you handle it? I'm not in a situation where I can ask for a transfer or anything like that.

I have access to a huge data set (english words, numbers) and would love to build a business around it.

I'm definitely putting the cart before the horse though. I need to understand what's possible via "data science" but I know nothing.

Where should I start? I'm a self taught software engineer by trade (full stack, mobile, and firmware).