Nothing to keep you from learning out of personal interest and leaving it off of your resume. The issue is putting it on your resume and thinking it's a criter

Nothing to keep you from learning out of personal interest and leaving it off of your resume. The issue is putting it on your resume and thinking it's a criteria hiring managers would use. If you can build some body of work, whether it's a paper, code, etc that reflects what you've learned, that's infinitely more relevant.