My goal is to learn a lot of stuff in game development gameplay/audio/ai programming. I don't want to be an engine programmer or a rendering specialist, but I w

My goal is to learn a lot of stuff in game development gameplay/audio/ai programming. I don't want to be an engine programmer or a rendering specialist, but I want to know how to do it if someday i will have to (help) code one. Graphics API are hard, so i wanted some opinions from those who know OpenGL and what was known as OpenGL-Next. I understand what you say: learn OpenGL now , it't here, you can work with it and if something better comes up learn the things that are new, but i want to optimise my time and avoid frustration. I can learn more about AI/audio etc in the meantime if that means that i will learn a more modern, powerful, logical API later.