There are a lot of ways to make yourself likely to succeed in your future career, and knowing some useful skills will no doubt come in handy. Photography, for example, will help you out in a variety of circumstances.
Whether your job is based in the communications or marketing field, you need to take headshots of employees, or your employer needs someone to run out and capture some content, you'll be right on the ball.
Even without a fancy camera it's a good idea to learn some basic rules to take better-looking pictures, and there's an endless amount of free online photography tutorials and tips.
Both Canon and Nikon offer many free instructional articles and videos to help you learn all the various aspects of taking photos of different subjects.