Late career-change into analytics at 35 (from hospitality ops) — does this plan make sense, or what am I missing?

Background: 35, 10+ years running operations in fine-dining kitchens — procurement, inventory, cost control, coordinating teams under pressure. Leaving that for physical and long-term reasons, and moving deliberately into analytics/BI. My plan alongside a business degree I'm starting in October: SQL first, then Excel to real depth, then Power BI (aiming at PL-300) Python later, once the above are solid An ECBA cert at some point A portfolio built from operations/hospitality data (cost variance, labour vs demand, that kind of thing), since it's a domain I actually know My questions for people a