There are many many IT skills you could learn in 40 hours. Assuming you are not a complete n00b, how about learning Ruby and Sinatra (a "framework" for rapidly creating web applications). You could easily make it through the book, "Jump Start Sinatra," in less than 40 hours, for example.
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