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Earlier this year I left construction to work for a small startup. They sold me on equity, growth potential, all that stuff. I took a massive pay cut because I genuinely believed in it.
Spent the last few months learning everything - cold email, LinkedIn outreach automations, n8n automations , lead gen. I was actually pretty good at it too. Booked them 20-30 calls every month.
But they ran out of money and couldn't keep me on. So that's that.
Also broke up with my girlfriend during all this. So now I'm single, broke, sitting on all these skills I don't really know what to do with.
My old construction job would probably take me back. Good money, stable work. But honestly the thought of going back feels like I failed. Like I wasted all this time learning stuff that doesn't matter.
Everyone says "just freelance" or "offer your services" but like... I have no clients, no real portfolio, no clue where to start.
Been thinking about doing free work or super cheap work just to get case studies and actually talk to people. But idk if that's the move or if it just makes me look desperate.
The frustrating part is I can build websites fast now, set up email campaigns that work, automate outreach - all this stuff that should be useful. But none of it matters if I don't have anyone to actually do it for.
Has anyone been through something like this? Like a career change that just feels completely stuck? How did you figure it out?
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