u/Inevitable_Trash_604

Hey everyone, looking for practical advice.

I'm a biology/anatomy tutor on Preply and I'm in a bit of a unique situation, I'm a student myself, and I have my own exams in May. That means I'll be unavailable to teach for roughly 3 weeks.

The problem: my student is studying neuroanatomy and her exams are in June. So there's a 3-week window where she needs to keep progressing but I won't be there to run live sessions.

I don't want her to just sit idle or lose momentum. I'm thinking about:

• Creating structured notes / topic guides she can work through independently during those 3 weeks
• Recording short video walkthroughs of key neuroanatomy topics she can watch at her own pace
• Charging for prep/content creation time, not as a lesson, but as tutor work (with her agreement)
• Designing a self-study plan with a clear week-by-week breakdown so she stays on track without needing me live

My question is: has anyone built out an independent study package for a student to use during a gap period? How did you structure it, what did you charge, and did it actually work?

Also, is it reasonable to charge for content creation time outside of Preply lessons? I want to be transparent and fair with her, not just drop a fee out of nowhere.

Any advice appreciated. Both of us are students in different ways right now

Hey everyone. I want to share my situation honestly and hear from people who have been through something similar.

I have spent the last six years freelancing as a no-code developer. My main tool was Bubble, building MVPs and custom automations for clients. I also worked with Make, Zapier, n8n, Airtable, Xano, and some custom coding on top of that. I have an IT and Computer Science degree. For six years this was genuinely good work and I built real things for real clients.

Then AI happened.

The barrier to building apps dropped so fast that clients started doing it themselves or found cheaper alternatives. Ticket sizes got smaller, the work got harder to justify, and I could see where it was heading. So instead of fighting it I decided to pivot and move toward a space where there is still strong demand and where my technical background actually means something.

That is how I landed on RevOps.

The way I see it, six years of connecting tools, building workflows, and translating client problems into automated systems is not that far from what RevOps people do inside companies. The difference is I have been doing it as a freelancer without ever sitting inside a sales or marketing operation.

Here is where I am right now. I created a free HubSpot account and started looking into certifications. I am not sure yet which ones are actually worth doing versus which ones are just box-ticking. I have not gone deep yet because I want to understand the right path before I invest the time.

What I am trying to figure out:

1. For someone coming from a technical no-code and automation background, what is the most realistic entry point into RevOps right now? CRM Admin, Sales Ops, Marketing Ops, or something else?
2. Does six years of freelance no-code work translate into anything meaningful on a RevOps application, or does it mostly get ignored without direct CRM experience?
3. Which HubSpot certifications are actually worth doing in 2026, especially given how fast AI is changing the tools landscape?
4. How do you stay consistent and on track when you are self-teaching and building toward something without a clear timeline?
5. Has anyone made a similar transition, from technical freelancing or development into RevOps? What was your starting point and what would you do differently?

I am not looking for motivation. I just want a clear and honest picture of what the path looks like from here so I can get moving in the right direction.