I was a construction site engineer for 10 years. Been unemployed 3 weeks and built this income system from scratch. Here is what I have learned.
Not looking for sympathy. Just documenting what is actually working.
Week 1: Completed 7 AI certifications in 7 days. Claude, Make.com, API automation, subagents. Built a content system that runs four TikTok accounts from one weekly session.
Week 2: Published two digital products on Payhip. A free lead magnet and a £9.99 guide. No audience yet. Building in public from zero.
Week 3: First automation pipeline live. OddsPapi API connected to Google Sheets via Make.com. No coding background. Just systems thinking from a decade on construction sites.
The skills transfer more than people think. Site engineers manage complexity, sequences, and constraints under pressure. Turns out that is exactly what building a digital business requires.
Happy to answer questions about any of it.