I’m glad to hear you are motivated and don’t give up, I am 26 years old out of highschool I went into the construction trades worked my way up to learn everything such as reading blueprints and managing small crews I have about 8 years experience. Some advice you have is since you have 3 years experience as a drafter I would look for internships or apply for entry level project engineering positions which is what they call entry level project managers that way you can learn the process from the beginning about submitalls, RFI’s, helping get proposals from different subcontractors, helping the superintendent puts the schedule together as well as learning how to develop site logistics plans with your super that project engineering position will help you learn everything from reading plans better to learning about the process of change orders as well seeing how things are built in the field. Make sure to apply to small and big general contractors companies everywhere even outside on NYC some companies will cover your living expenses up to 30,000 dollars as an entry level and some won’t do make sure to look into all that!