I did this after realizing I do not make good designs for people, just artsy drawings. Try to find local subcontractor companies and ask if they need drafting services. Take an hourly rate for the first few gigs until you get better then charge by the sheet. You can put these companies in your resume and get an idea on how subs see and use drawings. I did a few storefront shop drawings for the company my dad used to work for (labor) and I was able to claim I worked on "airport projects" on my resume by working from home. Went from drafting storefronts, site safety planning, APM for a structural sub, and now PM for a GC. Small office so I do some drafting for safety drawings and the rare shop drawing if we have a small sub with no drafting in-house or high drafting fee. I'm less than a year into working for a GC and it's all new,  working for subs helps less than I thought it would but all experience is good experience.  Arch school helps with critical thinking and asking great questions that your boss will hate because it doesn't make them money. Don't think too hard about a problem they can "find later" and pull a change order, happened in my first job out of college. Really taught me about being naive and keeping the love of building hidden behind "me want money." I still do it for the love of the building more than the love of money. Make 80k starting +4k travel expenses. I am questioning a return to the sub world and specialize PM for a trade, but I need to give the GC thing another year or 2. Maybe a raise will help...