[muzani]

Consulting is highly risky at this point, until you have a couple of clients lined up. The way it's worked for me is that one of my job's partner contacts me on a deal, I do a good job, they recommend me to 5 of their friends (as they know people in the industry), and it snowballs from there.

You just have to get to that sweet spot of meeting the client. Managers are usually smart to put a barrier between the person who does the work and the person who pays for it.

But in your case I would take the risk as your job seems quite dead end.