Lost my only client today. 200+ tech articles later, and I'm a little lost.

Three years ago, I wrote a post on Reddit saying I was a broke college student from a third-world country, trying to support my engineering degree with freelance writing.

It kinda blew up.

That post got me a bunch of clients, experience, and my biggest long-term project: writing technical content for a major data recovery software company.

Over the last three years, I've written 200+ articles covering things like:

• Data recovery • Android/iOS hacks • Storage systems • SQL database repair • File system corruption • Mac/Windows troubleshooting guides • Diagnosing SSD/HDD errors

Basically trying to demystify technical jargon and write deep technical content for the lay reader.

Through my journey I also learned how to write content that doesn’t just rank on Google anymore, it also answers AI search engines. So my new formula was SEO+AEO.

my content now showed up in- • Google results • AI answers • Featured Rich Snippets

And things were going great! But I made a rookie mistake that freelancers can never afford to make; i had just one client.

And last week, that client paused work. Something something "budget cuts and restructuring."

So here I am again, except, this time I’m not a desperate beginner anymore.

Now I’m a writer who has: • 200+ published tech articles • 3 years of xp writing for software companies • A pretty solid understanding of SEO+AEO • and the ability to make very technical topics readable by everyone!

I know I can write for SaaS product, software companies, dev/data recovery tools etc.

I was getting paid 8c-10c/word for my work and I was pretty happy. Now it feels like I'm back to square one.

What's the best place to look for new opportunities? Is my exp. in this field relevant or is the writing industry dead now, thanks to AI?

Any advice is appreciated, thank you :)