It really is frustrating, I get it. Here's some free advice almost nobody takes: Separate TECHNIQUE coaching (how to act) from INDUSTRY coaching. Learn technique from everyone you can. But plenty of people give industry advice without ever succeeding in the industry, or only in one genre, and that's where things go wrong. Then raise your standards and actually vet your coaches. Are they full time, with a good agent, booking regularly? Or did they book one big thing and ride it at conventions? Or only a few big indie things? That's the bare minimum. Many coaches who prey on newbies do so because they aren't booking, anyone can call themselves a coach, and newbies don't know what success looks like yet so people take advantage. Good advice is rare because someone had to earn it the hard way, with no help. What I teach took me years of suffering to learn. That's why we charge, and why it stings when people get mad that we want to be paid for teaching the easy version of what we figured out on hard mode. But money can't buy talent or a personality people want to work with, and that's what matters most. Your future employers are on social media too. Everyone gets frustrated, me included, but venting publicly can backfire. Trust me. Honestly, if you're spending THAT much money, something's off. You're getting caught in sales funnels you don't have to be in. Those aren't going anywhere, so you have to get more discerning. People suffered to figure out what I just told you for free. Now it's on you to do something with that free advice. FWIW, "it's a marathon not a sprint" is both 100% true and also a meaningless non-answer people use to shut you up when they don't know what to say. 🤣🖤 Good luck!