Anyone here can share/ recommend on a way for freelancers to use Solaris and USD efficiently?

I'm starting out, and was thinking if i have one heavy scene that takes all the load of simulations and caching, which i then export to USD via Solaris or through SOPs
Then opening another empty scene, loading all the USD hierarchy into it, and putting on lights and materials.
That's after of course I've went through iterations with the customer for at least the pre-viz/ pre-rendered look or layout.
And then, if i want to make changes, on the other scene im changing and saving to USD, and reloading in the lighter scene.
I imagine the scene itself takes a load on Karma and for the rendering process, might be wrong.

It makes sense this idea of a workflow? Feel like i might wrote nonsense. Would love to read what you have to say
Thanks 🙏🏻