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What workedA freelancer in Fulbari, Dinajpur, in a Prothom Alo report · Started in 2012

Foreign clients served from Fulbari, at 16,000 dollars a month

Learning began in 2012 and the first money came about a year later: 90 dollars for winning a logo contest. The monthly income is now around 16,000 US dollars, with seven people on the team.

This young man in Fulbari upazila, Dinajpur, started learning graphic design and web development in 2012. His first money came about a year later, in 2013, when he won 90 US dollars in a logo design contest. Rather than move to Dhaka he built the work up from his own upazila, doing web design and development for clients abroad. The report puts his income at about 16,000 US dollars a month, and his 2022-23 annual income at roughly 2 lakh US dollars, with seven people working alongside him. No starting capital figure is given.

Lessons

  1. 1.The gap between starting to learn and being paid is the real cost: about a year here, with no income in between
  2. 2.The clients are abroad either way, so high-value web work does not require being in Dhaka

Published with the person's permission, without revealing who they are.

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