Rowing into the haor for internet, $400 in four months, now $2,000 a month

A Prothom Alo report tells of a young man from the haor area of Mohonganj, Netrokona, who does Google Ads and web analytics work for foreign clients. In 2020 his studies stopped because of the coronavirus, and his father's income also stopped. He borrowed Tk 4,000 from a cousin and enrolled in a four-month IT course, but he could not learn much, and he got no work on the marketplace either. Later, in October 2021, he enrolled at another institute and in February 2022 completed a Google Ads and web analytics course, while practising on his own alongside it. Within 14 days of opening a profile on Fiverr he got a $75 job. There was no high-speed internet in the haor; his old laptop ran for one hour on a charge. To communicate with clients he would go out into the haor by boat in search of a better network. In three to four months he completed 15 jobs and earned $400. After that, for better internet, uninterrupted electricity and a working environment, he left Mohonganj and moved to Netrokona town. Now his income is about $2,000 a month, or roughly Tk 2 lakh 16 thousand. With this income he has repaired the house and paid off the family's debts. However, in the same report all three successful freelancers said that in this field the stories of failure outnumber the stories of success.