Saturday, November 7, 2015

My history of freelancing and a request to Upwork

Hello everyone.My Name is Sohan Arafat.A boy from Bangladesh.I am a rookie freelancer.I heard about outsourcing when I was in school.I always wanted to earn extra money .Then I started to learn about outsourcing. Generally someone would start oitsourcing with a PC.But my PC was crashed before I start working with it.I was hopeless.I only had a Nokia N70 in my hand back then.I couldn't buy a new PC.But I was so excited for outsourcing.That's why I started signing up in all well-known freelancing sites(Elane,Odesk,Freelancer) with my Nokia N70.But I didn't know that we need a lot of knowledge about perticular job.I had a little knowledge about HTML though.But I realized it wasn't enough for freelancing.Then I started learning about web development.I also practised and enhanced my abilities on English.I needed a PC so badly.But I didn't hav one .So I searched for software s with which I could start HTML and JavaScript coding with my Nokia N70.And I found some handy softwares for writing and executing HTML,JavaScript and CSS.I practiced coding with this software for about 1 and a half year.I was also operating websites through the Symbian phone.But then I faced some hardware problems and bought an Android .With Android I did some real freaking work.I rooted my phone and installed a PHP and MYSQL server.Then I started working with PHP ,SQL and advanced CSS.It was very easy to do all kinds of coding and editing.Then I thought ,why not give it a try.After fixing my suspended ODesk account I started applying for jobs.It was difficult to work with a 512 mb RAM.But I never lose hope.And I completed two easy jobs with Android. And now I am doing website coding for my clients. There is one problem I faced with hourly payments.Upwork(Formerly  known as ODesk) doesn't have a time tracker app for android.If Upwork develop something like this anyone can do freelancing with Android. Some people living under poverty line can't buy PC for several reasons. Android could be a potential good device for freelancing.So I am requesting Upwork to develop an app to make freelancing easy for Android user.