Umair Shahid

It's 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 in 2 months and Pakistanis still do not have 1- 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 Channel Membership Option 2- 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 Monetization Option 3- 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁 Monetization 4- 𝗫 (twitter) monetization (X is blocked in Pak now) 5- 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗽𝗮𝗹 to accept money officially from Fiverr and Upwork 6- 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Monetization 7- 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Live and 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Shop 8- Option to make foreign currency bank account 9- Option to open 𝗘𝘁𝘀𝘆, 𝗘𝗯𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 account directly in Pakistan and link it with Pakistani Bank and much more, and the average income in Pakistan is 𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬𝗿𝘀 only, in 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Aur phir aap puchtay ho 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶 bahar kyu bhagtay hain 😏 #ebay #amazon #etsy #paypal #tiktokshop #tiktoklive #monitization

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Wish companies in karachi could understand how to budget their year.

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Interesting Data. Software developer salaries exhibit significant global variations, but one consistent trend is evident: developers can substantially boost their earnings by securing remote positions with U.S. companies. Consider Pakistan, for instance, where the top local salary for a software developer is around $16,000 per year. If a developer from Pakistan obtains a remote job with a U.S. company at a "low" U.S. salary of $110,000 annually, their income could increase nearly sevenfold. This principle holds across various countries, although the exact figures vary. In Germany and France, where the highest income for software engineers are about $90,000 and $70,000 respectively, developers could still see a income increase of about 50% by working remotely for a U.S. company. My own experience mirrors this trend. Living in Asia, my income was once below the $30,000 mentioned in a 2023 survey as the lower end. In 2016, I transitioned to a remote role with a U.S. company, which multiplied my income by five. Years later, I continue to benefit from what's known as income arbitrage—earning a U.S. dollar income while residing in Asia.

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Scaling my agency from $10k to $100K/Month... Six months ago, I gave myself three challenges 👇 1. Open an office in Islamabad 2. Automate the entire agency 3. Scale it to $100k/Month. Some context: It’s been 3 years since I and my partner Hussnain Ali started a video editing agency. We scaled this agency from $0 to $7k/Month. For one year, I consistently woke up at night and worked all alone in a room to earn money to invest. The following year, Hussnain did the exact same, burned midnight oil just to get some money in the pocket which we could reinvest. Problems: 1 > Sales were good, but there was almost no growth in the business 2 > If I or my partner are not there, the whole business stops. 3> There was almost no talent available to help us scale our agency. Solution: 1. Open a physical office in the capital city of Pakistan. 2. Train your own talent 3. And scale Simple. Right? No, it wasn’t as simple as it looks. I took this decision 6 months ago and my life for the past six month is not less then a Roller coaster ride. I will tell you the next part of the story in the next video. PS. I will be launching a community very soon where we will help people start their new businesses and even invest in them. If you want to be a part of that community, repost this post and comment, "Invest" #business #startup #entrepreneur #story #inspiration #videoediting #agency

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The average growth rate of residential properties in Pakistan is 5-7% whereas the inflation rate is 7%. For commercial properties, it is 10-12% Why do people still invest in properties? Even if you go for commercial ones you are growing your money by a 4-5% YoY. If you opt for ETFs like QQQ in the United States, the average return is 30-34% YoY. Even the S&P 500 offers a 25% YoY return. It's stupid to buy properties or gold. Gold doesn't even grow as it's not a productized asset.. The price fluctuates due to the devaluation of PKR. #investing #inflation #ETF

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One of my clients closed PKR. 6.1 Million deal, which is equivalent to $21.8K. Some of you might wonder, how come? 😳 Must be BS stuff. Must be own created. I'm telling you - it's not just a screenshot. There's massive amount of effort behind it. And then consistency - the cherry on the top! Whatever framework I follow, it takes time. It's not something like MLM, or get-rich-quick schemes. It is whatever it is. Nothing should stop you, if you've good results, and good idea about client acquisition system. P.S. Hiding all details upon request of client. P.S.S. More results coming in your way ahead regularly.

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A few things that can be useful for Pakistani individuals 1. Register an LLC early on, I used firstbase. 2. You won't get a mercury bank account. I never used a bank account associated with my business ID. 3. Use your payoneer's USD checking account to charge your clients, let them bank transfer. 4. Be careful of your taxes, You have to pay state tax and federal tax. If you earn nothing, you still owe 60$ state tax if in wyoming. Federal tax you can have someone fax for you. 5. Dont get scammed by tax filers, state tax can be submitted online. Use VPN. 6. Get a stripe account on your EIN and start building SaaS. 7. SaaS can be sold for approximately 20x MRR (Monthly recurring revenue) if growth is good and ios apps can be sold for 36x MRR. 8. Don't use Stripe to charge service based clients, software development is a high risk transaction in Stripe and it can get you suspended. You're also an Alien party if you're not in the US. Which means you are at higher risk and cant get back your account once lost. close to impossible 9. All your saas subs will get refunded if stripe disables your account. 10. Focus on your social media presence. Build in public, Learn in public. Post quality content every day. 11. In the age of AI, intelligence is worth much less than distribution. I will continue to post more of my experiences from the past years.

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⚠ Scam Alert: Dakota Routh (https://lnkd.in/d3CnxbH4) (Level Up Pipeline) hired remote staff from Pakistan, including myself. He has not paid the last 2 months' salary to anyone and suddenly deleted the domain account and team chat group. Please share and report this so others can be aware. We must spread the word on LinkedIn to protect others. Proofs are mentioned in the comments. #ScamAlert #RemoteWorkScam #FraudAlert #ProtectYourself #LinkedInCommunity #FreelancerWarning

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It's 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 in 2 months and Pakistanis still do not have 1- 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 Channel Membership Option 2- 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 Monetization Option 3- 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁 Monetization 4- 𝗫 (twitter) monetization (X is blocked in Pak now) 5- 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗽𝗮𝗹 to accept money officially from Fiverr and Upwork 6- 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Monetization 7- 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Live and 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Shop 8- Option to make foreign currency bank account 9- Option to open 𝗘𝘁𝘀𝘆, 𝗘𝗯𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 account directly in Pakistan and link it with Pakistani Bank and much more, and the average income in Pakistan is 𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬𝗿𝘀 only, in 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

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It's 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 in 2 months and Pakistanis still do not have 1- 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 Channel Membership Option 2- 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 Monetization Option 3- 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁 Monetization 4- 𝗫 (twitter) monetization (X is blocked in Pak now) 5- 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗽𝗮𝗹 to accept money officially from Fiverr and Upwork 6- 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Monetization 7- 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Live and 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 Shop 8- Option to make foreign currency bank account 9- Option to open 𝗘𝘁𝘀𝘆, 𝗘𝗯𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 account directly in Pakistan and link it with Pakistani Bank and much more, and the average income in Pakistan is 𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬𝗿𝘀 only, in 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Aur phir aap puchtay ho 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶 bahar kyu bhagtay hain😑😑

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Have you lost a client in the past week because you are at the mercy of bad internet in Pakistan? 📌 The internet outages in Pakistan are not technical issues but fundamental failure. I saw a few posts and it seemed as if all fiver sellers and freelancers are going out of business. I called a few friends to confirm if that was the case and if they were experiencing the same. 3 out of 5 of them said things were fine and no one was delisted. 2 said they had minor discomfort on Monday. Remember, Pakistan is a force to be reckoned with in the freelancing space, ranking as the 4th largest freelancing country globally in 2017. This number has only grown. They need us on the platform just as much. 💪 Stop spreading unnecessary negativity about people going out of work. I hate the firewall and the system in place just as much but change is never a consequence of compulsive complaining. 🙅‍♂️ Lastly, we dont rise to the level of our goals. We fall to the level of our systems which makes the lives of Pakistanis so hard. 🇵🇰 #freelancers #fiversellers #internet #employment

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“”It’s the right time to be a digital nomad”” I recall when the big players in Pakistan’s freelancing scene were eyeing the Ukraine war as a golden opportunity for our freelancers—business that could be brought to Pakistan. And guess what? We did it. Our software exports saw an uptick. Recent layoffs and downsizing nudged corporate employees toward freelancing, and everything seemed great… digitally. But then, in comes this hasty firewall deployment—or whatever shadowy thing is happening in the background—and suddenly, Pakistan’s IT industry is staring down the barrel of a massive setback. We’re not in a state of war like Ukraine, so what’s the rush? Why wasn’t there a backup plan to keep our internet speeds intact? The IT Minister casually remarks that "ideally, there should be no slowdown," and PTA, in their infinite wisdom, claims, “We don’t have any major complaints about internet slowdowns.” Seriously, what’s going on here? Could it be that some sharks—or let’s say, the boys—are stirring the waters? Maybe there’s a conspiracy to prevent a revolution from sparking, or perhaps a friendly call from across the border suggested slowing us down to make sure Pakistan doesn’t benefit while India reaps the rewards. After all, why let the “little brother” in chaos have any advantage, right? As for me, I’ve just refused new projects and stopped bidding on others—definitely a blow to my consultancy work. I’ve had to apologize to 3-4 clients in just three days, asking for buffer time to meet deadlines. But unlike the IT Minister, I can’t just tell my clients “ideally” everything is fine. These are the worst times for Pakistan’s IT industry. Maybe it’s time to consider a Nomad visa and wave goodbye to Pakistan—or at least become global citizens as freelancers so we can keep working without these basic hurdles. #internet_slowdown_in_pakistan #hisham_sarwar #wahaj_siraj #digital_nomad #upwork #freelancing #pakistan

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How to convert your Saudi Riyal offer to PKR? Understand one thing. When you simply convert Saudi Riyal or US Dollars into PKR and see that you are getting higher salary, it is the wrong approach.. In the above approach you are completely ignoring the cost of living in Saudi Arabia, USA or UK etc. Whenever you are offered an opportunity from abroad, you should see if it will actually increase your Purchasing Power, or not. Let me explain. The best thing to do is to understand PPP (Purchasing Power Parity). PPP is a Rate, similar to the Forex rate, which compares the cost of everyday living things, like Fuel, Wheat, Food, Utilities, Rent, Education etc. You can see the PPP rate from this link of World Bank: https://lnkd.in/dduK9S8V For Example, 1 USD = 278 PKR but in PPP Rate, 1 USD = 44.48 PKR So, what this means is that 1USD will buy you in USA is similar to what 45 PKR will buy you in Pakistan. 1 USD will buy you a one Onion, and in Pakistan, 40-45 PKR will also buy you a Pao (1 or 2 piece) of Onion. https://lnkd.in/dbFqUk39 https://lnkd.in/dAW2pp6b If you are offered 6000 Saudi Riyals. 1 Saudi Riyal = 74 PKR but in PPP Rate, 1 Saudi Riyal = 23 PKR So, if you are currently being offered, 6000 Riyals, it might seem to be 444k PKR, but in actual Purchasing power, you are taking a hit on his current salary, and only getting 138k PKR.

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