In 2010, fresh into freelancing, I started writing on Freelancer.com — software reviews, gadget coverage, tech commentary. It wasn't a stepping stone to something else; writing was the career. Over five years I built a body of work that eventually placed ghostwritten contributions in Yahoo, HuffPost, and Forbes through HARO.
What I didn't know then was that understanding how content is made would become the most useful skill I'd carry into everything that followed.
After completing my MSc in Network and Information Security at Kingston University London, I worked in the UK in customer support management at Entain, one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming companies. That experience — managing teams, handling escalations, navigating policy — shaped how I think about platforms, users, and accountability at scale.
Returning to Bangladesh, I moved into content moderation and trust and safety work on Upwork. What started as one contract became ten, then forty. Top Rated status for over ten consecutive years. Clients across platforms, industries, and content categories — from AI data labeling to CSAM detection, community management to policy review.
The MSc background in network security gives me a different angle on safety work than most moderators bring. I understand the infrastructure, not just the content.
I'm a cinephile with a particular obsession with Asian and arthouse cinema. That sensibility carries into my photography — composed, attentive to light, never in a hurry. I've been exploring the idea of establishing an independent repertory cinema space in Dhaka, a city that deserves one.
I'm also beginning to learn Japanese, building a cybersecurity home lab, and doing what freelancers always do — running several threads at once and somehow keeping them all moving.