The Journey
From $5/hour
to a Global
Agency
2015
Started 9–5 career
2020
Started freelancing
2021
Founded agency
$55/hr
Current rate
2015 — 2019
The 9–5 Grind
Working a regular job with no extra income stream. No roadmap, no mentor, no system for earning beyond a salary.
2020
First Upwork Job — $5/hour
Started part-time freelancing in financial modelling and business analysis. Landed the first job within a few months and never looked back.
2021
Founded Fundora Analytics
Launched the agency while still working 9–5. Started hiring talented people and delivering financial modelling, data engineering and BI services globally.
Today
Top Rated · $50K+ Earned · $55/hour
No longer sending proposals — clients come to me. Now sharing everything I learned so skilled Sri Lankans don't have to figure it out the hard way.