Meet Mariam Sanaullah, Girl behind My Collage App for Windows Store
Here's an inspiring and refreshing story of Mariam Sanaullah in her own words entailing how she earned above 800 £ in less than three months through one Windows Store app,
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After graduating in computer science from Forman Christian College Lahore in 2012, I was looking for some job; I started working in an Ngo as graphic designer at 25K per month. Though that NGO was good but I always wanted to work in a technology /technological environment/Software house, where my computer programming skills could be polished. In Oct 2013 I came to know about this internship program at Microsoft Innovation Center, Lahore. I applied for that and was invited for an interview. During interview sir Awais told me that it’s going to be an unpaid internship of three months. Are you going to leave your 25K salary for this unpaid one? I replied that I want to learn, money doesn't matter. I joined MIC Lahore in Nov 2013 and started developing a photo cards application (My Collage) for windows store, I worked hard for three months developing this photo cards app and I asked MIC Lahore to upload it. |
On the very first day my app got 1500 downloads. Within three months it reached 50,000 downloads. Then sir Usman asked me why not you put ads in your app and make money, so I made an update of the application with the pub center ad integration. I have earned 800 £ within three months and downloads have reached 86 K and counting.
I wanted to study further but I was worried for my study expenses but I don’t have to worry about it anymore .By the grace of God I have been selected in MS INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION at School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, NUST Islamabad. And now I can pay my fees by these earnings from my application (My Collage)
MIC Lahore is a place where you get appreciation even for a very little effort of yours. There is a charm in this place, a motivational learning environment. Once you come here you never want to leave this place but every journey has its end. During my journey at MIC Lahore I have learned and gained a lot. I’m very thankful to all the Gurus here who always motivated me and helped me learning new things.
Here are few snapshots of the app.
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Comments
Anonymous
August 10, 2014
Mariam is very good girl. Wish her more success.Anonymous
August 10, 2014
She is indeed a true inspiration. Good Luck!Anonymous
August 10, 2014
Nice Work .Anonymous
August 10, 2014
Awesome. Good Luck!Anonymous
August 11, 2014
Wish her good luck !!!Anonymous
August 11, 2014
congratsss!!!Anonymous
August 11, 2014
Best of luck ....:)Anonymous
August 11, 2014
Congratulations.... keep it upAnonymous
August 11, 2014
Good Work Done.. May you excel more :DAnonymous
August 11, 2014
Impresive Work Dear Formanite Lady :)Anonymous
August 11, 2014
congratulations Mariam Sanaullah , I please to know ur hard work keep the good work up .Anonymous
August 11, 2014
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August 12, 2014
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August 12, 2014
Inspiration for youngsters GudLuckAnonymous
August 12, 2014
awsum yara stay blessed :-)Anonymous
August 12, 2014
I guess em a Better Developer than her.. Anyways Good wishes for her, carry on and to get expertise in this fieldAnonymous
August 13, 2014
MashaAllah, Keep rocking !!!Anonymous
August 16, 2014
Keep it up Mariam. Great work !!!Anonymous
August 16, 2014
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August 17, 2014
Could someone please guide me on how i could incorporate adds to a windows store app ? Pakistan isn't a supported payout region at the pubCenter so what would be the work around ? Thanks.Anonymous
September 17, 2014
very inspiring story keep it up.Anonymous
October 01, 2014
Truly an inspiration for me.Anonymous
October 21, 2014
@Fahad Arshad Indeed is..Anonymous
November 09, 2014
wow ,Excellent really inspirational .Best wishes for more successes MariamAnonymous
June 04, 2015
Well done! Mariam Sanaullah!Anonymous
January 01, 2016
Good job ! This story got me motivated too.Anonymous
January 03, 2016
sky is the Limit for a brilliant girl like u Mariam !! much love xoxo