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ESSENCE's own Charisma Deberry recently sat down with three tech professionals to discuss what it's like being a Black leader in tech and how they bring their full selves to work at Upwork, the world's work marketplace. Sam Bright discusses remote work in the future. Sam Bright, Chief Product & Experience Officer, spoke about the future of Upwork.
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00:00Work should not be limited by some of the historical limitations that have been in place.
00:04Like it should not be limited by who you know, where you live, whether you have a company badge
00:09or not, like your driving radius near a company location, having to sit in traffic and commute
00:15to go into the office. And so that re-evaluation that both clients, companies are going through,
00:25and talent team members are going through all at the same time, means that work the way that we've
00:32historically known it is changing. And that means in many ways that underrepresented groups that may
00:39have not had the same level of access in the past or may not have, you know, been able to be included
00:45because of some of those historical limitations that are now dissipating, like they're going to
00:50have greater opportunities in this new world of work. And that's incredibly exciting.
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