Breaking the 9-to-5: Gary Swart on the Future of Work, Freelance Nation, and Betting on Founders
What happens when you turn down an early job at Netflix, back when it was still just an idea about mailing DVDs, and then spend the next decade proving that work doesn't have to happen in an office?
This episode follows Gary Swart from running a parts middleman business in New Jersey to leading oDesk for nearly ten years, the company that later merged with Elance to become Upwork. He explains the criteria he now uses for big career decisions, why weighing the people differently might have sent him to Netflix, and how oDesk made hiring talent anywhere feel normal long before the pandemic…
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