# Professor John Horton discusses Upwork, a popular freelancing website

1 Faculty News June 28, 2016 ![MarketWatch logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketwatch%20logo.jpg?itok=pHUVfozf)>

Excerpt from [MarketWatch](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/upwork-the-leading-freelancing-website-to-release-new-quarterly-data-for-hot-skills-2016-06-28-9160150) -- "'Upwork offers a remarkably detailed look at what skills professionals are providing and what skills are being sought-after, and the data also has tremendous breadth -- ranging from software development to technical writing to increasingly high-end skills like legal and business consulting,' said New York University professor [John Horton](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/john-horton)."

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