Merge pull request #27614 from Expensify/sophiepintoraetz-patch-1

Update CONTRIBUTING.md

contributingGuides/CONTRIBUTING.md

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 Welcome! Thanks for checking out the New Expensify app and taking the time to contribute!
 
 ## Getting Started
-If you would like to become an Expensify contributor, the first step is to read this document in its entirety. The second step is to review the README guidelines [here](https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/main/README.md) to understand our coding philosophy and for a general overview of the code repository (i.e. how to run the app locally, testing, storage, our app philosophy, etc). Please read both documents before asking questions, as it may be covered within the documentation.
+If you would like to become an Expensify contributor, the first step is to read this document in its **entirety**. The second step is to review the README guidelines [here](https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/main/README.md) to understand our coding philosophy and for a general overview of the code repository (i.e. how to run the app locally, testing, storage, our app philosophy, etc). Please read both documents before asking questions, as it may be covered within the documentation.
 
 #### Test Accounts
 You can create as many accounts as needed in order to test your changes directly from [the app](https://new.expensify.com/). An initial account can be created when logging in for the first time, and additional accounts can be created by opening the "New Chat" or "Group Chat" pages via the Global Create menu, inputting a valid email or phone number, and tapping the user's avatar.
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 If you've found a vulnerability, please email security@expensify.com with the subject `Vulnerability Report` instead of creating an issue.
 
 ## Payment for Contributions
-We hire and pay external contributors via Upwork.com. If you'd like to be paid for contributing or reporting a bug, please create an Upwork account, apply for an available job in [GitHub](https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Help+Wanted%22), and finally apply for the job in Upwork once your proposal gets selected in GitHub. If you think your compensation should be increased for a specific job, you can request a reevaluation by commenting in the Github issue where the Upwork job was posted. 
+We hire and pay external contributors via Upwork.com. If you'd like to be paid for contributing or reporting a bug, please create an Upwork account, apply for an available job in [GitHub](https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Help+Wanted%22), and finally apply for the job in Upwork once your proposal gets selected in GitHub. PLease make sure your Upwork profile is **fully verified** before applying, otherwise you run the risk of not being paid. If you think your compensation should be increased for a specific job, you can request a reevaluation by commenting in the Github issue where the Upwork job was posted. 
 
 Payment for your contributions and bug reports will be made no less than 7 days after the pull request is deployed to production to allow for [regression](https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/main/contributingGuides/CONTRIBUTING.md#regressions) testing. If you have not received payment after 8 days of the PR being deployed to production, and there are no [regressions](https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/main/contributingGuides/CONTRIBUTING.md#regressions), please add a comment to the issue mentioning the BugZero team member (Look for the melvin-bot "Triggered auto assignment to... (`Bug`)" to see who this is).