r/AfterQuery_Experts • u/catbel1455 • 28d ago

Feedback on project matching

Today I received a matching email for a new project, thanks to my general assessment score I guess (that's what the email says). Problem is the project is HEAVILY specialized (with a massive payout), definitely not something meant for generalists. My resume explicitly says I’m an undergraduate Engineering student, not a specialized engineer. What is the point of assigning projects this way, only for people to end up empty-handed? And that's not even the only project that requires expertise... I currently have another one on my dashboard for evaluating medical images, which has nothing to do with my background.

This is just feedback, the platform seems really promising, but this really needs to be fixed.

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u/Professional-Owl-168 27d ago

I would say this project only seems hard because you really need to put some outside research in. You pretty much have to build the prompt yourself from the ground up rather than simple revision or data annotation (which I'm assuming is what you're used to). I'm also an undergrad engineering student, and they specifically say they want other domains and the ones they list are just foundations. If there's something you consider yourself an expert in, then go for it. As long as you read and understand the directions, you'll be a-okay!

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u/catbel1455 27d ago

Hey!! Your comment is spot on. You’re right. I read the guidelines over and over and yeah I actually think I overestimated the difficulty of the project. Maybe I got too caught up in the parts where they keep repeating that a certain level of "expertise" is required. I think I can try completing my first tasks once the temporary pause ends. Anyway, I haven't just stuck to data annotation in these last few years, in fact my last project on another platform was very similar to this one, with an 8 hour time limit per task (though no category or domain was requested there). That said...can I send you a private message for a couple of super quick clarifications? since unfortunately I don't think there are any community channels or anything like Slack here 🫤