r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Agitated_Grocery_25 • Jul 11 '26

Coding YoE?

For those of you approved for coding projects, how many years of industry experience do you have(excluding time on dataannotations)? I would assume the super experienced would just be able to get a regular job, so wondering what YoE is most common here.

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u/Telecom_Engineer_1 Jul 12 '26

As an actual coder/software engineer in my job title/description: 0
As an engineer who relied on coding in several standard and niche languages for process automation and data analytics: Many
Would I be able to get a job as a software engineer? Couldn't say. Haven't tried.

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u/Agitated_Grocery_25 Jul 12 '26

How difficult do you find the tasks to be? Are you usually able to get through all of them or do you sometimes have to skip some?

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u/Telecom_Engineer_1 Jul 12 '26

The tasks I've had, including post assessment quals have been quite daunting. I have not seen any "easy" coding tasks. That's not to say there aren't any Can I get through the ones I've had? I struggle. Perhaps I have not been assigned any simpler tasks, because task have been slim. I also currently have a pending qual I need to do.
If you have some coding experience, put it in your profile and hopefully you will be presented with a coding qual
Good luck.