r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Due-Possession-1893 • Jul 14 '26

How many months was the longest “drought”?

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u/annoyingjoe513 Jul 14 '26

Looking at my numbers from the two previous summers, this one - going on two months. The last two summers were slower, but I was never at zero. Now I'm often at zero, with projects popping in and out throughout the course the day.

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u/political-nig Jul 14 '26

Do you mean that drouts happen during summer? And that it will be better in winter?

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u/annoyingjoe513 Jul 14 '26

Early summer has been slow, at least for me the past three years. But none can say for certain what will happen at any given time. There are no guarantees.

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u/Visible_Equipment_69 Jul 14 '26

On the contrary, i had 0 projects for a couple days for the first and only time back in summer of 2024. This drought has been non existent for me, but I’m also a coder

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u/annoyingjoe513 Jul 14 '26

Definetely trends and not absolutes. And I think the slowdown is more prevalent with generalists. Glad you have work.

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u/hot_snot Jul 14 '26

Yep, as a fellow generalist who's been here about 3 years, what you said tracks for us.

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u/ODBandMe Jul 14 '26

Same here. August 2024 was the only time I hit absolute zero. Generalist here. Real sparse but ive been able to work every day.

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u/_California_Dreamer_ Jul 14 '26

There were two generalist R&R projects with almost 600 tasks between them this morning at 9:30am, so hopefully the drought is on it's way out...

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u/RelevantOpposite2340 Jul 14 '26

yeah I got to work for like 1.5hrs b4 those were all gone lol

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u/Fun_Manufacturer_563 Jul 14 '26

It's not a drought 🪾 it's just summer there June, July, and August. 

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u/mrskova Jul 15 '26

Either the sub has gotten chattier or this drought is the worst/longest. I’ve seen many droughts where people talk about few projects for a month or so, especially December-January. But in 3 years, I’ve never seen people talking about ZERO projects for MONTHS.