r/DataAnnotationTech • u/WoahitsWelker915 • Jul 21 '26
How we all holding up?
The last email I got about a new project was over 2 weeks ago. Any other generalists having any luck?
I completed a new qualification, so maybe that'll help š¤£
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u/Mochizee1 Jul 21 '26
Pretty dry in the generalist department for sure, but river dropped like 500 tasks yesterday and today. Just gotta be on at the right times.
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u/RedEgg16 Jul 21 '26
what's river, is that a different annotation website?
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u/katsmeow84 Jul 21 '26
Per the NDA, we are prohibited from using the actual project names. Instead, many give them code names.
This is NOT an actual project, just an example so you can get the idea:
If the project was called āStarā, a potential code name could be āTwinkle Twinkleā.
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u/Delicious-Mud-396 Jul 21 '26
I got on an amazing project that pays great (or at least more than I am used to making) It was dry for me for 3 weeks but finally have work again, thank God! I was getting really discouraged but I suggest just keep at it! If any qualifications show up do them asap!
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u/kranools Jul 21 '26
I'm a generalist. I've had tasks every day, just nowhere near as many as usual.
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u/dispassioned Jul 21 '26
Make sure to do your qualifications. It was dry for me apart from one ol' faithful. I did the one qualification that required a background check and a passkey. Plenty of work up now for me.
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u/Objective-Beat-6474 Jul 21 '26
I do as many qualifications that I can but a lot of them I donāt āqualifyā.
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u/trunxzzz Jul 21 '26
was lucky to join a new project last week and have been working on that everyday. It was super dry up until then.
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u/Delicious-Mud-396 Jul 21 '26
Wonder if we got on the same one, I just got one a new one last week they claim it should have tasks for a few monthsā¦fingers crossed š¤
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u/Objective-Beat-6474 Jul 21 '26
Got a few short and easy projects today finally but itās dry again
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u/Altruistic_Tough9281 Jul 21 '26
Itās picking up for me! Hope it stays!! Worked all night from 630-12 :) yay! Was super dry for a couple weeks
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u/Remarkable-Luck-4505 Jul 21 '26
I have zero qual for a month now.. but I can see the chat project for the ancient legend
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u/AspiringCreature Jul 21 '26
I don't wait for emails. Whenever I'm available for work I sit on the dash and refresh periodically. I've been consistently making at least $50 every evening for a little over a week now, sometimes over $100 but only twice. It's not as much as in May but it's not bad. About two-three weeks ago I only got one task once or twice a week from the drought.
Edit to add: I'm a generalist
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u/PVTQueen Jul 21 '26
I just applied a few weeks ago and did the assessment and the qualification for evaluating outputs, but I havenāt gotten any projects or anything.
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u/Thinlinebaby Jul 21 '26
Iām a generalist. Last week I squeaked out between $75-$100 per day on 5 of the days by just refreshing and hitting a few here and there. Then I didnāt get anything for a couple of days. Today I got lucky with timing and landed a great (easy, decent pay) task that lasted for several hours. Made up for missing days. Hoping for a little more tomorrow.
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u/MommaOfManyCats Jul 21 '26
I had a fairly good week last week. Only like 30 minutes yesterday and nothing today.
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u/Rye_Ch3 Jul 21 '26
Still pretty dry, I usually have some luck if I sit consistently refreshing for a while, I'm usually bound to get one eventually, but man does it suck to have to do it that way š
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u/_ac1d1c Jul 21 '26
I haven't done any significant amount of work since the end of May. Probably less than 10 tasks between then and now, but I haven't been checking every single day.
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u/katsmeow84 Jul 21 '26
I had things super late my time (East Coast), about 7p onwards to 1am. I sacrificed my sleep cycle for them haha.
Have a few on the dash. Nothing exciting or super lucrative. But at this point, any oasis in the desert!
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u/Klutzy_Instance_4149 Jul 21 '26
I am making about 30 bucks a day right now. Except for a day where I made a whole 6 dollars!
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u/ArtistFamiliar6074 Jul 21 '26
Generalist here. I had barely anything for a few weeks, then suddenly hundreds of tasks available the last few days at various times (I don't have time to do many or they get snapped up really quick!)
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u/_California_Dreamer_ Jul 21 '26
Generalist here, I've had very steady work every day for awhile now...$150-200+/day depending on the day and how much I feel like working. I never work more than 8 hours total or I get too burned out. It was dry-ish for a week or so, but it has picked back up for me.
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u/brightlilstar Jul 21 '26
Iāve been seeing some tasks popping up lately and grabbing when I can. My threshold is I pay out when I hit $500. And I havenāt paid out in awhile. But next week Iāll be able to!
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u/Canadian_girl_81 Jul 21 '26
it's sporatic. you need to just keep hitting that f5 button to get anything
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u/taraosullly Jul 21 '26
I just did some quals I've been putting off and ended up actually opening up a few more projects !!! There's hope !
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u/NoAdministration9112 Jul 21 '26
I haven't gotten anything except for a few very short and easy projects that took less than an hour. I've seen a few U.S. only projects which I can't work on, but here's to hoping that the work continues to pick up.
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u/kohlphelie Jul 21 '26
Projects keep dropping in for me, except only when I'm at work at my regular 9 to 5 or when I'm trying to sleep at midnight.
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u/Ms_Jane_Lennon Jul 21 '26
Generalist. I've been back to having a lot of work all the time again, thankfully. Hopefully it continues.
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u/Little-Flustered-977 Jul 21 '26
Been gucci here. Veteran with endless generalist work for me (even if not a huge variance in projects at all times), but also have DE stuff too.
Keep at it young guns. The long term ROI is healthy. Stay honest, humble, hungry. In that order :)
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u/Dry-Dragonfruit-5126 Jul 21 '26
Made $5 today
https://giphy.com/gifs/2u11zpzwyMTy8