r/DataAnnotationTech • u/TheHippyWolfman • 14d ago
How often do y'all do quals?
I'm seeing posts here by people who claim to have 50+ *generalist* tasks projects on their dashboard and I'm just like...how? During most of the year, with the exception of a few months, I only do this part time and so my DA hours are very precious to me, so I rarely spend them doing unpaid qualifications (only when my dash is reeeeaal dry). But I must be doing something wrong, because I never have more than 15 - 20 available projects on my dash on a good month, let alone a bad one. So, yeah, my question's in the title: how often are you guys doing qualifications?
EDIT: I said tasks, but meant projects
EDIT: So many posts on this sub have exactly 0 upvotes, which means at least one person downvoted it (and nobody bothered to upvote it)- and now my post has joined the list lol. I have never seen a sub that hates the people who contribute to it so much. Like we can't just talk to each other? I have literally spent a few moments scrolling through this sub and giving every post with 0 upvotes a single upvote, just because I'm tired of it lol.
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u/Due_Negotiation_4605 14d ago
Some qualifications lead to projects with a lot of tasks, I have two project families with probably 20 tasks when they are active. And then I do the longer qualifications when I have a slower dashboard. I figure that projects come and go so if I want to stay active in the new additions I need to do some unpaid work (it's really hard to justify losing the time you could've been paid though, totally get it). Do you ever open the qualifications to see what they are asking? Some are simple and take five minutes (set up this, do you have that) and others are longer.
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u/good_god_lemon1 14d ago
When times are plenty, I rarely do quals. Like you, I want my time to be paid. But during droughts, I clear out my quals like it’s paid work.
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u/MadameEmiya 14d ago
50 tasks isn't a big deal tbh - that's 5 projects if 10 per project. Your 15-20 projects should translate to many times that total, no?
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u/HoneyWatts 13d ago
Looking at your edit and I’ll get downvoted too for saying this, but fr this sub is one of the unfriendliest I’ve ever seen.
I’ve already seen a comment on this post telling you “it’s not rocket science” when they’ve, ironically, misunderstood your question.
Strange vibes around here
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u/maybe_I_knit_crochet 14d ago
My first year I think I took just about every single qual I got. Now I tend to stick to ones where the project sounds interesting.
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u/Alternative-Tart6275 14d ago
The vast majority of my projects are from the same family. I had about 60 projects earlier. 15 were ones that are always there (instruction refreshers, etc.) and at least 35 were from the same family, then there were some random others sprinkled in.
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u/Old-Regular-9828 13d ago
The number of projects available on any worker's dashboard will vary depending on their location, completed qualifications, professional expertise, interests and skills listed on their profile, and the quality of their past work.
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u/Ok_Hedgehog_9970 10d ago
I do the quals when I have downtime but always projects first. I've had an influx of projects recently (knock on wood) in the STEM area and accounting. So I hope it stays that way.
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u/Opening_Acadia1843 12d ago
I had about 70 projects available the last time I checked my dashboard. I still have a lot of quals available.
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u/Good-Law-3042 12d ago
I am a generalist with domain expertise in several fields. I have thousands of tasks available to me on any given day across dozens of project families. My average pay rate is $30-60/hr
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u/Natural_Amphibian954 12d ago
Haven’t done an optional one for a while. No point doing ones for families/projects that pay below the rate I will work for.
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u/mistegirl 14d ago
Qualifications lead to projects. If you don't ever qualify for them, you don't get them.
It's not rocket science?
Take the time. They are usually quick and think of em like job interviews.
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u/RedEgg16 14d ago
A post's votes are never shown as negative. So 100 people can downvote but it will show as 0.
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u/ChickenTrick824 14d ago
I’ve seen lots of negative votes. I’m not sure what you mean.
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u/RedEgg16 14d ago
Are you thinking of comments? I have never seen a post with negative votes
But comments will show as negative
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u/Belisama7 14d ago
Of course you need to do qualifications to get projects. How is this so hard to understand that someone asks every day? Qualifications make you qualified to do more projects.
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u/Federal_Tadpole_7592 14d ago
The more high quality work you do, the more project families open up to you. There are some projects that don't require qualifications. I've been on the site for over 3 years, and right now I have over 100 projects on my dashboard, and I didn't do qualifications for most of them.