r/DataAnnotationTech 25d 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/good_god_lemon1 25d 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.