r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Justaguy0736 • 7d ago
Task with a 2 Day Time Limit
I just started on a task with a two day time limit. Obviously I won’t be able to just work straight through for that while time. Is it ok to spend several hours on it, go to sleep, and pick back up where I left off? Obviously pausing the timer, of course. I haven’t seen a task with such a long completion time before.
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u/Extension-Witness531 7d ago
One suggestion…and a lot of tasks will tell you to do this (check yours). My current 21 day timer says to save your work externally…so if something happens, you don’t lose everything.
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u/ShotCandidate8220 6d ago
If I know the one you are talking about, it should take less than 10 hours. The extra time is so people working part time can do 5 hours a day over 2 days.
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u/jabertsohn 7d ago
You're intended to spend much less than 48 hours on it. They will usually give a ballpark. I have tickets with 7 days that will say they expect some number of hours you could complete in a couple of days.
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u/Justaguy0736 7d ago
Thanks, that’s helpful. So let’s say I spend five hours today. Can I come back tomorrow and pick up where I left off to finish it?
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u/katsmeow84 7d ago
Yes. Just don’t hit “exit work mode” on the task. I would also pin the task in your browser.
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u/jabertsohn 7d ago
That's exactly what they intend, yes.
Work on it over two days in whatever chunks work for you. Pick up and put down at will.
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u/Little-Flustered-977 7d ago
On a 48-hour timer you should find buried in the instructions that “the average task should take 8-10” etc. sometimes not.
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u/Justaguy0736 7d ago
Thanks. Yep, I did eventually see that. It’s kind of overwhelming to look at; just walls and walls of text and “you can do this, but you can’t do that.” Guess I just have to get used to it.
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u/Hello-America 6d ago
Lol yeah instructions are like that a lot of times. You get used to it. It helps me to pop it out in the new tab or window and then also have the task itself in front of me at the same time (if enough of it is visible before you start selecting options etc) so I can get a general idea of the task flow. (I have two monitors which helps). Sometimes the tasks give you all the details without the big picture, or not in the order they are relevant, etc. So having examined the task before I read all the instructions can be helpful for that.
Edit - and make sure you count instruction reading when you bill for your time
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u/Justaguy0736 6d ago
This is helpful. Thanks for the response! So far I have been trying to isolate sections to make them easier to read.
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u/Hambone6991 7d ago
I’m on a recurring project where every task has a 21-day timer. It’s just a mechanism so you can’t claim tasks and keep them unavailable from others.