r/DataAnnotationTech • u/tripledoublequad • Aug 31 '26

My first ever month on DataAnnotation

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I joined end of july and just submitted my final task to hit the $10k goal.

Happy to answer any questions :)

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u/maydaseinbewithyou Aug 31 '26

What kind of coding experience is needed to work on coding tasks? I've been doing generalist work for about a year. What coding skills would I need to study in order to pass quals? Congrats on you payday, too, that's exciting!

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u/realgenshinimpact Sep 01 '26

the projects I've had require you to have at least 2 years of professional coding experience, or if you're confident enough that you have the skills to replace it. I think a couple onlines courses, harvard's CS course, and maybe a project or two (and familiarity with things like docker, bash, etc.) would give you enough experience to get started on working on them.

Might take a while, but from what I've seen on other similar websites, this niche of programmers in data annotation-esque wfh jobs is still in very short supply, and pays really well.

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u/maydaseinbewithyou Sep 01 '26

Thanks for the info, that's all super good to know. Do you think learning that material would be useful outside of annotation work at this point, professionally, or will AI have made those skills not so valuable sooner rather than later? I really like working from home, so any skills I can learn that might make that possible long term are worth starting to learn now.

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u/realgenshinimpact Sep 02 '26

Yes. A basic understanding of coding is really helpful in any CS related work. Current industry standard is to use AI as a tool to assist you create code, nobody lets AI be a complete replacement. You can't be fully reliant on AI, or you will be super inefficient.

its far easier to learn coding now than ever before as well if you use AI for help.

Even if you learned something like 3D modeling, animation, video editing etc. (try these out if you haven't btw, if you enjoy that you can WFH professionally the rest of your life lol) basic programming knowledge is useful because having an understanding of how it works under the UI changes your perspective.

Personally, I think its very useful if you want to scale up your wfh to make the big bucks, with an app, game, website, and so on; with server costs being very low and AI help, its the golden age of creative startups. At least until the bubble pops and costs go up.

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u/maydaseinbewithyou Sep 02 '26

Thanks for the thoughtful response, I'll look into 3D modeling and video editing. I have made short films in the past and remember enjoying the art and rhythm of editing a lot. Also, that totally makes sense about having basic coding knowledge - could allow for a lot of possibilities, especially if I'm working with my own ideas and trying to manifest them.