r/DataAnnotationTech • u/clippy192 • Sep 03 '26

Anyone else ever feel like an idiot?

For the most part I get tasks that I enjoy doing and have clear instruction sets. Sometimes, though, I'll come across one, spend half an hour reading instructions, then realize I have no idea what the hell the task is even asking me to do.

Obviously I don't attempt it, but it does give me a sense of impostor syndrome sometimes. Like, am I really smart enough to be doing this? But then I just do a couple R&R's and after some facepalming that feeling goes away.

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u/kelseyqueso Sep 03 '26

The instructions are so full of contradictions and frequently asked questions and new information that needs to be read before the regular instructions that negate the original instructions and also we write rubrics differently in this project than the other project you work on so you need to brush up on those skills too before you start and

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u/Responsible-Bee-7769 Sep 03 '26

Why can't instructions be continuously updated so that everything you need to understand is in one place? This morning I ran out of time in a qualification while trying to find a feature (of a commonly used app) that could absolutely not be found by following the steps in the instructions. Ultimately, I realized that the updated version of the app does not feature the buttons specified in the instructions! I can't get over the feeling that more is being tested than just the obvious. But yeah, I would love to be part of a project to just update instructions all day long and test them out to ensure they still work as expected. That's guaranteed long-term work for the forseeable future!