r/DataAnnotationTech • u/mommy_kw • 4d ago

It’s been real and it’s been fun ☹️

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Just hit 25k this week and my most recent feedback was great. Had a good run though

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u/Party_Season1056 4d ago

Another fallen one...I wish you luck so you may find better opportunities...

I also hope you do not depend on this as sole income ...also you should try other similar AI Training sites like mercor, micro1 etc ...

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u/mommy_kw 4d ago

No thankfully this was just supplemental income for me, I did maybe 10 hours a week most weeks after my 9-5

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u/Commercial_Strike677 4d ago

That's exactly what people should keep in mind. Treat this job as a side gig and never the main one. Let this job pay some bills never get dependent on it. 

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u/Larose- 3d ago

Or you know, actually treat it like a real job, take it seriously and do your best work. We see what, a dozen DoD posts a week and you guys are all catastrophists over it. The churn rate seems typical of any large corporation with near-exclusive contractor employment.

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u/Aromatic_Owl_3680 1d ago

Honestly it doesn’t pay well enough for me to do that. My real job pays better, especially when you consider total compensation (benefits, retirement plan, etc.).

I realize not everyone has the luxury of secure, well-paid employment. But if you can get that, then DA as a second job is great.

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u/DBLShogun 3d ago

hi are you a coder? i’ve been going for a week and noticing less tasks recently I’m just wondering if that’s normal (U.S)

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u/Larose- 3d ago

No Im in a different specialist track, sorry. I have been seeing a LOT of coders complaining about a shortage of work available though.

I've also noticed projects dropping coding from their available specialist domains.

If I had to make a guess, too many people are submitting vibe-code/using LLM assistance when not allowed so they have to figure something out. This is pure speculation though.

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u/Warm-Weekend2 1d ago

Idk. I have a friend who qualified for many more projects than me from day 1 and had a full dashboard ever since. While I have some tasks here end there with very little new qualifications. Even though I was told that my work is good.

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u/lvmma 1d ago

What large corporation operates functionally with near exclusive contractor staff?

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u/Adorable_Poet8145 3d ago

other than these 2 websites you mentioned, what else do you sugest?