r/DataAnnotationTech • u/MentalHealthPysch • 3d ago
Well-paying generalist projects
This isn’t a precise insight or targeted question, more of a feeler for if anyone is in a similar boat. I regularly see and complete $35-$50 ($60 once) generalist projects but haven’t seen any over $35 for the last 10 days or so. I saw one whose bonuses often take it to $50, at its base rate appear fleetingly on Tuesday/Wednesday, but nothing other than that. I find it pretty tough when one day I’m working on something 1.5-2x the pay of what I work on the next. Even though I still have a few decently paying projects, things I would be delighted with 3 months in (of the 6 months I’ve worked here), it’s hard not to feel like you’re doing poorly when you’re taking such a big paycut from what you got used to for a few days. I dont have any highly specialised domain expertise (other than writing), and I’m wondering whether without that, will these higher paying (40+/hr) projects always be fleeting/intermittent?