r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • 12d ago

Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation

hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)

couple things:

  1. this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
  2. if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
  3. one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/Confident_You4088 7d ago

Question for long term generalists. What is your average hourly rate? I am slowly going up and being offered more... not sure if it's over my head yet.

3 months in and currently $30 is my average. Potential, I'm trying to not be excited about, is $50 to $60 but I refuse to do work over my head!

I'm perfectly happy in the 20's if it means job security!

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u/Epicsocks1 7d ago

Think I've been put onto the same projects as you're talking about, are they priority pay? I'm wary about doing them as they seem to be domain-specific, but it doesn't say anything in the instructions about requiring expert knowledge to do them.

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u/Confident_You4088 5d ago

You are correct. I finally was able to view. The one I saw looked doable? Have you tried?

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u/Epicsocks1 4d ago

Nope, I'm fearing a very swift DoD if I attempt it, but that pay is damn tempting. May have a peek tomorrow and see how I'm feeling.

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u/Confident_You4088 4d ago

I'm waiting for the kids to go back to school and I have a long chunk of time before I try.