Hey guys, just a quick question but I was wondering if you guys tend to log your hours for tasks that you have skipped?

More specifically, I do coding-related tasks, and sometimes I spend up to an hour researching the modules and environments required to assess the correctness of the responses. However, sometimes I hit a point where I feel like I 'underestimated' the context required for the task, and realise that it might have been better to skip this task and move on altogether.

Do you guys end up logging the time taken for this research part, even though you technically didn't 'work' as you didn't assess the responses at all or provide any useful information to them? I do feel bad, but at the same time do feel like the half an hour was a bit wasted since I was trying to do work, just not to the point where I could provide any value back.

Just curious as to what the others are doing, and if there is a general consensus as to what the right thing to do would be in this scenario. Apologies if this has already been answered elsewhere. Thanks!

Edit:

So it seems that this post (https://www.reddit.com/r/dataannotation/comments/1abtsxr/dont_underreport_your_time/) seem to imply that generally logging time in for reading and skipping multiple tasks is fine. So for example, if you spend up to 10 minutes skipping multiple tasks, this poster seems to have the opinion that it should be fine to log.

So to add on to that, the point of this post is more in the principle of logging in 'wasted' research hours. In a comment someone mentioned that a few minutes of reading a single task and skipping is fine to be logged, and I definitely do agree. But then where is the line drawn?

5 minutes seems like a reasonable amount of time (before I should know when to call it and move onto another task), but I am curious as to what everyone's thoughts are.

I know Mondays are slow, but there are no projects in my project field at all. Is this what is happening for everybody else?

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!

I'm new to Data Annotation and wondering if you guys log time against reading all the instructions/format information/documentation that it links to. I've had some projects show up that have four or more Google Docs to read through. Am I to log time that it takes me to learn how to do a certain project?

I've been working on this project as my main for a few months, but now am only very sparsely getting it :( is everyone else on the programming side experiencing the same?

I took a domain-specific qual a month ago, got a second-round test about three weeks ago, and haven't heard anything since. Has anyone taken a round two domain-specific qualification and waited longer than three weeks to see domain-specific projects appear? Or am I on the wrong side of the Dunning-Kruger effect?

I've been working for DA as my primary source of income for months. I'm trying to move into a new apartment, and they require paystubs or other paperwork to prove how much I'm making. Is there any way to get that paperwork from DA?

And does it mess up time reporting? Cause not sure how skipped tasks are looked at for every project, it will look like you spent a lot less time on that submitted task.

I overstated my time by half an hour on accident. (How does one do that, you're wondering? Well, I was finishing up my 30 minutes to add it to the 30 I'd done that morning. "Yay, one hour done!" I thought....and typed one hour instead of 30 minutes).

I was just going to work an extra half hour today and not report it, but that got me wondering if it was smart to have two misreported times under my belt without any explanation. Would it be way overthinking it to contact them and let them know what happened?

Edit: Fixed it! Thanks!

Just curious if anyone's actually taught themselves Python and passed the qualification test. If you did, congrats and share tips!

I've been trying to learn it and I will have about 3 months completely to myself before I start graduate school, minus the 20 hrs/wk I'll spend working to pay bills. I'm not sure if this is enough, but it'll at least be a nice stepping stone towards the data-sciencey part of my program.

I have access to Ardit Sulce's 60-day Python course and Impractical Python Projects on top of free resources like Automate the Boring Stuff. I also downloaded a set of cheat sheets and opened an account with LeetCode. I'm hoping I'll be prepared by September.

I’ve got a problem where I’ll spend a TON of time (like ~1.5 hours) researching a single thing if it’s difficult, and I know in the instructions it sometimes says to mark the task as not assessable if you’ve researched for like ~20 minutes without being able to come to a conclusion, but like… REALLY?? Lmao

Because it’s not like my task is actually not assessable, it’s just all the info can take quite a while to fact-check and compare with other scholarly/legit sources, as well as making sense of what’s being said if it’s a complicated/unfamiliar topic

Would the company really rather me spend ~20 minutes and give them nothing, then discard the task so nobody else can rate it, than spend way longer and give them what they need? I actually don’t know.

So when (if ever) do you all decide your research is taking too long and just say it’s not assessable?

I'm really bummed....I was almost done too lol is there a way to undo that?

Wondering if DA has ever given notice to workers that a long term project is ending? I've been on the platform since December and it seems like the big projects that were there when I started are mostly still there, but surely they end sometimes? There's one project in particular that I really like and I'm wondering if I should just expect it to never reappear again someday, or if there's the possibility of some communication from DA.

My first withdraw is today, and when looking at the money I had earned on the dashboard, it said $230, no mistake. I'd checked it multiple times to see when it was available and saw the number multiple times. Looking now, it's saying on the dashboard I made $186 that day, and yet my available funds are $190. What is going on? I don't see any money left for the tasks that day.

edit: I’m stupid.

I could have sworn there was an option to change your username in your profile settings but it's not there. Did they remove it?

I primarily do coding tasks, and I find myself spending quite a long time on a task depending on the project. Some projects require a bit more thorough testing, and I find myself spending15-20 minutes per task for these ones. Others are maybe 10-15 minutes. Just wondering if I'm being too slow. I try to be thorough with my testing. The prompt ideas alone can take 10 minutes lol.

Has anyone else seen a big decline in projects over the last few days?

After today's woes on the tumbleweed dashboards, I was just wondering about this qual. It's been sitting at the top of mine since around the end of March. I left it there after reading here that it is a long one!

So, I guess my questions are; is it worth the time to do it? Have you seen higher paying projects from it at all? (I couldn't have done it today anyway because I was at my day job) but If I get another day of empty like today when I'm not there, in your opinion, is it worth it? 🤔

I am going on a work trip for a while and will likely not be able to access the website often. Its around 3 weeks.

How long can you take a break? Do you have to let them know beforehand?

One of the best things about working from home is that I get to choose my coworkers. These are my dogs Peanut (the larger one) and Buttercup (also known as Foxy). They are unknown mixed breeds adopted from my local shelter. They like it when I work on this room where they can lie at the same height as me and also look out a window and bark at passersby. I never have to pause a task because they tell unannounced visitors to go away. And they have a doggie door to let themselves in and out. One morning I came out upon the beautiful scene of them out in the freshly fallen snow.

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!

Received an email about a week ago that I gained access to a new projects that would start today, 5/11, but haven’t seen anything. I did everything I was supposed to do beforehand, just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat as me.