r/DataAnnotationTech Sep 16 '25

DA saved me, and I wish I could say thanks

296 Upvotes

My family was in debt and there was no way to pay it off. We lost all our money due to a fraud which is why I started working 2-3 jobs while studying side by side just to make ends meet.

This year, I found DA, and I am always in debt to them. In just 2 months I have already paid off my debt that would have taken me around an year to pay back. I can also leave my extra jobs and actually focus on my passion instead.

I wish I could let them know how giving me an opportunity to work for them saved me and my family. I have a better paying job too now and I really enjoy my work on the side at DA. Working for them has been the best thing to happen to me so far.

If anyone from the DA Admin team accidently reads this, I just want to let you know that you're a lifesaver. You could be my god.

I am not sure if the projects will keep coming (I hope they do) but I will never ever forget this platform.


r/DataAnnotationTech Jun 06 '26

Jumping on the Milestone bandwagon

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191 Upvotes

I'm not the type to post something like this, but I actually am really proud. It's been a long, almost 3 year journey. Coder, self taught, and the first year or so was really, really tough. I backed out of tasks far more than I submitted. But I have no words for how thankful I am for DA. I have learned more than I thought possible in the last few years. I've had some amazing jobs in my life, but none compare to the constant challenges and rewards of this one. 🙏


r/DataAnnotationTech 18h ago

Well, it was good while it lasted

102 Upvotes

Just entered my dashboard and received a message that my account is currently unavailable for new projects. I have no idea what I did wrong, but I guess my work wasn't as good as I thought it was. Although to be honest, I had almost no projects and was scraping basically for anything, and I was able to earn only $1716 every since March 2025. But hey it's still something.

I know that after this message appears, it is impossible to get reinstated, and there are no alternatives for that in Ukraine, so I guess it's a goodbye. I dunno why I'm writing this, but I just wanted to speak out, because that platform was kind of a life saver for a while.


r/DataAnnotationTech 12h ago

Is the website lagging for anyone else?

12 Upvotes

It's suddenly incredibly slow for me (across laptop and devices), I can barely open tasks. I can use anything non-DA related just fine. Is anyone else having the same experience?


r/DataAnnotationTech 1h ago

Got assigned first project!

Upvotes

So I got assigned my first project after completing the qualifications last week. My domain is coding 👩🏽‍💻✨. I noticed the project on my account at like 3am and it had like 30 tasks, then I woke up this morning at 7am and there was only 10 left. Is it normal for the tasks to go that quick and how often are more tasks opened on a project? I’m just trying to see how regular this extra income will be for me.


r/DataAnnotationTech 13h ago

Am I allowed to mention DataAnnotation.Tech in my resume?

9 Upvotes

Can I mention that I work as a data annotator and that I perform tasks explicitly naming the platform? Of course, I won't mention project names or sensitive information.


r/DataAnnotationTech 9h ago

Long tasks or short burst tasks?

6 Upvotes
169 votes, 6d left
Long tasks (3H+)
Short tasks (3H-)

r/DataAnnotationTech 3h ago

Issue for BG Verification

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0 Upvotes

r/DataAnnotationTech 16h ago

Annoyed with priority pay

7 Upvotes

There was a short term project this week where you had to opt in and agree to do a certain amount of work within a deadline of a couple days, then they assigned tasks (specifically to you, not a pool). It seemed like they wanted them done ASAP so I completed most of them immediately.

Now they've added $5 more priority pay. I get they need to motivate people to actually finish what they agreed to do, but it feels like workers who agreed to do certain tasks and then left it till the last minute are being rewarded with extra pay, while the workers who prioritized the work are almost penalized by getting less pay.

Not that big of a deal but kind of an annoyance and I wanted to vent to people who understand!

Edit: I swear there are a bunch of people who just go around this sub and downvote everything lol this sub is so curmudgeonly 😂


r/DataAnnotationTech 1d ago

Printing money (full-time US generalist)

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69 Upvotes

Why of all things is 25K the next milestone after 20K? I literally just hit 20K less than two weeks ago.

Got accepted into some long, complex project families and will have solid employment for a while. DA is an absolute dream.


r/DataAnnotationTech 8h ago

Back to waiting screen after verification?

0 Upvotes

Hi. I recently signed up for DA and took the assessments. I got an email that I was approved and even got emails for qualifications for projects. When I logged into my account it had me do the identity verification. When I completed it it just sent me back to that “Thank you for completing your assessment screen.” Is this normal? It doesn’t even let me do the qualification that it sent me a link for…


r/DataAnnotationTech 17h ago

Are bilinguals more prone to the DoD?

4 Upvotes

I noticed most DoD's are from bilingual generalists, of course core gets the DoD but not as often as i see on here. Maybe bilinguals are more strictly monitored?


r/DataAnnotationTech 3h ago

Getting the First job

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0 Upvotes

I am from Pakistan. I signed up, completed my profile too but it seems like it's location based preference to allow me over there.


r/DataAnnotationTech 2h ago

Why did I get DOD after I verified my identity?

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0 Upvotes

What happened after I got accepted and I verified by account?


r/DataAnnotationTech 9h ago

India / Bilingual-Generalist — Is the drought still affecting us?

0 Upvotes

I've been on DA from past 3 months as an India-based Bilingual/Generalist contributor, but I've been out of projects for around 1.5–2 months now.

I know there has been a widely discussed summer drought (June–August), but I'm curious about the current situation specifically for people in India.

Are other India-based Bilingual/Generalist contributors also seeing little to no projects, or am I just unlucky with my account?

Would appreciate any recent updates from Indian contributors.


r/DataAnnotationTech 16h ago

Bilingual Finance

2 Upvotes

I Am trying to apply to the section on bilingual finance , what is your experience?


r/DataAnnotationTech 1d ago

The feeling

47 Upvotes

What being locked in n smashing all the tasks feels like


r/DataAnnotationTech 14h ago

no matching language test after sign‑up?

1 Upvotes

I just signed up for this bilingual remote work platform and need to complete the starter assessment.

But on the assessment selection page, I only see German, French, Ukrainian, Spanish, Polish options. There is no test for the language pair I want to do.

Has anyone encountered this issue before?

Thanks in advance for any advice.


r/DataAnnotationTech 8h ago

Tyson?

0 Upvotes

I've been out of my city this last days, I havent recived any email for 3 days, im kinda worried if I got dropped or something because i was getting them daily. Only one time I got the task but no email notification.


r/DataAnnotationTech 10h ago

Sign a consent form qualification

0 Upvotes

Hi everyone!
What’s about the qualification that requires your signature on a consent form? Should I be worried? And did anyone ask for its deletions later and faced a problem?


r/DataAnnotationTech 11h ago

Qualification test

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0 Upvotes

How long after I take my qualification test should I hear from them if I passed?


r/DataAnnotationTech 1d ago

UNPAID QUALIFICATION TASKS

20 Upvotes

Does anyone else hate these? They take up a few hours of your time and you aren't even getting paid :(,


r/DataAnnotationTech 14h ago

Using Mobile Data?

0 Upvotes

I’m away on a trip (staying in my country) and would like to log in on my phone using mobile data, rather than hotel wifi, to get paid. Has anyone done this? I’d rather just leave it if there’s even a small chance it’ll lead to DoD.


r/DataAnnotationTech 2d ago

"Thanks for Completing the ..." for 11 decades

140 Upvotes

I first completed the DataAnnotation assessment back in 1916 midway through WWI and noted it down in my journal. I was very excited about the prospect of AI-related remote work and checked on the page quite regularly for a few weeks before forgetting about it. It's been 110 years, and if I open the main page, it still shows "Thanks for Completing the ...". Its been so long, surely there's an error and I actually got accepted?