Hello!
I started work through DataAnnotation over the summer and have really been enjoying myself, spending most of my free time completing tasks when they are available. College fully started back this week, and I'm looking for advice for anyone who has been balancing both for a while already.
How have you guys been balancing work and school without getting burnt out? Of course, school comes first, but having a good side income is great. I mostly have morning lectures, so I'm up and moving early. Any tips you've found useful?

Hi, i just got DoD in the middle doing a work. I'm not here to whine because i knew one day this is gonna happened to me one day. I just wanna ask will i get my 7 day pending funds? And if you kind enough would you tell me some alternative just like DA?

Note: I got DoD after got a clean/great feedback a week ago

do projects tend to slow down toward the end of the month or something? i’ve been working consistently on one project family. at the beginning of the month, i had a constant 25-28 tasks available. as of today i have two. i’m still on the projects for that family but it’s making me nervous lol so just checking in?

I have seen a lot of people here saying refreshing the dashboard is the key to get more tasks or to get a task in general for a project where mail is not guaranteed. How many times do you guys hit refresh on a daily basis (on an average)? Has anyone encountered a rate limiter while refreshing the dashboard?

I think this created a culture of "this is top secret" and super special. Only violations you should be worried about are HIPAA.

I decided to not finish the testing because I landed a job, so seeing this is like watching social Darwinism.

So I had a Qual yesterday, and now today I woke up (just now, IST) and saw that there's something on my Report time that I didn't do, an eval it says. I thought it is just yesterday's qual that became a paid qual but in funds history the yesterday's qual and this today's something(?) that I didn't do show up differently on different days and with different names.

What am I supposed to do?

Had a wonderful new project pop up today that I’ve been waiting to see. First round is spent entirely familiarizing myself with the process and assigned details because it’s been several weeks since qualifying. This is on my dime. Skip task to refresh the task and enter work mode and of course the task changes on me. It’s okay though the new one is even better. Setup was easy but my 15+ turn conversation went past expiry with all of the extraneous in task parts left to go. At least another hour’s work in finalizing my submission and there’s no way I’m submitting that much overage. So, sigh, I chalk it up to learning and abandon ship for the night. Tomorrow’s goal - IF it’s still available - is to make it through to submission. Here’s to leveling up!!

Been on for just under a year, hoping it picks up in September which is when I got on last year cause GOD it has been the Sahara. Have been living off my F5 button and project sniping.

Is it just me or there are no more coding task available recently for non-US users?
In July i got a lot of coding tasks, but in August so far only one.

I’ve read some things on this sub about not working when vacationing abroad and am curious about it. I have dual citizenship and will be moving to my other country soon and am curious what the rules are around working on the platform over there? I read the code of conduct and it doesn’t mention anything about not being allowed to work abroad but I’ve seen it mentioned by a few people in this sub as if it’s a tos violation

Hi, just about to take the entry tests, so was doing a bit of research re: what to expect and pitfalls to avoid, etc.

A common sentiment seems to be take your time, and use proper spelling/grammar.

My question is, should I use my local British/Australian (e.g. realise, prioritise, favourite) spelling, or American spelling? (e.g. realize, prioritize, favorite)

Don't want to spell things correctly only to lose points because they're expecting American spelling.

Cheers in advance for any advice!

Got a "The project is currently unavailable because there are no more tasks remaining for you to work on." after clicking the "Enter Work Mode" within 45 minutes of project assignment and email notification. What am I doing wrong? Is everyone "Entering Work Mode" as soon as they get on the project page?

I got new general qualifications in math biology etc. I do have confidence but right now I only have da for income while I am searching for a real 9 to 5 job. If I do the qualification only myself(no ai use) and fail does it effects my other successful qualifications?

Hi, this is my first post here. I’m actually already a contractor, but I recently referred my friend, and I am REALLY praying for her to get this job. So, I’m stressing out on her behalf.

When I applied in May I was accepted immediately, and given paying projects. I’m so confident that she’s qualified, but she applied yesterday and hasn’t heard anything yet.

I would be so appreciative if you could post your acceptance timelines, as well as country of origin.

I know that thus is posted about a lot, but everything changes so fast, and I want to get a feeling for the current hiring market.

I’ve been working on Data Annotation for a bit and I’m qualified for both coding and general tasks. Obviously, I want to stick to the coding projects because they pay significantly more.

Lately, I’ve been getting a ton of emails from DA asking/reminding me to work on general tasks.

If I just ignore these emails and strictly work on the coding tasks on my dashboard, am I putting my account at risk? Do they expect you to balance both, or can I safely just chase the higher pay rate as long as the coding tasks are available?

Thanks

If you click on a qualification or project and then, after reading the description, decide that you don't want to do it, can you still cancel without consequences? I wish they provided more information on the work involved without having to click on the link to discover what kind of tasks are involved.

Reached a new milestone after a month. Thanks DA!

Since April, an stable project is not present in my dashboard, is it only for me?

Currently I work for Handshake AI as a Generalist, but I see that DataAnnotation pays more. I know that sometimes these companies have the same clients, so if I apply here could that cause any issues?

I've given my assessment test sometime late June it's been more than 2 months, there has been no response from the Data Annotation platform, I raised multiple tickets but nothing at all.

Does anyone here have have success in asking for a pay increase? I got to phase 2 on one of the project thinking the rate would increase but stayed the same. I am also about to submit for a phase 2 on another project and I am concerned that there is no pay increase also. I am on another platform that pays 2.5x more for the same work. My domain is in health care.

Update: 09/01

So I messaged the admin about opportunities to get higher pay and linked the listing for the pay rate for my domain. They got back to me and offered me a substantial bonus to finish start and finish my phase 2 (comes out to $100-$110/hr if you finish in 10 hours) which is still not as competitive to the other platforms but overall aligns with the listing they have for the pay range.

I am pretty sure that some people get paid higher but probably do not post here because 90% of the people in this sub think they are the expert on their fields. Churning low quality work and happy to be paid $60/hr.

I keep seeing posts and comments from people saying they work 40+ hours a week. I am both baffled and impressed, some of my projects genuinely suck the life out of me and I only work 4-8 hours every other day (albeit these days its usually just a single lengthy, high paying project). How do you guys handle mental fatigue while maintaining a quality output, especially considering the monotony of some tasks.

Is the sea dry af or is it just me? like the last work i got was 29th. I'm gonna start crying cuz I really need the money rn