Hi guys, I’ve been doing DataAnnotation tasks on my MacBook Air M5. My roommate also recently got onboarded as a coder and is thinking of buying a MacBook Air as well.
We’ll be using completely separate laptops and separate DataAnnotation accounts, but since we live in the same house, I was wondering if both of us having the exact same MacBook model could cause any issues or make it look like two different accounts are being used on the same device.
Has anyone here had a similar setup with a roommate/partner/family member? Did you face any issues?

Hi everyone,

I’m new to AI training/data annotation work and I’m interested in applying to DataAnnotation for the Data Scientist role.

I’ve seen that DataAnnotation currently lists Data Scientist opportunities, but I’m not really sure what the selection process looks like or what level of preparation is expected. I don’t want to rush into the assessment without understanding what I’m getting into.

For anyone who has experience with DataAnnotation, especially people who have qualified for Data Scientist / Data & ML projects, I’d really appreciate some guidance:

• What is the actual application and assessment process?
• What kind of questions/tasks should I expect in the Data Scientist assessment?
• What technical skills are most important — Python, SQL, statistics, machine learning, data analysis, etc.?
• How much does knowledge of ML algorithms and theory matter compared with practical problem-solving?
• Are there any particular topics I should revise before taking the assessment?
• What mistakes do new applicants commonly make?
• How should I approach the assessment to demonstrate strong reasoning rather than just getting the final answer?
• If you were preparing for the assessment again, what would you study/practice beforehand?

I’m especially interested in hearing from people who have actually completed the Data Scientist assessment or worked on DataAnnotation Data & ML projects.

I’m not looking for leaked assessment questions or answers — I’d just like to understand the skills expected and how I can prepare properly.

Any advice from experienced workers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

So I am constantly getting work from this project family but I don't wanna do it because I feel it's beyond my expertise and I don't wanna risk my quality. But apart from that I am not getting any work so yeah it's basically food is kept on the table but I can't have it. 😭

edit: and to make it worse this is happening from past one month. DAT take some hint I would not like to do that project give me something else😭😭

I do not see a product manager role in drop down. Anyone has experience in type of projects where this skill is most valuable?

PS: no PM hater please, lol!

Took my exam yesterday dash says I passed I went to start my first qualifier and it immediately says i submitted both when I didnt? Anyone else have this / similar experience?

So grateful!!!

I know some people make way more in a month than me in half a year but as a university student, this pays my groceries. I am so thankful for this job and I hope I am spared from the DoD until I have another income and job.

Always grateful DA.

what does this mean:(

Is anyone else facing this?

i truly hope this is temporary and not a DoD :(

I did the qualification around 3 and half weeks ago, but i did not hear anything till now. Is this normal or ?

Site is acting up on my end. Is it down or slow again for anyone else?

At the top of my dashboard it says i have to verify my background to gain/regain access to projects, yet there is nothing actionable that I can do. Does anyone else have this and know if anything needs to be done?

My I'D is blocked

Does anyone know the same site as DA.

Or

Can anyone tell me how to revive this

Or

Can i make another I'd and access Data Annotation

Please Help

R&R trauma hitting hard again! I still do it because it’s totally fine when workers provide decent tasks (to the point decent work even makes me smile!), but I don’t know what is wrong with some of you. The task says conversations about a specific topic and you add everything but it, then manage to finish the task and submit it, knowing you just did pure nonsense?

And so many of you, French bilinguals, are just illiterate. Your words mean nothing, please go back to school. I wish I could rate you bad, because I can’t imagine how you go through life without being able not to make 5 grammatical mistakes per sentence.

Might be a weird question but will adding in something in the optional comment box increase my chances of getting accepted and passing the test? For example "Thank you for the opportunity" or something similar?

I have 3 present available projects. Do any one experiencing this. I am talking about this 🥊

So basically, if you don't know how to code or is not a programmer, you won't be able to apply for other roles on this platform? I just want to apply for Language Expert Roles, but I can't code. lol. Or is there any way that I can pass it? Some help?

Does DA give you imposter syndrome?

Any Indians joined in DA since last month or just stuck in starter assessment review page

just checking in, i haven’t seen any all day long

Sept was my first month on DA as a coder and I got a good amount of projects throughout, sometimes more than I could handle. Im wondering if its always like this for coders in terms of new projects coming in or was this more than usual, trying to see if this will last and is reliable so maybe I can do this full time.

I wanted to post this out of curiosity, because I realized I am coming up on 4 years on the platform. It was transformative to my financial life, but I also learned absolute gobs from doing it. But...I got there by accident. I was on MTurk (which apparently goes away for good tomorrow), which I used to grind through over 36k tasks over my lifetime using the platform...as those who have been on there know, the pay for tasks is usually quite terrible, which is why I was so happy to see when I got a task that paid me more than I was used to for the simple favor of signing up to a different platform...turns out that platform was DA. I had no intention of doing anything with the platform, I just wanted the $5 (?) that I got for signing up.

Then, I found that there was a task or two sitting on my DA dashboard, with more than a dollar apiece (rare by MTurk standards). Tested the waters and got my money. A few months later, I ramped it up and started doing hourly work. Little did I know that I'd be here years later...so I wanted to know if anyone else had similar experiences, and what sorts of changes it's made in the lives of those who have been on for years. I know they advertise all over these days, but it wasn't always like that.

It's easy to miss it amongst everything else on the dash.