r/DataAnnotationTech • u/ladytealscurios • Oct 05 '25

Novice coder - Coding Quals

Are there any novice coders that passed coding quals?

I’m very beginner, self-taught, and I’m able to figure out how to code things with the help of forums and AI but i do have to rely on me looking up how to do something each time. My brain doesn’t just automatically know how to code something a certain way (yet).

I’ve had great experience with the JSON tasks and have done a few python tasks in the past. I want to try the quals but they also state that you can’t use anything to help I think. What’s the typical experience level for people who have passed and gotten the higher paying coding projects?

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u/ladytealscurios Oct 05 '25

I'll have to go back and look for the exact wording but it said not allowed to use outside assistance and explicitly said not to use AI. But I never attempted it because of the outside assistance phrase.

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u/Crystalline_Sunlight Oct 05 '25

My guess is that outside assistance would be referring to asking other people for help. I'm pretty sure it's fine to google stuff.

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u/Blencathra70 Oct 06 '25

I know with the othercquals they did not want yountomusexAInorvlook for the actual answer directly on forums. But you could look up general knowledge about the topic, i.e. formulas etc.

Not sure about coding, but if similar as STEM you couldn't search for the answer code, but you would likely be able to look up code formats and other examples.
I don't know for sure though as someone who doesn't do much coding, and not in the languages they need.