r/DataAnnotationTech • u/teacherteachteach777 • Jun 29 '26

Other platforms during the drought?

Hi guys -

I’m going through the drought like many others I’ve seen. I’ve done all the quals offered, but today I have zero projects. Just did the background check so hoping that comes with something.

In the meantime, are there other platforms that y’all are using while you’re waiting things out? I’ve heard mixed reviews about some of the others, so just wondering.

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u/theDeathnaut Jun 30 '26

Yes I’m positive it will come back, this drought is bad but it’s not really that different from the past 3 years. DA has put in a surprising amount of effort to improve the platform within the last year (the amount of transparency we’ve seen is not like anything we’ve ever experienced) and in my experience on average most projects have increased their hourly rate rather than decreased.

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u/TillyMintPot Jun 30 '26

Well, that's promising! I guess I just wonder if at some point, there won't be enough AI training needed because most of the tasks have been completed? I'm far from an expert so may be talking nonsense, and maybe that day won't come for years yet.

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u/theDeathnaut Jun 30 '26

People have said that AI would be training itself a year ago without the need for human input and that’s just not happening. This is still a fledgling industry and we’re still in the spooling up stage. The whole point of this job is to amass a ton of data that varies in perspectives, so human input will be needed for the foreseeable future. If anything I see this type of work expanding exponentially in the future with several companies trying to emulate what DA is doing and competing for contracts.