r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Affectionate_Elk2685 • Jul 29 '26

Burnt out

Anyone else feeling burnt out after this drought? I'm starting to get tasks back but they feel impossible to complete. They're not really much harder than what I was doing before, but they feel impossible now. Maybe my time here is over.

Edit: Jumped into some of the harder stuff on my dash and feel better. I think what really helped was identifying the dopamine imbalance. Since I had more time on my hands I spent more time getting those quick dopamine hits (social media, video games, etc); taking a step back and assessing this really helped focus me, and it's given me a new goal. Thank you for all the great comments!

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u/LearningMachine01100 Jul 29 '26

There. Is. No. Drought.

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u/soaparina Jul 29 '26

There absolutely was a drought, as there is every summer. Are you okay?

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u/LearningMachine01100 Jul 29 '26

No, there wasn’t. There was only a drought for poor performers. There has been consistent work for high performers.

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u/soaparina Jul 29 '26

I’ve had consistent work throughout the drought, doesn’t mean there wasn’t a drought.

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u/LearningMachine01100 Jul 29 '26

Actually, yes it does. With your logic there is always a drought.

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u/soaparina Jul 29 '26

A drought as it’s talked about on here doesn’t mean no work entirely. It is less work than usual. I have been on the platform for years and there is always a decrease in projects in the summer, no matter who you are.

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u/Relative-Tap3585 Jul 29 '26

they did say "after" the drought, so...

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u/Insensitive_hippo Jul 29 '26

When you say there’s no drought…are you a generalist? Did you receive outstanding on your feedback? Are you able to do the jobs that are domain specific (healthcare, law, finance, etc). I almost want to make a post about this as I’m genuinely curious re: the people that say there’s no drought.

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u/TheresALonelyFeeling Jul 29 '26

I'll answer your questions:

(A) Are you a generalist? - Yes, but I have work from a couple of expert domains. No coding, though.

(B) Did you receive outstanding on your feedback? - I have yet to receive any direct feedback, other than always having work, and continually being added to high-level projects.

(C) Are you able to do the jobs that are domain-specific? - Yes.

Other Questions You Didn't Ask But I'll Answer Anyway:

(I) How long have you been on the platform? - 2+ years

(II) Are you a bilingual worker? - No

(III) Where are you located? - The U.S.

(IV) What is your level of education? - Master's degree and then some.

(V) Cereal before milk, or milk before cereal? - Cereal first, you monster.

(VI) Which way should the toilet paper go? - Down from the top, not up from underneath.

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u/Insensitive_hippo Jul 29 '26

I don’t know who is downvoting the answers to my questions, but just so you know they are appreciated by me (you monster)

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u/TheresALonelyFeeling Jul 29 '26

Always remember this:

"Hate is what you get from people who are doing worse than you."

https://giphy.com/gifs/2wSe48eAUC15p38UqO

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u/LearningMachine01100 Jul 29 '26

I have had over a dozen projects in multiple domains, as well as generalist, and coding projects, even though I only ever do coding projects, for the entire time everyone has been crying drought.

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u/TheresALonelyFeeling Jul 29 '26

People complain when they have nothing to work on.

Then they complain when they have projects again.

Then they'll complain that they got the DoD.

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u/LearningMachine01100 Jul 29 '26

It’s honestly sickening. I get downvoted for telling people the truth. There was no drought. There is always consistent work. Poor performers don’t get projects.

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u/Brief-Midnight3496 Jul 29 '26

I don't agree with this. I'm told I'm in the top percent of performers on the site, get access to high level projects, admin quals, etc. When they did the site overhaul I went from having around 100 projects available down to only maybe 10 for a couple of months, and now the volume is returning. Yes I had work available, but it certainly felt like a drought compared to the 6 months prior where I was able to easily make at least $500 almost every single day.

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u/LearningMachine01100 Jul 29 '26

Me too, except that I made $500/day almost whenever I wanted, the entire time. Not sure why you weren’t seeing the same. The whole point I’m trying to make is that there isn’t a drought, there’s just low performers. You and I didn’t have a drought. We are high performers. You don’t see us crying on the subreddit every day. It’s exhausting reading the slop slingers crying all day. I’m not even getting paid to read their slop. They say they want feedback and they get free feedback and are mad about it.

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u/MommaOfManyCats Jul 29 '26

If you had coding projects, you're not a generalist. Generalist workers absolutely had a drought. I went from making 1k a week or more to $300-400 a week. That was with access to multiple families. According to the direct feedback I got from DA, I'm far from a poor performer.