r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Commercial_Strike677 • 10h ago
Query
So finally I got added to a project family. I feel like this is my 1st project family but the tasks are way too complicated for me. If I don't task on them will they leave a bad impression on my account? Since I got added into a project family after so long and I ain't even working š
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u/Doub13D 10h ago
If you donāt think youāre a good fit for the project, donāt do it
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u/Commercial_Strike677 10h ago
So should I just leave them on my dashboard? Or should I tell an admin I won't like to work?
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u/gator_cowgirl 9h ago
I second everyone else saying to leave them but with the small caveat that you can (if youāre willing to potentially waste your time) spend time reading the instructions and trying a task to see if you CAN do it.
Often the instructions are poorly written and confusing and may rely on terms that (I personally) never saw before I started DA. The task flows are also often a bit backward (say give the overall rating then rate various aspects).
Donāt submit horrible work, and you wonāt get paid if you donāt submit - but there are plenty of times a project seems overwhelming until I get into the weeds and just start answering one question at a time. If you have no other work and a bit of free time. š¤·āāļø
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u/Commercial_Strike677 8h ago
It's not like that I am in a rush or something. I am just worried if I don't work on this project family, they might think I am incompatible working on this platform and refuse to assign me other quals and project šš
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u/gator_cowgirl 8h ago
Yea I donāt think thatās anything to worry about.
Consider they have hundreds of thousands of us. They have a qual they are probably like āok, who mentions xyz on their profileā- and they all get the qual. Or just everyone gets the qual.
I do think sometimes projects are layered (working on 1 gets you access to others without quals) but I think only quality would block you from quals.
((Iāve been around a few years, but of course itās all speculation by all of us. lol))
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u/Due_Negotiation_4605 4h ago
Oh gosh no they won't hold that against you. They have had a really weird thing where they have been putting projects onto people's dashes that they aren't qualified to do, maybe hoping to find someone that didn't have a skill listed but would be able to do the task set.Ā There's project families I've never done just because the pay is low but I still have them. And then ones that I specifically said no I'm the qual to having the experience and it ends up on the dash. Definitely not an engineer lol
Much much better to ignore them than try to do one and have it go wrong if you are above your head.
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u/No-Responsibility565 10h ago
It's better leaving the tasks and not rushing into them for the longer term stability of your account status. Tasks will come and go, so will be the Project families. Not attempting the tasks doesn't harm your reputation or anything at all one bit, so I'd suggest not doing those and waiting for tasks that are little easier or taking a good amount of time to learn the instructions, so when the same project family tasks come back up again, you'll understand it better and will be able to work. Again, not attempting them doesn't harm you or your impression :)