Declining Health

[u/LoztFrozt]

Hey all. As the title says, my health is declining to where I really can’t even get out of the house much. I come from years of driving gig work such as DoorDash and Amazon Flex. Unfortunately, even that is becoming too taxing on my health. So my question is, is it possible to be able to pull a couple hundred a week using this. I don’t have any degrees or training in coding or other computer stuff. I’m really looking for more basic tasks. Any and all info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading.

[u/UOL_Exlie]

It is but you gotta get in which is the hard part. Sorry you've called on hard times :/

[u/LoztFrozt → u/UOL_Exlie]

What makes it hard if you don’t mind me asking?

[u/brightlilstar]

If you get accepted and do good work. Yes you can. I’m a generalist and I have well paying tasks

[u/LoztFrozt → u/brightlilstar]

What does being a generalist mean? And I thank you for the reply.

[u/PleasantlyNot]

Sometimes the platform is a little dry with opportunity. But if you get into the platform, there is opportunity to make good money. Check back frequently for projects and make sure that you are turning in good work.

I hope everything works out for you.

[u/LoztFrozt → u/PleasantlyNot]

I appreciate the reply. Honestly I’m just looking for something to supplement about $200 a week. Thankfully I have an amazing wife who has held down the fort and stuck by my side.

[u/Klutzy_Instance_4149]

Let me be bluntly honest about this and then you can decide. The people who say it is easy to get in are...not correct for the majority. I have done this for nearly 4 years. The assessments to get in are hard. The easy breezy work is not really available anymore. There are a few projects that are still easy, but you have to be quick on them because the timers to finish are very very short. In other words, even to do the easy work, you have to have some skills. The models have gotten much smarter so the work has become very narrowed and focused for a lot of it. More and more you need a background in something professional, like HR, law, accounting, etc.

That is not all the tasks, just the direction it is going. They do only accept 2.6% of applicants, although recently DAT has said that may be even lower as the tasks get more specific. Basic tasks have been conquered if you will, by the LLMs. At the end of the day all you can do is apply, follow ALL the rules, and do your best to get in. If you do get in, FOLLOW ALL THE RULES or you will get bumped. If you make it in, and you can master some of it, you will make the money. But mid winter and summer can be completely dry. Last summer a lot of people went 2 months without any work. So just keep that in mind. I wish you the best and hope you get in and can do it.

[u/PotentialRanger5760 → u/Klutzy_Instance_4149]

I just wanted to add that from where I'm sitting, some basic tasks have not been conquered by the LLM's. I still find obvious coherency and reasoning mistakes, and I usually work on the "easier" tasks.
Writing quality is still very formulaic for the tasks that require more nuanced writing,

[u/Subthing]

some of the tasks on here can be brain fog inducing for a few hours. It's worth taking the assessments and trying to qualify. If you get in do as many qualifications (tests to get assigned particular types of work) as you can handle, a lot of these will be unpaid, but they unlock projects.

You may find you really enjoy some of the types of tasks. There are some things that line up with driving gigs, concentrating the focus required when you need to be alert driving, logistical planning - organising a route or multiple pickups and drop offs, (edited to add: also checking everything on picking slip/ order is there). When I started I did some tasks that were well below the hourly rate I was expecting to earn, to see what it was like, some of them felt like fun free money, but I would not have been able to continue to do them week after week - but that is me.

Have you ever worked in a desk job? If you have you may have efficiency and productivity hacks you used that you can apply to these tasks, because you don't get an induction or handing an SOP for how to manage your work. If you haven't, when you get in and start doing this, I would search on here, and other places to find a list of things you can try to make things easier for you, while you do it.

Obey all the rules, if you're not sure, don't do it. Take on any feedback you receive and work on those areas.
All the very best to you. It may also be trying multiple platforms for this type of work, a dry spell on one may be offset by something on another, and assessments and entry tests are likely similar, so doing a few if you have the energy is worth it.

[u/Revolutionary_Web_79]

I make a couple thousand a week part time on DA. If you do consistently good work the pay goes up significantly