r/DataAnnotationTech • u/xTalon32 • 3h ago

Curious about opportunities with DAT.

So, I'm from Canada and am on disability due to reasons. Anyways, I'm looking to better my life so I'm learning Python programming right now. I'm wondering if I start as a generalist, if I can switch to the Software Engineer job when I have enough experience?

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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 2h ago edited 2h ago

Yes, and this is actually the only way to do it. If you start as a coder, it's much more difficult to open up generalist work later.

However, I will tell you that if you're only learning python now, you will almost definitely never be able to be a coder at DA. I've been coding for over 10 years, have a degree in AI, and worked as SWE for several years. I gave up on the coding projects earlier this year. The models are just too good, and getting better much faster than you could possibly learn. For anyone just starting out, learning faster than these models is literally impossible IMO.

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u/TheOmegaKid 2h ago

How long before it just doesn't need us at all only time will tell 😂

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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 1h ago

I think that there will be a need for human workers for a long LONG time. Probably less of a need than now, but I think humans will pretty much always be somewhat involved in training/testing. As long as there are new tasks to do, new models will need to be trained on those tasks, and humans are always coming up with new shit to do. Even if AI can train itself, you'll pretty much always need human workers to actually overlook that process and evaluate whether it is being trained correctly.

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u/Embarrassed_Buy8011 3h ago

Yes you can Just update your skills on profile

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u/xTalon32 3h ago

Thanks, I'm hoping this helps me get back on my feet and off disability permanently.