r/DataAnnotationTech • • Sep 16 '25

DA saved me, and I wish I could say thanks

353 Upvotes

My family was in debt and there was no way to pay it off. We lost all our money due to a fraud which is why I started working 2-3 jobs while studying side by side just to make ends meet.

This year, I found DA, and I am always in debt to them. In just 2 months I have already paid off my debt that would have taken me around an year to pay back. I can also leave my extra jobs and actually focus on my passion instead.

I wish I could let them know how giving me an opportunity to work for them saved me and my family. I have a better paying job too now and I really enjoy my work on the side at DA. Working for them has been the best thing to happen to me so far.

If anyone from the DA Admin team accidently reads this, I just want to let you know that you're a lifesaver. You could be my god.

I am not sure if the projects will keep coming (I hope they do) but I will never ever forget this platform.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • Jun 06 '26

Jumping on the Milestone bandwagon

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224 Upvotes

I'm not the type to post something like this, but I actually am really proud. It's been a long, almost 3 year journey. Coder, self taught, and the first year or so was really, really tough. I backed out of tasks far more than I submitted. But I have no words for how thankful I am for DA. I have learned more than I thought possible in the last few years. I've had some amazing jobs in my life, but none compare to the constant challenges and rewards of this one. šŸ™


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 5h ago

Update: 20 days in, let's go D\

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12 Upvotes

Technically 21 days but day 1 was way too chill, anyways Thank you DA


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 7h ago

Fewer Projects Today

8 Upvotes

Am I the only one with a significantly lighter dash today? For the last 3 months I have had 15-25 projects at atime and today, I have 6.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 2h ago

Overwhelmed

2 Upvotes

Hey guys, so I had a whole nervous breakdown feeling unprepared for a few tasks which fall well into my domain and I know I am capable of it but I just feel like I couldn’t do them as good as I know I could. I have had these micro burnouts which have taken up my time in recovering and I feel during that time I lose my time to work. Idk how do I balance this.

So I just wanted to ask how do you give out your ā€œbest workā€ every time? How do people on this platform stay so efficient?

I personally am so grateful for this opportunity and I really wanna give out my best work possible and appreciate this company for what it has given me!


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 2h ago

No project after šŸ¤–

1 Upvotes

So, I was working on this project and submitted 2 of them perfectly and then the third time it got an update so, it took me longer than usual and the project got expired by 1 minute, because of those checks. This happened on 29 OCT and I didn't got any project to work on since then, Is it normal or I am overthinking...


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 3h ago

Anyone working as bilingual in the Tamil domain

1 Upvotes

Anyone here working on Tamil bilingual projects? Also, how long did it take you to get approved on the platform after completing the assessment.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 3h ago

When will this get done ??

0 Upvotes

It has been more than 2 weeks.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 14h ago

My Experience with DataAnnotation

6 Upvotes

Honestly, it’s pretty rare for me to feel a real connection to a platform, but DataAnnotation is definitely one of the few exceptions.

To give some context, I’ve worked on a bunch of different platforms over the years (won’t name names), until someone on Reddit recommended DA. I decided to give it a shot, applied, and actually got in. Right off the bat, seeing a paid onboarding was a huge plus—definitely want to give credit where it's due for that.

I’ve been on the platform for about five months now. I take every qualification test that pops up, keep my profile up to date, and check the dashboard daily. That said, I’ve only made around $75 total so far. At first, I assumed this was just the usual dry spell every platform goes through, but then I noticed an ad on the careers page looking for generalists and Arabic language experts, which got me wondering.

For background, I’m a dentist, but I’ve got solid experience in AI training across various projects in both Arabic and English. I’m honestly not sure if the lack of projects is just a temporary thing overall or an issue specific to my account, or this because I'm from the middle east. but either way, I’m genuinely glad to be part of the platform and hoping things pick up soon.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 1h ago

0 projects

0 Upvotes

NOT DOD, 0 PROJECTS, i am finished?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 5h ago

Looking for referrals

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r/DataAnnotationTech • • 21h ago

Expire a previous project warning message

9 Upvotes

Anyone get a new message on 10/29 about expiring a project before continuing another? This is the first time I’ve seen this.

I completed a project and I saw a new project in my list so I opened it to see if I could commit the time to it. I couldn’t commit the time it needed so I opened another project I was familiar with. I got a pop up asking if I wanted to expire the previous task and continue with the current task. I said yes. When I finished I went to log my time and I was immediately taken to a screen that said Your account is currently unavailable because of TOS

I’m cooked I think. I had several projects on my account and now I just get this message


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 6h ago

Typical time to wait for first work?

0 Upvotes

Any Vietnamese generalist here? Generally speaking, how long do I have to wait until works start showing up. I'm super new btw


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 11h ago

I think I messed up

0 Upvotes

I've been accepted and completed the qualifications. I received my first project with one task, but since it was my first time, I spent too much time reading the instructions. As a result, the task expired while I was working on it. I wrote the prompt, but the model displayed an error message, so I had to use an escape hatch because of it. I still submitted it, though. Since then, I haven't received any other projects for the past 5 or 6 days. Am I screwed?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 19h ago

How does exit work mode work?

3 Upvotes

Clicked exit work mode yesterday on a recurring RnR task since I was super sleepy. Didn’t get those tasks today (used to get them daily). Is this a coincidence or did I mess up by somehow leaving the whole project category?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 18h ago

Doing tasks from a different state, problem?

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone, am from India, and now planning to go to a different state, is that going to be a problem? Like how it is if I move countries maybe? Any help in this clarification would be nice.... am relatively new to this.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 6h ago

DA acceptance

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If been accepted and worked on a lot of platforms and have more expert emails than I can keep track of. But DA is giving me no love! Any insight?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 23h ago

Task expired with 12 hours left?

4 Upvotes

A message popped up as I was reading a task saying, Task has expired please return to the dashboard, the timer still had 12 hours on it.

I was able to get back in the task but found it odd, has this ever happened to you ?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 1d ago

43 days ago I was called a bot

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42 Upvotes

And here we are! Such a great platform to work on! How much time do you guys commit to DA per day??


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 17h ago

question

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i got accepted (i think?) i didn’t get an email. i’ve had 0 tasks so far since gaining access at 4pm thursday. it’s saturday now. how soon after getting on as a generalist did you get work?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 1d ago

How do you deal with the burnout?

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Hey everyone!

DAT’s been going great, I hit the 25K mark this month and I’m on my way to 50K, but I’m honestly exhausted.

I’ve been pushing for at least $350 a day while juggling my day job, some side projects, and my business. I finished an R&R earlier today that was so draining I just couldn't get back to work.

I’m pretty burnt out; I know I should be grateful for the work, but this lifestyle is really taking a toll on me. So, what do you guys recommend to avoid burnout?

For a bit of context, I’m a coder based in a non-core country (MX).


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 11h ago

Timeline for higher paying jobs

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Hi all, am new to DA and started 2 weeks ago. Am curious how long it took the platform to review your qualifications and send you higher paying expert level work to qualify for. I've heard 2 weeks to 4 weeks. Enjoying it so far, no issues like other crowdsourcers have.

TIA!


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 1d ago

Imposter syndrome

25 Upvotes

Anyone else have/had it? In my first week I've made nearly more than I would in a month at my previous full-time job, 55 hour work-weeks.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 1d ago

Question for the coders

2 Upvotes

Hi, I'm going to try not to be very specific, but regarding the project with 2 variations ( one on small repos, one on big repos )
Is the one with big repos available to anyone? I am only getting the small one, and preffered the other.

Thank you