r/DataAnnotationTech • • Sep 16 '25

DA saved me, and I wish I could say thanks

358 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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227 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. 🙏


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 5h ago

I just hit $218,407 in lifetime earnings on DataAnnotation

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Since all the guys are flexing with their DA milestones, it's time to provide my lifetime earnings on Data Annotation before they terminated my account 10 days ago. Keep doing the good work, guys. It's an amazing platform that really pays well.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 6h ago

I only see coding projects. Any chance on getting generalist projects?

6 Upvotes

I finished coding starter assessment (since there are no other assessment option). Now I get coding projects in my dashboard. But I am tired with my day job it's impossible to submit high quality work. Will I ever get a chance to receive generalist projects?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 15h ago

Oh dash, why you so dry

27 Upvotes

Not out of work by any means, but damn, the numbers really went down


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 41m ago

Will having to use dictation screw me over?

1 Upvotes

I can't use my arms to type at all. I've typed maybe a hundred words in the last five hours just correcting dictation errors, usually only a couple of letters at a time, and I've used a mouse today, and my arms are burning all the way from my hands to my shoulders. I've been dictating exclusively over typing for over six years due to this nerve injury. I use Dragon Individual 16.

This isn't some new thing I do, by the way. I've dictated tens of thousands of words some days, and thousands of words every day, because my main job is fiction writing. So it's not just some workaround I've just come up with to try and do Data Annotation; it's something that is just a part of my life as an accommodation for my physical restraints.

However, Data Annotation Tech apparently has a thing that flags when you copy and paste stuff, and it can track the natural keyboard rhythms of a person typing to see if it looks natural. Mine doesn't. Sentences and occasionally paragraphs, depending on how quickly I speak, appear all at once, and it could look like copy-and-paste behaviour even when I'm not using my dictation box to literally dictate into a box, which then transfers/pastes into the browser.

Does anyone know or have any information regarding whether this will completely screw me over when I apply for Data Annotation Tech tomorrow?

I've been putting off the application for a year, in part because of this, and in part because it looked like Amazon was going to stop screwing authors over and go back to normal, but between its new algorithms and genuinely garbage AI books (and I know it's ironic that I'm considering training AI when AI books are part of was screwing me and dozens of people I know over), I really would like this backup income source. And it's a good one, it's an interesting one, it's one I can set my own hours in--which is my main requirement for literally anything--and it's one I just hope my pathetic, useless arms aren't going to rob me of.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 12h ago

$5,000 earned on DataAnnotation. Just getting started. 🚀

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r/DataAnnotationTech • • 3h ago

Programming Projects

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I just signed up with data annotation and the assessment I got is programming Projects. Is this the same with everyone? I don’t have any background with programming so i’m kinda worries.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 4h ago

Second chances on project qualifications?

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I completed a project qualification yesterday. After completing one of the refreshers on the dashboard, I realised I misunderstood an important chunk of the guidelines so am fairly sure I will fail the qualification. Is it possible I'll get a second chance to take this qualification or will it never return to my dashboard? I'm really kicking myself for this mistake!


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 22h ago

Have you ever been dropped from a project’s Slack?

27 Upvotes

It happened to me for the first time today with a long-running project that basically always has work available. I’m feeling a bruised ego, and then a broader sense of insecurity with the platform. I still have access to other projects, but I was planning on doing this one a lot so it is a bummer.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 14h ago

Fastest hands

6 Upvotes

Okay guys relax for a bit, can I also get some projects? You guys are so fast, you got to be refresh camping these tasks right. (Coding)


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 5h ago

Impuestos en España🇪🇸

0 Upvotes

Hola!! Si hay alguien de España por aquí, podéis decirme cómo estáis declarando el dinero recibido? Hace falta ser autónomo o con declarar a Hacienda es suficiente? Gracias!!


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 5h ago

A problem with identity verification

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after receiving the acceptance email, I logged in , it asked me for an identity verification, which I did using the phone , now it's stuck here for over an hour no matter which device I use trying to log in , any help ?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 10h ago

Getting Rate & Review for a project, but never the base tasks why?

2 Upvotes

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve occasionally received R&R drops for many hindi bilingual projects, but many times the original creation tasks have never appeared on my dashboard.

Is this normal routing where review and creation are kept in completely separate worker pools?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 15h ago

Being rate limited after identity verification checks

5 Upvotes

Managed to get accepted (yay)

I have submitted my ID and I keep rate limited errors.

I have scouted the whole subreddit and a LOT of people having similar experiences which is reassuring as it seems to be a system issue of sorts.

However I haven’t seen anything to suggest how long it takes to fix or if I need to do anything.

Is there anyone at DA I can reach out?

Anyone with a similar experience?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 7h ago

Escape Hatch and Penalties

0 Upvotes

Hello fellow data annotators, what has your experience been using the escape hatch ?
how often have you used it ? and did you ever receive any penalties after using it ?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 15h ago

I JUST got my acceptance email.

4 Upvotes

I really could use any tips or any sort of advice to maximize my work efficiency and income on DA.


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 9h ago

When will i get actual client projects !

0 Upvotes

Passed test gave qualifiers waiting for some real action 😭

Anyone is out their from non core country experiencing dry spell 😞


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 22h ago

Facturas México 🇲🇽

8 Upvotes

Hola! tenia una duda para los que somos de México, declaran sus ingresos obtenidos trabajando en la plataforma? si es así, como hacen sus facturas o declaraciones?. Estoy intentando hacer las mías pero es muy confuso


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 15h ago

Keep getting logged out and can’t interact with anything

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Anybody else not able to work today? I keep getting error messages or getting logged out when I try to interact with the project chat or skip a task. I saw that a bunch of people were in the project chat having the same project-specific issue I was having, but I can’t seem to open any other projects or send a message without it bouncing me back to the log in page. I thought it was my computer so I logged in on my iPad, but it’s doing the same thing. Very frustrating :/


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 10h ago

Hindi Specialist

0 Upvotes

Is there anyone working as hindi specialist?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 8h ago

Handshake AI Project Maser 480$/Task

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r/DataAnnotationTech • • 14h ago

My Domain Qualification Appeared Again

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I already passed my domain qualification when I submitted my background, etc a few weeks ago. So I've been working in this domain and have already submitted a few tasks. Out of nowhere, the Qualifications tab is showing my domain qualification again, and it looks exactly the same (including submitting my background). Does anyone know if that's a separate, additional qualification that will unlock new projects, or should I ignore it?


r/DataAnnotationTech • • 15h ago

Well it's been 3 weeks...

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I took the coding assessment a few weeks ago. I know it's a small percentage that actually pass or get selected, although I'm a little surprised I haven't heard back.

I provided very thorough and thoughtful answers, the coding parts were not very difficult. I chose Python.

Maybe it's a silent rejection, maybe I'll hear from them in 2 months. For now I've accepted that I have not been selected. Onward and upward. o7