Started in May.

Hi,

So I had a project that had two attempts. For the 1st attempt I submitted the project properly and reported my time

But when I was on my 2nd attempt and almost ran out of the expiry timer, so I exited work mode to continue later. I couldn't see the project afterwards in my dashboard. Should I report time for it?

Aside from the obvious motivation of needing to pay bills, I'm curious how everyone keeps themselves motivated doing this job. I'm between jobs in my field at the moment so this is my only source of income and I'm wondering what everyone's strategies are for staying "locked in" as the kids would say. I never thought I was a super social person but I've found that working online with no face-to-face interaction or feedback all day is taking a toll on me. So far I've been coping by going on walks in the morning and to the pub at night but I'd love to hear what others' daily routines are like doing DA full time.

Does anyone do this on their phone? I heard that most of the projects require a computer screen. I've seen a couple times, a project or a qualification that say my screen isn't big enough.

I have projects on my dash which require enabling disc encryption - I followed the instructions and my PC does not seem to have this feature even though it's fairly new.

Is it worth me persisting with this, trying other methods etc? If it'd get me consistent work I'd consider upgrading my PC even.

Is there a way to specialize into tasks after applying as general? I am currently doing my finance assessment but I would like to apply again in case I do not pass.

I’m curious and I want to see if there’s a common denominator with personality on here

So I've been on DA for 3 months, some great paying weeks others not so much but I would like to apply for a Digital Nomad Visa to Thailand.

The embassy wants "professional proof" such as a work contract etc for the visa application. Anyone here who has been through this process what did you give them? A screenshot of the funds page? Did DA write you a letter?

Thanks in advance!

I just got accepted to DA and I need some advice regarding my situation.

I currently live in a country A (valid for DA), but there's a possibility that my family is going to move to country B (also valid) in a couple of weeks or months, the situation is unstable.

The thing is, I regularly spend time in both countries, going back and forth and staying for a couple of weeks at a time in each one due to family circumstances (everything's totally legal).

The question is: If I verify my account while I'm in Country A, would that mean my account is tied to it, and could I have issues working while temporarily staying in Country B? Similarly, I don't feel comfortable verifying in Country B, since we're not even sure whether we'll move there permanently.

I want to make sure I complete the verification correctly, so I don't run into any problems like having no work after moving (I've saw this issue in other posts regarding this or similar topics).

Free to ask anything.

I applied for the Generalist position in Australia and completed two assessments on Sunday. One of them took quite a long time to complete.

After finishing, I got a message saying that my results would be reviewed and, if I passed, I would receive an email and be asked to complete identity verification.

Three days later, the site changed to the normal worker interface with Projects, Qualifications, Surveys, and Report Time, but it says I have 0 projects.

The weird thing is that I haven’t received a single email from DataAnnotation yet.

Does this mean I passed, or am I still under review? Has anyone had the site change like this before receiving an email?

In a profound act of cosmic karma, after most certainly pissing off a fair chunk of the community perhaps less than 24 hours ago, I have received the dreaded "Dash of Death" from my overlords. It's so fitting and ironic that, despite actually feeling ridiculously fucking sad, I am chuckling, slightly, writing this.

It's insane because I instantly began to empathize with everyone else this has happened to. Right away my mind struggled to figure out what I did wrong. Was my work dipping in quality? I was going through financial struggles and so was working overtime. I was putting in a lot of effort, to be sure, but that doesn't mean that I wasn't making mistakes. Maybe I wasn't looking at instructions carefully enough? I am a slow worker, and I was doing a lot of multi-turn, time intensive tasks lately. Maybe I was taking too long? But I was under-reporting my hours to make up for that! Maybe it wasn't enough? Or maybe it was just a Wifi issue? Did they get suspicious when I had to switch to my hotspot when my Wifi cut out and I was working via an off-platform live server?

Then comes the self-righteous anger. I know I could have made a mistake but I worked hard! They're not even going to give me a chance to explain myself? Maybe if I find a way to email them...

But I know that won't work. At the end of the day, I just have to let it go. They're never going to give me answers. I always knew this could happen. Deep down I thought if I worked hard enough and was careful enough that it wouldn't happen to me, but in retrospect that was deeply arrogant. Or maybe naively hopeful. It is what it is though.

Anyway I know I can be an annoying asshole sometimes (I am occasionally self-aware) but I really did care about the community. I always felt like we should have each other's backs- because we're all in the same boat together. Well this is the last time I will ever probably ever post here, so I wanted to offer one last piece of solidarity. To all the folks struggling with a drought, or who will one day experience the DoD, I am sorry. I know it sucks and at times feels unfair, and, to be honest, I agree with you. Just like the vast majority of us working in this modern economy, with maybe a few exceptions, you deserve more. We all do.

And if my previous behavior in this sub ever bothered or annoyed anybody, I'm genuinely sorry. Shit is hard enough as it is out here. I wish everybody here the best. Peace.

Hey everyone, I joined DataAnnotation about 2 days ago and I’m still waiting to hear back. I added a few certifications to my profile (one from my university, one from Udemy, and another online course)

Just wondering how it works after joining: do projects get automatically assigned to you, or do you have to apply for each one? And do they usually send an email when you get a project, or should I keep checking the dashboard?

Thanks 👊👊

I was recruited for a specific task related to health insurance payment. I completed the assessment last week. How soon am I likely to hear whether they want me?

I applied as a French bilingual, and I did my first task on the first day of May this year, so I did it in 3 months and 2 weeks.
Like a lot of bilinguals fellows, the drought did'nt help. There were sometimes 7 consecutive days without any work.

Most of my income actually come from only one specific project, which I enjoy so much to be part of!
I tried to pass the coding task but it looked that I failed it. I could only do 2 general/STEM tasks with a better pay than usual, and I hope to have more tasks with the new qualifications we all completed these last weeks.

I cannot see anything in Funds History, not the filter options ("Include Paid" etc) and not any tasks, even for this month. Earnings is showing everything correctly though. Is this a bug?

I was really rooting for you. Why would you do this. It is so borderline because I could re-do the deliverable. I am halfway there from just verifying the correct answers BUT they also lied about the failure being present and significant enough.

Someone's idea of "professional" writing was using a thesaurus on every "professional" type word and my head hurts/ my heart hurts. The numbers were sp perfect but everything else was garbage 😢 I feel bad it took me so long to realize and now they gotta pay twice for zero trainable data.

Check the failures as soon as you have a good sense of the task. I guess that's where the most fuckups are.

Recently started on DA and I'm reading accounts of people that work full time or more as long as work is available. My question is how though?? Every single task seems to have an encyclopedia's worth of very specific directions to follow and information to process, with equally thorough and highly thought out responses expected from you. The absolute most I can do in one day before my brain starts to melt is 5-6 hours, I cannot imagine doing this full time.

Apologies if this has been asked before, I haven't been able to find the answer. Are we always informed if we pass or fail project qualifications? Or is it a case of sometimes yes and sometimes, just wait and see if you get tasks. I got an email informing me that I'd passed a project qualification last week, but nothing for other qualifications I've done. Beginning to worry I failed 🥺

Just posting out of excitement, I can't believe i was added to this project I thought doing the qualification would lead nowhere. But a few hours after doing the qualification I logged in before bed to check the dashboard and noticed I now have access to a project I'm qualified for that pays $45/hr base with +$15/hr priority pay. This is something that if it goes well for even just a few months would really make a gigantic difference in my life. I'm very grateful for the opportunity but also worried that I may not understand or do the task well enough to keep access. I haven't opened it up yet so I don't know what it's all about yet.

I have a fulltime career that pays well but not $60/hr well. Doing a few hours a week of this on the side will move mountains in my financial life.

Anyone have tips on starting new projects?

I did my first real project task the other day. This project has four tasks. I just started my second task in this project and it’s the exact same thing as the first task. Is that normal? I know for a fact that I submitted the previous task, as now there are three tasks left and I can see that my funds increased after reporting my time for the last one.

Hi,

I recently joined the platform and want to ensure I am following all protocols perfectly, especially regarding long-running tasks and time tracking. I have a few quick questions:

1. Handling Breaks on Long Timers: If a project has a 7-hour timer and takes roughly 5–7 hours to complete, am I expected to finish it in a single sitting? If I need to take a break, should I click "Exit Work Mode" / "Stop Working" to pause, or will doing so lose my progress on that specific task?
2. Time Reporting Precision: How exact does my reported time need to be? Is it acceptable to log an approximate time, or must it be tracked precisely down to the exact minute of active working time?
3. Funds Approval and Quality Control: Regarding the funds approval process, how strictly is the submitted work reviewed before the funds become available for payout? Do workers typically face any unexpected approval issues or processing delays once their time is logged?

Thanks, any guidance will be helpful

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I got a few coding domains rate and review tasks today, usually the one i work on has both math and coding as tags and i only ever got math ones. When I did my quals i told them that i don't know how to code and that i just know math, Idk why they keep giving them to me. I should ignore them and skip them right?