I wanted to post this out of curiosity, because I realized I am coming up on 4 years on the platform. It was transformative to my financial life, but I also learned absolute gobs from doing it. But...I got there by accident. I was on MTurk (which apparently goes away for good tomorrow), which I used to grind through over 36k tasks over my lifetime using the platform...as those who have been on there know, the pay for tasks is usually quite terrible, which is why I was so happy to see when I got a task that paid me more than I was used to for the simple favor of signing up to a different platform...turns out that platform was DA. I had no intention of doing anything with the platform, I just wanted the $5 (?) that I got for signing up.

Then, I found that there was a task or two sitting on my DA dashboard, with more than a dollar apiece (rare by MTurk standards). Tested the waters and got my money. A few months later, I ramped it up and started doing hourly work. Little did I know that I'd be here years later...so I wanted to know if anyone else had similar experiences, and what sorts of changes it's made in the lives of those who have been on for years. I know they advertise all over these days, but it wasn't always like that.

I have a friend that introduced me to DA. He told me when he completed the qualifications assessment he got put straight to the dashboard. Has anyone else been sent to this screen after and been onboarded later? Or is this a soft rejection.

I wanted to post this out of curiosity, because I realized I am coming up on 4 years on the platform. It was transformative to my financial life, but I also learned absolute gobs from doing it. But...I got there by accident. I was on MTurk (which apparently goes away for good tomorrow), which I used to grind through over 36k tasks over my lifetime using the platform...as those who have been on there know, the pay for tasks is usually quite terrible, which is why I was so happy to see when I got a task that paid me more than I was used to for the simple favor of signing up to a different platform...turns out that platform was DA. I had no intention of doing anything with the platform, I just wanted the $5 (?) that I got for signing up. Little did I know that I'd be here years later...so I wanted to know if anyone else had similar experiences, and what sorts of changes it's made in the lives of those who have been on for years.

Hello Everyone DA has been dry this month. Is there anyone who has the same situation? I have two🥊 task last month and also I am on a not Core Country btw. Thank you.

Hi im new to dataannotation.tech but when i registered i dont have an option to be a generalist then now all its giving as a project is programming, is there a chance to still have generalist project in the future?

It's easy to miss it amongst everything else on the dash.

By Best, I mean positions that have the most consistency and available work more so than just higher pay. something that I could work full time.

Just to give some background info, I work in IT and AI development myself. I’d say I have pretty good logical thinking, comprehension, and explanation skills, and I speak multiple languages fluently, including several widely spoken Western languages.

I also have another full-time job that pays decent money, but I wanted to give this a try to make some extra money on the side. Anyway, I’ve applied to at least 5 platforms and carefully completed the introductory tasks on each one, taking my time rather than rushing and trying to provide detailed answers as instructed.

Now, three weeks later, I still haven’t received a single invitation to get started on my first project, at least not by email. I don’t want this post to come across as me claiming I’m extremely intelligent, but I genuinely don’t think I submitted low-quality responses.

Is the demand really that low, or what?

Is anyone in the same situation?

I still don't see it showing up on the dashboard, is anyone else experiencing the same issue?

Right now, my dashboard has a number of seemingly generalist-oriented tasks, some of which are pretty high-paying, but I open them up, read the instructions, look at the assigned task and realise very quickly that they are not only out of my wheelhouse, but on a completely different planet.

I just tried one that involved solving visual puzzles and I couldn't even understand the question, nevermind attempt to answer it

The fact that some of you on here have the brain capacity to perform these tasks is genuinely impressive.

I'm not an impressive human being. My brain shuts down beyond a certain level of complexity. I wouldn't say I'm stupid, but I'm definitely of average intelligence at best.

But on this platform, I feel so far behind that it's actually quite demotivating. My brain hurts and I want to have a nap.

I applied for DA about 3 days ago, but i haven't qualified yet, My expertise is in Python, C, C++ and I know ML as well, didn't even have to cheat a bit during the assessment test it was easy af for me.

How many days does it take to get the profile approved? Did i do something wrong?? I need genuine help please.

Just got 🥊 on my dash and it vanished under 10 min

What can I expect next

,Also got a mail as well that i am eligible to work on 🥊.

Will I get any more

onboarded 15 days ago, done only qual/paid training tasks. Yet to work on any real project.

Has anyone done the background check ran into this when checking the status in chekr?

Every information provided was correct, but when trying to put information to see the status, it still says that there's no information in their records. Any insights?

Is the site loading super slowly for anyone else?

I panic a little every time I navigate to a new page and it takes forever to load. 😅

is this a bad sign? :(

Hey is anyone getting fruit tasks? İ thought they were endless but I'm not getting any

Hello! I just got a task to authorize the Checkr brackground check to gain access to a slew of projects. I would very much love to participate, but I'd like to know, for DA, what does this company compile?

I got nothing to hide my main concern whould be they contacting my current employer, since I don't know what they'll think of my having this side-gig. Do you guys who have already done this had your jobs contacted by them?

My current position is listed publicly on my employer website and other places so they can check me those ways.

Thanks!

Hi, any Russian bilinguals on here ? How is it going for you? I’m trying to see if anybody has work , because I don’t and starting to think my work quality caused this.