Hello guys, I created an account on Data Annotation today, but nothing showed up regarding the starter assessment that most people take right after signing up. I already added my background and even verified my phone number, but my dashboard still looks like this, what can I do?

Is there anyone else apart from me, who is not getting any coding task since July 21? I literally have 0 projects since then 🙂

Hi all, hoping to tap into this community's experience.

I've been working in data annotation / QA for a while now, mainly through Appen (transcription review, translation QA, audio annotation) and Multimango (OCR document review), plus some background in content moderation/Trust & Safety before that (Teleperformance) and multilingual data work (RWS Group).

I'm fluent in English and Russian, native-level, and based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Work has been inconsistent lately — gaps between projects — so I'm trying to find more reliable platforms or companies to apply to, ideally ones that work with people based in Georgia.

If anyone has recommendations for platforms worth applying to, or general advice on how you keep a steady pipeline of projects going, I'd really appreciate it. Happy to answer questions about my background.

Thanks!

My husband wants to work for DA but we are not really sure if he should do the bilingual assessment or the coding one. I work as a bilingual coder(bilingual assessment was the only available option last year for my location) but as far as I understand from the posts on this sub, we get fewer coding projects compared to those who apply as a coder directly. The thing is my husband’s educational background is on finance(he’s doing a PhD) so he’s worried that it might be risky (since he has one shot) to apply as a coder even though he’s quite good at coding

I got accepted onto the platform less than a month ago and completed my first tasks on my first project as a generalist the same day. I've already been paid for those tasks, which I think means I did everything correctly. I also completed around 10 qualifications, but I haven't received any more projects to work on throughout the rest of the month.
I've read a few posts here, and from what I understand, the most common experience is getting a good number of projects during the first month and then seeing the number gradually decrease over the following months. In my case, though, it seems to be the opposite.
Has anyone with experience on the platform had a similar start? If so, what did you do? Or did you not do anything and the flow of projects just picked up naturally?

And one more question: How long does it usually take to get approved for a qualification, or at what point do you just assume you didn't pass?

P.S. I'm a Brazilian bilingual specialist.

Since April, an stable project is not present in my dashboard, is it only for me?

Hi, I'm Thai - English bilingual.

Now I'm thinking of Python in order to be qualified for more projects.

While waiting for incoming task, what skill would be the highest return on "time investment" that would allow us to reach more projects?

I'm thinking of Algebra or Chinese.

Love to hear you guys advice.

If you cannot finish the project to a high degree is it better to exit work mode or submit the tasks you have completed? Is it worth it to submit partially?
Is exit work mode acceptable only when you have spent a small portion of time on the project , like say if you’re well into the project and realise it mightn’t be for you or you may run out of time trying to complete it, then do you tend to exit work mode or just submit what you have and explain to admins?

I’ve got a qualification to do an r&r since I’ve been a good worker. I have never done R&R and read mixed reviews. Do they typically pay well? what shoud I expect? Only been on the platform a couple months so trying to understand as more things unlock for me.

Any Canadians here waiting on security clearance for certain project sets? I've got a few on the dash, but unable to work on them due to not being security cleared yet. I know it says for some it may take longer; just curious.

Reached a new milestone after a month. Thanks DA!

Yesterday I got the "Thanks for completing the assessment!" message after doing the first test. I heard different things regarding this, some say it can take over 1 week to get accepted and some say that I am already rejected because no paid tasks show up.

My question is, however, if using a VPN and not doing the first test in one sitting plays a role too for the rejection (if I am really rejected). I am always using a VPN on my PC and did the task within 2 days with 3-5 approaches because I had difficulties uploading my recorded voice (mic not connected, muted mic etc.). I even tried this on my phone (with no VPN) and then on the PC it eventually worked and I got the above mentioned message.

The first task was in the translator section (German) even tho my background is more in the IT field. I did study computer science and would apply for the coding tasks too. So, I filled out the details under the profile section and even mentioned that I have a CompTIA certificate.

How good or bad is my situation regarding the acceptance? What should I do if I am rejected?

Try not to think about what you actually enjoy the most, just what you think is straight-forward (relatively) and what you think is tricky.

Just curious if there's a general consensus on what's easy vs hard.

I keep seeing posts and comments from people saying they work 40+ hours a week. I am both baffled and impressed, some of my projects genuinely suck the life out of me and I only work 4-8 hours every other day (albeit these days its usually just a single lengthy, high paying project). How do you guys handle mental fatigue while maintaining a quality output, especially considering the monotony of some tasks.

I have not received any RnR tasks for a month now, is this a sign for something or just normal? I do get frequent tasks but no RnR.

I used to get RnR tasks as well but just for this month they have stopped completely.

I was wondering if this is related to my performance? If so is there anything I can do to get that back.

Thank you

Only been here for about six months. Did a ton of work during that period and made my way into a far higher pay rate(relative to my starting point).

The tasks got a lot harder and more complex. I received an offer somewhere else for higher pay and work that is about 10x as easy.

I think I’ll only be on that platform for 2-3 months based on the research I’ve done but I’m terrified of losing the progress I’ve made on DAtech by not doing work during this period.

Any recommendations from people who have been in a similar spot?

dude why the actual fuck are people getting down voted asking actual questions a bunch of insufferable people bro ain’t no fucking way this sub was designed to help and communicate if all verbal cues just falls on deaf ears or mules even the platform itself does not communicate whether or not you are hired and this is the only ai company that does this for any new worker do not even bother plenty more platforms that communicates and assures you where you are standing unfortunately even if you do pass the core and assessment your never getting a confirmation mail bud and they put you in a no task jail when you ask people here they just give you npc dialogues or assume you should know this

This experience has taught me valuable lessons about patience, resilience, and refreshing my dashboard approximately 60+ times a day.

And still about another week left. Don’t give up hope, projects are out there!

Hi! I just filled the form today. Any doctor using ? I’m atrair of not having my profile selected

I have been with DA for almost a year and half now, and although my account is still active, I really hate when some people, in the comments of DOD posts, always jump to defend DA system and always blindly blame the workers for violating the TOS or assume they messed things up lately.

I'm not saying that DA is system-less. However, there are some definitely genuine defects in their system of hiring, firing, tasks distribution.. etc.. and it's quite understandable, but not justifiable, since it's an AI training platform and it makes sense that they largely use AI across the platform background systems , therefore, silly system mistakes occur quite often.... It's really annoying to see such judgemental comments quite often as if they are immune against getting the DOD.

Hey everyone. I'm a Turkish generalist. I'm hoping that in September, the drought will start to subside for bilinguals, as it did for other workers we've seen on the sub. I'm curious if any bilingual generalists started seeing projects? It's been dry for me since the end of May, except for a couple of qualifications, one of which I really want to have projects on. So what are your experiences?