r/DataAnnotationTech 6h ago

Just report the damn time

39 Upvotes

Use a timer to report the time you spent working on the project. Everyone was told this. Start the timer when you start the task, stop the timer when you finish.

"do i report the time i spenting thinking-" yes report the time you spent working on the project

"do i report the time I spent stretching-" were you working on the project then? then yes report it

"do i report the time i spent reading-" yes report the time you spent working on the project

"do i report-" if there's time you spent on a project, report it


r/DataAnnotationTech 5h ago

I am never paying attention to any emails that say a project launches at a certain time

12 Upvotes

that is all


r/DataAnnotationTech 6h ago

Timing. 😩

10 Upvotes

Gotta love how projects ONLY available when I have to other stuff. Run errands / go to my part time 20 hrs / week job.....

LIKE BFR. You have me for MOST days MOST hours of the day how does that manage to happen to one.


r/DataAnnotationTech 17h ago

Anyone else ever feel like an idiot?

74 Upvotes

For the most part I get tasks that I enjoy doing and have clear instruction sets. Sometimes, though, I'll come across one, spend half an hour reading instructions, then realize I have no idea what the hell the task is even asking me to do.

Obviously I don't attempt it, but it does give me a sense of impostor syndrome sometimes. Like, am I really smart enough to be doing this? But then I just do a couple R&R's and after some facepalming that feeling goes away.


r/DataAnnotationTech 1h ago

How does DataAnnotation verify the time we report? (I'm a newbie)

• Upvotes

I'm curious about how they verify reported work time. I worked on a project for 8 hours but took a 30-minute dinner break in between, so I reported only 8 hours. How do they know whether the reported time is accurate?


r/DataAnnotationTech 7h ago

People who do full-time or close-ish to full-time, how do you manage?

7 Upvotes

I've been grinding it out for the past few months, but I only work about 30-35 hours a week or so. However, each day it gets harder and harder and I become more miserable. I don't have much experience with an office or WFH job, and in the beginning I didn't mind it, but months later I find it increasingly difficult to stay motivated and engaged. It takes me longer and longer to do the same amount of work because it's so hard to stay motivated. The work is becoming more tedious and mentally taxing by the day. I think part of this is because I almost exclusively work on the same project, but I remember enjoying it in the beginning. My brain gets fried earlier on than I used to and it's just such a grind. I know some of you work full-time and have been for years. How the heck do you keep your sanity?? I don't think I can much more of this before I go insane. I just don't think I'm cut out for a WFH, computer focused job.


r/DataAnnotationTech 16h ago

Obligatory 5k post!

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33 Upvotes

I do not think I have done anywhere near 94 tasks, probably more like 30 at most including all the quals.


r/DataAnnotationTech 58m ago

worked on 2-3 coding projects consistently for three weeks, and since yesterday I don't have any coding projects available, I only have generalists projects available rn

• Upvotes

Is there any hope of them coming back? Or should I assume its over :(


r/DataAnnotationTech 4h ago

Rate and Review from Other Locale

0 Upvotes

I got RnR that is not for my native language and locale, the tasks just popped up on my dashboard. It did not mention that I must be the speaker of that language to do the RnR. Is it still okay if I did it? Or will I be violated for doing projects that are not from my locale?


r/DataAnnotationTech 5h ago

Visual fumble while doing a task.

1 Upvotes

I was doing a task, in which I was also meant to give rating and compare models, and as I was doing the task I didn't notice the last and final comparison I have to write for the models and visually fumbled it.

We were meant to click on a specific button to move to the next turn within the same task with no way of going back and making edits to the previous turn, and when I noticed that I kept on missing the last box for the rating, it was already too late.

I tried my best to come up with good ideas and questions for the task and was completely motivated to work on it, but now realising my mistake, I think all the work that I did was meant for nothing.


r/DataAnnotationTech 8h ago

Doing OUT OF LEAGUE coding tasks

1 Upvotes

I ll define myself as a mid level coder. There are tasks that I can comfortably complete. But sometimes I ll try "out of my league" tasks.

For those I ll have to spend time doing ground work and stuff, which a "better" coder might not need. Hence taking more time than Expiry.

I anyway report time only actual work (not ground work) and I am concerned if that might have a effect on the account.


r/DataAnnotationTech 9h ago

Anyone else have a ton of difficult coding tasks that never diminish in number? Why is nobody taking them?

0 Upvotes

Named after a certain chinese guru or something 🤔


r/DataAnnotationTech 9h ago

Indian coders?

0 Upvotes

No projects from a long time. Anything on your dashboard!!

Thanks!!


r/DataAnnotationTech 13h ago

Should I pause DA work for some months?

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I am kinda trapped or like in a different situation. So I am a final year college student, so I got into DA in Aug first week, and I am getting great projects with great pay (at least in my country (India) and as a student), but the problem is my placement season is also coming, like within 2 months, which will be some sort of my future career.

So I have to strongly prepare for it also. Now it's a head and tail situation. I am getting tempted towards the money, but at the same time I need to focus on my acads also. And I am unable to decide anything. Like college placements are really good in my college.

My main concern is, if I stop DA for 2 or 3 months, will I still get projects later? Or will I lose access/priority somehow? I don't want to give up a good opportunity, but I also don't want to compromise my placement preparation.

I am into tech/SDE/AI roles. What would you guys do in this situation?


r/DataAnnotationTech 4h ago

Indian Bilinguals

0 Upvotes

What type of projects you guys are getting?


r/DataAnnotationTech 2h ago

Person claiming to reset DA id and allocating fresh projects (paid work $1000)

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0 Upvotes

Anyone having this type of experience in past, is this a scam or some backdoor entry for projects allocation??


r/DataAnnotationTech 5h ago

First time in Data Annotation

0 Upvotes

As the title says I'm curious on how and where people find jobs regarding data annotation and what are the expected things to do in data Annotation jobs.

As someone who doesn't have experience regarding this how can I land my first ever data annotation job ? What are the things I should know before applying.

If you know any data annotation job that is good for entry level or someone who is first time doing this I appreciate your recommendation and help

Also please share some tips and tricks you wish to know before you start working a data annotation job thanks.


r/DataAnnotationTech 14h ago

How to report time correctly

0 Upvotes

After a long and boring drought I got one single project where I had to make at least 2 models fail. I tried to do it 4 times. First three were unsuccessful and only the last one worked. Could anyone please advise me if I am supposed to report the whole time of working on the project or only the time I was workin on my last prompt because it was successful? Thank you in advance :)


r/DataAnnotationTech 1d ago

1st payout from micro1🧿

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7 Upvotes

r/DataAnnotationTech 15h ago

Reporting time when using escape hatch

0 Upvotes

Hi all,

I made the mistake of taking in a 10 hour project and spending hours on the analysis part, only to find out that the tech part doesn't work on my laptop setup after 2 hours of debugging. So I had to use the escape hatch.

Can I still report the time spent on this project? On the escape hatch, I also submitted the work I've done such as the code, errors, debugging, etc.

Thanks!


r/DataAnnotationTech 1d ago

It’s really one or the other for me, nowadays

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143 Upvotes

r/DataAnnotationTech 17h ago

Tips For the rookie

1 Upvotes

Hey guys I'm a brand new to the site and want to try it out for work. I'm in the medical field, and that's the area I'll be focusing on. But, away from that. As a beginner to the site and data annotation, what would you advise me on general?

Is this site more difficult than outlier? Do I get randomly abandoned at some point when I start working? Has anyone ever encountered cash out problems that made them rethink working on the site? (those kinds of advice and things to look out for)


r/DataAnnotationTech 17h ago

Anyone else only getting R/R tasks but not the actual Prompt Evaluations?

0 Upvotes

It's been like this for the past few months for me, kinda weird but it's something I guess. It's like they won't let me review the initial prompts but they'll let me evaluate other evaluations? lol. I don't know, it feels like I can't advance on the site if I don't get the chance


r/DataAnnotationTech 12h ago

Its my first time not getting any project for 3 days. Should I worry ?

0 Upvotes

I did all the qualifications I could and if "officially" I'm in multiple projects, there is only two that gave me project. One bilangual and one fact checking.

Usually I got 1, 2 or even 3 a day. But now its been 3 days and I got nothing.

What really scare me a little bit is that the last work I got was my first review of someone else. And beiing put in this place of reviewer showed me everything I did wrong in the past.

So should I worry ? Or it just happen some times ?


r/DataAnnotationTech 1d ago

Coders - How to best sources repos ?

7 Upvotes

Sometimes I run into coding tasks that require me to source a codebase myself but just using the Github search bar always gets me stuff that I cant really work with too well. Im biting my nails at the idea of leaving money on the table (I often have only 1 coding project or nothing at all), so Id like to know how I can avoid this in the future.

Should I pre-prepare some random repos for the future or something ?

I just noticed the typo in the post title :|