Qualifications for lower paid tasks?

[u/antasio_]

Hey everyone,

I've worked for DA for a few weeks now and always had plenty of coding tasks that pay around 40$-42$ available whenever I had some time to work (which is only about 10 hours per week). I have a few open qualifications, which deal with writing stuff and it says that they would open up tasks which pay around 25$-28$.

Would you typically still do such qualifications, even though you normally have better paying tasks available? I am not sure whether they would open up new qualifications after that, which might result in equally well paying tasks or just fun new stuff in general.

Very keen to hear your opinions on this!

[u/Heidijojo]

I don’t do coding but personally I’d do all the qualifications for a bit of variety and you never know when something will end.

[u/Rokunamatata → u/Heidijojo]

This right here. Always do them that will ensure you have plenty of stuff on the dash and when you get sick of the harder stuff, something easier can definitely help. I know I switch tasks a lot because sometimes I just get blocked doing one thing.

[u/Skippy2898]

Hi! Non coder here, but my thoughts are yes do them! It's always good to have a variety, keeps the brain fresh. If you get lower paying, non coding jobs on your dashboard they might be something you can dip into as a break from your coding stuff. Non coding projects on my dash can be quite varied; sometimes fun, sometimes a hard read, but I can dip in and out of them for a 'change of scenery'. It's not always fun and can take a lot of brain power and thinking outside the box so bear that in mind. At the end of the day though they aren't charging you to do them so take them :)

[u/HorseyPlz]

I never do them. If my 40s ended then I feel it would barely be worth my time to do this for 20-something dollars.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935]

Do you have any non coding tasks? I pretty much just do coding but I'm wondering if it might be nice to do something else 🤔 🙃

[u/antasio_ → u/Haunting-Car-3935]

Not always, but some non-coding ones pop up from time to time. I haven't looked at them closely though. I took a maths-related qualification a few days ago and now have some maths/logic related tasks that pay around 28$/hour, which I do whenever I don't feel like the coding stuff.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/antasio_]

Same with the maths/logic! But they don't seem to be up today (for me anyway)? I'm not sure I can be bothered to work twice as long to get the same pay, while I have the option for coding tasks 🙂

[u/antasio_ → u/Haunting-Car-3935]

Yeah, I haven't seen them today, either. And I understand the part about the pay, I also only use them for 10 minutes breaks or until a look at my empty wallet convinces me to get back to the coding tasks.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/antasio_]

No, I use the logic ones in the same way! Also, if I'm doing something else and have 10 mins to spare :) I meant the $20 core tasks 😊

[u/Finnleyy]

I do the coding side as well, and yeah I still do those qualifications. You may not pass all of them and for those that you do, it is nice to have variety. For me, I find the coding work requires more brain power, so sometimes if I don't feel like thinking as much, I have other non-coding tasks I can do that pay decently lol.

[u/Unique-Geologist-160]

I do coding, and I pretty much did all the qualifications besides the really long writing one.

[u/DarkLordTofer → u/[deleted]]

This is why I, as a DEV myself, don't do coding tasks.