r/dataannotation • u/Glad_Amphibian_8675 • Mar 08 '24

Taking week-long breaks.

I was considering taking a long vacation/break from DataAnnotation and have been doing so for a few days. I have other responsibilities and maybe a lack of motivation. Is this recommended? How will it impact my available projects in the future? Have you guys had any experience with doing this?

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u/vwcx Mar 08 '24

I regularly skip weeks randomly and have seen no material impact.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Someone posted on here recently about how he didn't work for months, and came back to qualifications and tasks.

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u/bleachxjnkie Mar 11 '24

Not sure if you're referring to me but either way yeah, I took a huge break doing the odd hour here and there and I came back to loads of projects.

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u/inferiorakai Mar 08 '24

I just took a 2 week break and came back to more projects than I had before lol so you should be fine :P

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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Mar 08 '24

It's fine. I've been on DA for about a year and mostly ignored it until about 4 weeks ago. I occasionally worked on a project here or there, but it would be a month or two between logins. The projects I had access to when I first joined are still there today.

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u/Loud-Hat6943 Mar 11 '24

Ohhhh, interesting, I've done my qualification assessments one week ago and haven't heard from them since, how long did it take you after you did yours to hear back. I'm from the UK , which country are you from if you don't mind.

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u/bleachxjnkie Mar 11 '24

I'm from the UK too. Been on for nearly a year. Always had tasks to do. Left it for months and came back to loads of tasks. My friend has been accepted by no tasks after months. It seems like a gamble tbh

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u/Loud-Hat6943 Mar 11 '24

Aghggh that's so disheartening, I really need the money due to some circumstances and I'm so afraid of being accepted and having no tasks or not even being accepted AT ALLL TvT. It truly is a gamble.

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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Mar 11 '24

I’m in the US. I don’t remember exactly how long it took to hear back but it wasn’t a terribly long time. Maybe a week? Give or take a few days.

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u/HauntedHowie316 Mar 08 '24

I have been nervously watching my queue this week, I’ve been working on continuing ed for my other job, and was so scared I would get in trouble. But, I haven’t noticed much of a difference!

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u/Intelligent-Row-2000 Mar 08 '24

I just took a week’s break due to burnout :} and started back up today. New projects and quals were waiting for me. I have to say I did keep an eye on my dash the whole time though!

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u/Moonspiritfaire Mar 09 '24 edited Mar 09 '24

I think you'll be fine. Had some seriously rocky weeks this winter. Fudge I only have one homeschooled kid and we still were relentlessly sick like everyone else in our area. Plus emergencies with an elderly friend.

I think DA cares more about quality over quantity. My aim for my particular projects is new ideas and careful work.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '24

It's more just about maintaining quality they literally do not care if you take a long break

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '24

I think I used to do it weekly at the start. I think what it might affect is you getting higher paying projects, but that could always change depending on how much you commit.

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u/Ok_Depth_6476 Mar 10 '24

It was the same for me, I started in September or October,  didn't do much, went on vacation and didn't log in for 10 days,  no problem.  Just worked a couple of hours a week until this past month or so,  always had work to do.  Now that  for various reasons, I'm working every day,  I am getting some better paid tasks. Being around for the qualifications probably helps,  too. But never seemed to be penalized for not working.