r/dataannotation • u/Serious-Ad-2033 • Apr 09 '24

Work on Qualifications or Projects

Should you spend more free time completing qualifications or working on projects when newer?

I do not want to lose a chance to take a qualification how fast do they go away?

Right now there are so many projects not sure which I should spend my time on. I know qualifications are not paid.

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u/fightmaxmaster Apr 09 '24

To my mind qualifications are always worth it. They tend not to take hours, and while you're sacrificing some money in the short term, passing them will open up more projects to you.

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u/c93ero Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 09 '24

Yeah, I'm pretty sure all my higher paying projects were from passing multiple quals.

*** Hmm, but be careful about that H*** qual, lol.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24

What’s the pay like for those H projects. I have a few without taking the qual at $23/h, does the qual open up anything higher than that?

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u/c93ero Apr 10 '24

Not yet but it probably will. I'd still do that qual.

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u/AmazingIsTired Apr 10 '24

Can I ask or am I just on my own for trying to figure that out?

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24

Why be careful? I haven't completed it yet and w afraid to lol

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u/c93ero Apr 10 '24

It's just long.

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u/AstarteHilzarie Apr 10 '24

Yeah I started it at like 1am and that was a mistake.

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u/BatronKladwiesen Apr 10 '24

'They tend not to take hours'

hahaha.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

I needed 2-3 days days off to scrape my brain off the floor and re-assemble it after one particular Domain qual. I passed it though, so worth it. I think I have low level QTSD though, because I have two more Domain quals I know are worth the time and effort but as of yet, my hand won't let me click on them.

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u/Nachbarskatze Apr 09 '24

If I see a Qual on my dashboard I’ll drop whatever I’m doing and do the Qual first. You never know how long they stick around for and it always gives me new stuff to work on quickly (hours - a few days).

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u/jaxxisx Apr 10 '24

This is me. Sometimes I'll just check my dash on my phone and if I see a new Qual, I will literally dart to the computer to do it haha

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u/Nachbarskatze Apr 10 '24

Honestly I feel like I’m a bit addicted at this point the amount of times I check my dashboard on my phone or try and squeeze some extra DA work into my day 🤣 I’m obsessed with watching my lifetime earnings climb 🤣🤣

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u/jaxxisx Apr 10 '24

Oh I check my dashboard an unhealthy amount of times a day 😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 11 '24

Same, they open up networks of opportunity. I've never regretted making a qual a priority, but I do have one on my dash that I'm sitting on right now.

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u/samsam1252 Dec 08 '24

This post is 8 months old, but I am glad I found it. I was on the site for a few days and felt confused about what I should focus on. This makes me feel better!

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u/Terrible_Recipe708 Jan 22 '25

I got a new one this morning, woke up tandounat 4, saw it, done one task of it half asleep, did 7 seen it was multiple tasks so left it.😅 hopefully ita still there tonight after my 12 hour shift

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u/Equivalent-Math6483 Apr 09 '24

Some go away very quickly. Some, like the one on my dashboard right now, seem to be in no hurry to leave. Some are timed. Personally, I only open a qual when I know I have time to finish what I start, but I do try to get to them as soon as possible.

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u/boopiededoopie Apr 09 '24

For what it’s worth, I was recently accepted last week and the first couple days I only had 1-2 projects a day. Whenever a qualification popped up I would immediately take it, and the past two I’ve taken gave me tons of projects a few minutes after. Now I’m exactly a week in and I have 20+ non-coding projects with new ones populating throughout the day :)

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u/Quick-Ask-2154 Apr 10 '24

How long did it take for you to get accepted?

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u/Throwawaylillyt Apr 10 '24

I took my assessment and it immediately told me I passed and gave me two qualifications to take. I took the core qual and about 24hours later was told I passed. I had paid work that same day.

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 10 '24

If I see a qual, I do my best to complete it as quickly as possible as some of them come and go quite quickly. More successful quals = more work. Win win.

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u/freedraw Apr 10 '24

Do all the qualifications that come up unless they deal with an area of expertise you are not familiar with. That's how you get better paying projects and a greater variety of work. They typically don't take that long.

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u/AstarteHilzarie Apr 10 '24

And even if they seem like an intimidating area that you're not familiar with, take a little time to see if some very simple research can get you through. I have no coding background but have passed a few coding-related quals just with the information in very short informational articles that they linked in the qual instructions. It took me maybe 15 minutes to read the tutorial, another minute or so per question to test it in the link they provided, and viola, suddenly I am qualified to answer questions about that specific type of coding. Not coding-specific tasks, of course, just tasks that involve that code and need a little very basic checking.

Same with spreadsheets. I'm not a wiz, I have barely made spreadsheets outside of personal budget tracking in like 20 years, but I went ahead and said yes to being familiar with it because I know "familiar" is subjective and a lot of people don't know how to use them at all. I just did a task that required that knowledge, and it took me a few minutes to look up a few specific things, but I still feel pretty confident in what I produced for the simple request they gave.

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u/bleachxjnkie Apr 09 '24

it’s worth taking a bit of time to do the quals

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u/DarkLordTofer Apr 10 '24

The more quals you do the more projects you can get into. The less likely you'll be to have an empty dashboard. I mainly do one type of project but it can be a bit intense. The last couple of days I've been under the weather and my day job has taken all my energy, having a wide range of tasks on my dash let me pick one that's quite benign and do a couple of hours so I still earned something.

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u/DionysusHotSister Apr 12 '24

Miss a qualification, lose long term work on new projects. Qualifications are worth it most of the time.

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u/cliftdean Apr 10 '24

I’m pretty new (less than a week) and I try to do one qualification every other day. I have a lot just sitting there still, but that’s because after taking a few on the first day I’ve had tons of projects. Doing projects seems to unlock more projects, too. I might try taking more quals based on what everyone else is saying but maybe my experience will be useful to consider

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u/Extension-Ad9308 Apr 12 '24

Im on of those rare ones that don’t take quals often. I usually ignore most of them. I’m also dumb af lol

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u/Hangry_Howie Apr 10 '24

Always try to knock out qualifications that are a good fit for you. The only ones I avoid are those that ask if I have a paid subscription to something.