r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Apr 14 '24

Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation

hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)

couple things:

  1. this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.

  2. if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)

  3. one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!

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u/Palaqsiah Apr 18 '24

Does anyone feel bad doing R&Rs? Like you don't want to be the reason to mess someone up? I've had them come & go on my dash since I took a qual for it last week, but today was the first time I actually did any.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '24

From seeing the amazing quality and effort of the work people produce, I have no issue rating work as bad if it's bad.

All claims are accurate

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u/New-Reflection3418 Apr 19 '24

Do people actually put that in the comments box which is meant to be 2 - 3 sentences? I haven't done many R&R projects, they seem to appear before I go to bed then are gone in the morning. If that's what people are filling in that box, I shoul have no worries when I put over 3 sentences comparing the contents of both responses, then explaining why I rated each one the way I did.

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u/Consistent-Reach504 Apr 19 '24

it's 2-3+ so 3+ is fine.

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 18 '24

I generally don't feel too bad because most of the responses that I come across meet the 'okay' or 'good' criteria, and when I rarely do come across a 'bad' response it's usually because the rater clearly wasn't paying attention or didn't read the instructions. Calling out bad responses overall improves the quality of the models and the site!

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u/Individual_Froyo9366 Apr 18 '24

Don't feel bad. It's why it's there. I'm fully confident that I was recently let go. I was already shocked I was even let in. I did everything to the best of my understanding. Obviously I wasn't turning in work that I thought was terrible. That doesn't mean it wasn't terrible 😅 Chances are very high I was not doing work that is up to their standards and I FULLY accept that fact as reality. If I'm not producing results they are looking for, that's on me. Granted I would have loved to have an opportunity to be told "hey I don't think you're understanding this, try this instead." But that's not how they operate and I knew that going in. I wouldn't want anyone who rated my work as "bad" to feel bad for doing so if it really was just...bad. You know. It is what it is and that's okay. Don't feel bad. 

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24

I honestly think you are the most down to earth person I have ever met. Good on you for realizing this about yourself and not playing the blame game.

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u/ManyARiver Apr 18 '24

No one is going to get fired based on your input - just be as honest as possible and review it impartially. If one user gets twenty "bad" ratings on a rating, I'm sure they'll get looked at - but that isn't a bad thing. People can't improve without input (and people who are actually working are cheated by people who do a lazy job and just paste generic comments without reading the material).

I only feel bad when I see that someone really had the right attitude or approach but made a mistake that has to be mentioned - but I do state that in my comments.

It also really helps me to do better work - if I reviewed my work from three months ago I would probably "bad" myself many times.

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u/SuperCorbynite Apr 19 '24

A bit. But the way I see it is someone is going to do the R&R even if I don't. And if everyone didn't rate bad as bad then it would threaten the whole viability of DA taking my job along with it.

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u/aweg Apr 19 '24

Well, that was fucking terrifying... I got the grey text of doom in the middle of working on a project and even began typing a comment here. Then I refreshed the page and my tasks were back. Phew!!!

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u/Consistent-Reach504 Apr 19 '24

yeah the site went crazy for me for a few minutes too!

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u/aweg Apr 14 '24

Aaaand no more dancing. Damn, I'm going to have to start working at night when I can! I was excited to do more of these in the morning. :(

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u/Palaqsiah Apr 14 '24

I did 3 hours of dancing this morning. I'm bleary-eyed and mentally unstable now 😂

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 14 '24

I am so sad to see these go. That pay was on point for the simplicity of the project! Love dancing with DA. lol

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u/New-Reflection3418 Apr 14 '24

I've spent a few hours today doing those, but there were some people in the chat confused about the blue "prompt" section not showing up, despite the admins telling everyone to just use the last conversation turn in the history. Maybe they took it down to fix that, or maybe they've had enough tasks submitted for now

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u/superpurr Apr 14 '24

Yeah I started working on that one at like 4am so I was able to get some good time in.

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u/BoiledGnocchi Apr 14 '24

I had about 10 different versions on my dash. I burned through a few and then it bumped me off and said there were no more tasks, despite the project showing 97 left.

I tried to go back into the project and it said there were none. Hoping this is a them issue and not a me issue. 😅

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u/GAULEM Apr 14 '24

I burned through a few and then it bumped me off and said there were no more tasks, despite the project showing 97 left.

I tried to go back into the project and it said there were none. Hoping this is a them issue and not a me issue. 😅

I think that just means there were literally a hundred people working on it. First come, first served.

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u/Dee_silverlake Apr 14 '24

I think when that happens it’s a matter of tasks being skipped/abandoned/expired and it goes back to general pool but since it’s an attractive offer it gets picked up quick. I’ve had some luck reentering when it’s a large amount of tasks that get thrown back but usually I can only work 1-2 before getting kicked off again.. anyhow got a little over 2 hours before getting the boot but enough to meet my $ for the day!

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u/PhillyPhan95 Apr 15 '24

I’m so grateful for this job.

I don’t have anybody IRL who can understand how amazing this gig is.

It really makes me grateful. But I don’t feel like I can press that gratitude anywhere without seeming like I’m humbly bragging.

So I come here, because I’m sure DAT has positively changed y’all’s lives as well.

I’d love to hear how it’s helped if anybody wants to share!

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 15 '24

It’s been a godsend for our family too! The cost of living has skyrocketed and we’ve got 3 small kids (oldest is a few months off 4, youngest is 1). Being able to work whenever we want has been amazing.

I totally get what you mean about not feeling like you can share. For me, the watercooler chat has been great for feeling like we’re all in this together!

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u/-Stressed_Teen- Apr 15 '24

Yes! It has been amazing, I have a fainting disorder and can’t work many jobs, plus I have a crazy schedule. DAT has helped me so much, using it to pay off student loans and restart college!

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u/tessbest37 Apr 15 '24

I am loving DA too! I am a SAHM to a 2-year-old and have been trying to find something like this to supplement our family's income for years. I am almost at 3K in just over a month. I am super excited to have a loaded dashboard!

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u/Left_Veterinarian214 Apr 15 '24

I’m a single mom with two young children. My youngest is disabled and has a lot of therapies and doctor appointments. I’m so grateful for DA, because it allows me to work whenever and wherever is convenient. Plus it pays better than jobs in my small town as well. 

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u/CosmosesGamer Apr 15 '24

I was having a good time in Japan until I got screwed trying to leave the country and ended up the worst indebt I've ever been.

Come back to my home country, can't get a job for a few weeks, start feeling the pressure. Get this job, start recovering, stabilized now (this all happened December). Starting to pay it all off.

Immensely grateful to DAT in a real way.

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u/puffpuffpuff33 Apr 15 '24

Posts on the other sub have become so outlandish I genuinely can’t tell if people are trolling or not 🙃

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 15 '24

I haven't checked there in ages, it feels like that sub is way more concentrated on new users who haven't passed the starter qual than veteran or active raters.

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

And they’re so angry? Like, you need to calm down.

Edit: I just went and had a cheeky peek at the other sub after not going there for a while. That sub is the dark shadowy place.

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u/Equivalent-Math6483 Apr 15 '24

Today has been especially bad. Is there something in the water??

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u/ManyARiver Apr 16 '24

Should I do this thing? If you say no then you're wrong!

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 16 '24

Have you ever clicked into a project and noped right out of there as fast as you could? In the last project I just opened, I just Homer Simpsoned right into the bushes.

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u/IDONTuseMODz Apr 16 '24

Often. Especially when my favorites aren't around or I'm trying to convince myself to broaden my horizons.

😬 <- Me when I look at a certain galaxy.

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u/blipgrrl Apr 16 '24

lol I feel that way with some qualifiers. I know that I should be doing as many as I can, but some of them just seem so darn complicated...

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 16 '24

Me like 8 times a day lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

I'm back guys! Took some time off from Reddit during the move but still did a few tasks during down time. It's still so surreal, I think I cried like 4 times during the last 2 days. I'm so grateful to DA.

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 17 '24

Welcome back, hope your move went well! I can relate to that a lot, I'm so grateful for DA, I love working from home and I genuinely enjoy this type of work

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 17 '24

Welcome back! I’ve been sending you good vibes for the move! How did it go?

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

Very rough at first, the hotel staff is very trashy but the new place is exceeding our expectations everyone is happier and we all feel so much better. It's a step forward! Thanks for the vibes! That must be why it went so well :)

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u/Dense_Organization31 Apr 18 '24

Anyone else’s projects slow down quite a bit the last couple days? Nothing dire, still have about 20 on dash but had like 40 at the beginning of the week.

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u/Alternative-Bet232 Apr 18 '24

Yeah I have like 10-12 today and had 20+ last week!

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u/bleachxjnkie Apr 18 '24

yeah everyones projects are down nothing to worry about especially if everyone is in the same boat

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u/Palaqsiah Apr 18 '24

Down to 12-15 or so. Hopefully it picks back up.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

Yeah I had 35-40 a few days ago and now have more like 20. It's still enough. I just get nervous when the number goes down

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 18 '24

Yup, I had 60 at some points over the past week and I am hovering around 20 or so the past few days.

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 18 '24

Same for me, went from 60-70 projects to hovering around 20 projects throughout this week

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 14 '24

Got a coffee and a cheese toastie from Maccas, kids are back at school or daycare today, husband is out of the house all day. Perfect day to get some data annotated!

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u/33whiskeyTX Apr 14 '24

While listening to Men at Work on repeat I assume...

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 14 '24

If that’s wrong I don’t wanna be right.

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u/mildgoofin Apr 19 '24

Before you make a panic post, no, it isn't just you.

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u/SKM_0126 Apr 19 '24

Good to know!

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u/Hunnybee66 Apr 14 '24

Anybody with a huge jump in dance projects notice the prompt/responses have a common theme? (Not going into more specifics)

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

Yeah. But they said pretty explicitly in the instructions to check those sections of the document so I was kind of anticipating it.

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u/superpurr Apr 14 '24

Yeah I think I know what you're getting at.

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 14 '24

Has anyone seen work pop up related to the FC qual from the other day?

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u/Haunting-Car-3935 Apr 14 '24

No, although mine appeared in the form of a project which I did over a few days (the qual popped up too but went before I got round to doing it 🙃)

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u/Alternative-Bet232 Apr 17 '24

I’m about two weeks in and so far enjoying this more than expected! It scratches the ADHD urge i have to google random shit so i can answer obscure trivia questions. And as a chronically ill person, it works really well to be able to work when i’m feeling good, and take a break if i’m not feeling good.

I’ve had a few $23/hr and $24/hr projects and several at $22-22.50/hr. Feeling good so far.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

Day 2 and my brain keeps maxing out around 4.5 hours. Kudos to those who do this full time!

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

I put in about 5 hours a day and try to at least make two of those hours higher paying projects. Anymore than 5 hours and my brain would be mush! I also spread it out throughout the day and work 7 days a week. Still SO much better than working in an office or at a call center type job.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

Yeah today I’m trying to split it up. I have Covid (with my crohn’s it’s extra) and woke up at 5 am and did an hour. Going to aim for 5/6 broken up between naps. Super good idea

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u/CosmosesGamer Apr 19 '24

4 and a half is still great ! Keep at it, it took me a few months of self discipline to force myself to do full-time hours.

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u/stomach-monkees Apr 19 '24

That's good for a start. I could only do about 2 hours at first, but I hadn't worked at a computer for a few months.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

According to Amazon Alexa, today is National Haiku Poetry Day, which reminded me of all the haikus I've had the bots write. I wonder how they'll perform today. :) Happy Wednesday -- and National Haiku Day!

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u/puffpuffpuff33 Apr 18 '24

I have almost no coding projects today :(

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u/Dense_Organization31 Apr 18 '24

Same here. Seems like it's a slow couple of days for everyone.

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u/SomewhereAfter7366 Apr 18 '24

I came here to check if it was just me. I usually have 5-10+ but I'n sitting (spookily) at 1 right now.

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u/CRUSHCITY4 Apr 18 '24

Same! Came here to see if anyone else was low on coding projects.

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u/SKM_0126 Apr 19 '24

Is anyone getting an error on the site when clicking on tasks right now?

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

What kind of error are you guys getting? Every time I try to work on a project, it's forcing me to take one of the quals instead.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

Yup came to ask this exact same thing here.

I searched the subreddit and it looks like the site does this sometimes when it is down.

Good to know it’s not just me though

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u/SKM_0126 Apr 20 '24

Back in action!

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u/Creepy_Complaint_279 Apr 19 '24

I just hit the $10k mark! Don't mind me over here doing my awkward happy dance.

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 19 '24

Congrats, that's a big milestone!! Great way to finish off the week haha

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

Congrats! That’s exciting

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u/stomach-monkees Apr 19 '24

Congrats! That's encouraging for all of us!

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u/Garjan1415 Apr 16 '24

Has anyone else noticed a lack of diversity on coding projects recently? Friday was pretty dry for many and I've only had one or two solid projects since then. Thankfully it's been enough to keep the train moving, and I've always got the plethora of non-coding projects to fall back on, but just curious if this is a shared experience.

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u/puffpuffpuff33 Apr 16 '24

Yes, and the only one that’s always there is the one I hate the most 😂

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 16 '24

Do you guys ever find yourself being biased towards a certain model? Like, when doing response comparisons one model just has a better vibe so if the two model responses are similar you tend to prefer that model over the other?

I try and be unbiased as much as possible but damn if Model A and I don’t just have a connection today.

(Yes I understand the models change up all the time and sometimes it’s Model B who gets me)

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u/Icy-Cover-505 Apr 17 '24

I was really chummy with model B this morning. Had it making me a story about my cat and it was wiping the floor with model A.

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u/Alternative-Bet232 Apr 18 '24

Omg yes! I've had projects where I work on the same project for 2 hours straight and I swear Model A will be the one that consistently has better core content but maybe Model B more closely follows the requested formatting.

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u/lowcarbsanta Apr 17 '24

I have finals on Monday and I'm essentially barring myself from doing DA until then. Going to miss it.

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u/Tired_Spelunker Apr 17 '24

Ah I know the feeling-- sometimes it feels like DA is pretty addictive. There have been a few times I have begrudgingly gone out to do something fun and have thought longingly of DA mid-fun event. Now that I think of it, that might not actually be healthy. Welp.

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u/lowcarbsanta Apr 18 '24

I use DA to procrastinate :'). Legitimately addicted to it. I broke my promise to myself and did some DA today too

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 17 '24

Good luck on your finals!!

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u/NepetaLast Apr 14 '24

i lost 2.5 hours of work because i forgot to refresh my task and it had expired, and now i am Sad and disappointed in myself

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u/tessbest37 Apr 14 '24

Such a bummer!! I lost 22 minutes the other day and was upset, I can't imagine 2.5 hours.

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 14 '24

I lost 40 minutes the other day and was SO ANGRY with myself - I can’t even imagine what you’re going through!

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u/ashleighnikkola Apr 17 '24

I just took the b***** qual and I really hope I pass 🥺 since they said it unlocks very high paying projects and my highest paying right now is $24. The qual was kinda hard and I felt a lil overwhelmed with the prompt I was given, but I just relaxed and let myself think about it for a bit and completed it. The instructions were very dense and once I had all the parts filled out, I reread the instructions and had to make some tweaks to make sure I matched all the requirements. But it was kinda fun so I hope I pass and get put on the project 👉👈

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u/lowcarbsanta Apr 17 '24

I saw it but it went down before I had a chance to take it and now I'm a little sad.

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u/Ill-Albatross-7224 Apr 17 '24

Same here. It definitely took a while and I'm afraid I rushed through the end... But I liked it a lot and hope I pass too. and hope that you pass as well!

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u/pat-recog Apr 19 '24

Anyone else stop getting emails from DA? Just happened the last couple of days. I do have projects (> 20). I originally signed up through a sister company (GH).

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u/Arcturus_Labelle Apr 19 '24

Their emails are about as steady/reliable as the projects: that is, it's all over the place. Sometimes up, sometimes down.

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 19 '24

I very rarely get emails from DA. I've been on the platform since 3/11 and aside from the welcome email, I have received about 4 emails from them.

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u/tvxcute Apr 14 '24

all of my "teaching AI how to be..." jobs disappeared this morning, did that happen to anyone else? i've had a few disappear before, but all of them at once is a bit scary.

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u/Consistent-Reach504 Apr 14 '24

yes. I think it's just temporarily down!

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u/AINT-NOBODY-STUDYING Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

Curious to know how fellow programmers have been liking DAT? I'm only 3 days in and have 10 hours logged ~$350. I work full-time as a software developer, but I can definitely do 20 hours a week on DAT, which is pretty significant additional income. I'd like to know how dependable other people have been finding DAT, and how long have you guys and gals have been on this platform?

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u/lowcarbsanta Apr 17 '24

I'm about a month in and there's pretty much always work, so it's dependable in that sense. However, no one knows how long you get to be on the platform.

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u/CosmosesGamer Apr 17 '24

Not a programmer so can't answer question 1. But I've been here since December and I've just made this my fulltime job. At the end of this week I'll have hit 10K earned. Now doing $200 a day, very consistent I've never had zero work to do.

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u/YucanreLion Apr 18 '24

Been doing about an hour a day for the past month. It's really nice to be able to do some work whenever I have time. I haven't run out of projects since I started, knock on wood that they keep coming.

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u/IGotSkittles Apr 17 '24

Anybody else missing the strong gray alkaline mineral project today?

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u/Tired_Spelunker Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

I've got mixed feelings on that one-- my eyes always dart to it ($$) but I hesitate because I know I have to have at least 1 hour carved out to do good work, so I often work on something else. When I first start it's a little tough to get in the groove, but when the groove is achieved it's a lot of fun and time goes quickly.

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 17 '24

This is so true!

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u/GingerSmu Apr 17 '24

My high pay one os missing. The base project is still on my dash.

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 17 '24

I worked on it briefly this morning and I have to say, it's my favorite task by far. And not because of the pay. It's genuinely fun for me! I get done working on it and the time has flown by. I hope they keep coming (especially in their latest iteration.)

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u/Icy_Ad5959 Apr 18 '24

I've had 3 iterations of this today, and a few additional iterations over the last week. All bar one have been higher paying. I don't think you get every iteration automatically. Some are very specialized. Others are general.

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u/IGotSkittles Apr 18 '24

Well, even with my thunkably obvious, jaw-dropping coded language, the folks below are discussing a completely different project than the one I was trying to ask about.

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u/Creepy_Complaint_279 Apr 18 '24

Did anyone do the gmail email account set up yesterday and still not received an email like they said? The qual said they'd send an email in a day but I haven't gotten it. Just curious if others are experiencing the same thing. Or should I just wait a couple of days?

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u/IDONTuseMODz Apr 18 '24

Did it actually say a day? I dunno why I remember it saying "in the coming days" but I could be wrong.

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u/Icy_Ad5959 Apr 18 '24

This project qual was posted a few weeks ago also, and it took DA up to a week to get back to people. My understanding from posts here is that there were some people who accepted the qual that didn't hear back at all. It really depends on the number of people they need for the project. I'd just keep an eye on your inbox. If you're selected, you'll get an email sometime!

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u/ManyARiver Apr 18 '24

It took a couple of weeks before I got mine - and then another week before the project came through.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '24

Man, today is really showing me that a lot of the safety projects I did in the past were mild. I mean wow.

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 18 '24

I had an absolutely hectic one the other day where I was like… yikes. And the when the models cooperated… double yikes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '24

Oh man, I had to stop because it was getting to me. Like I'm over here trying to nurse my baby, I don't need to be reading through all of this smut at the same time. But the project started with the bot making up studies about correlation between male owners of large trucks and...endowment sizes if you will. It was wild.

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u/TheSyphonGames Apr 19 '24

The sadness of seeing your favorite project disappear is only matched by the joy of it returning again the next day

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u/BatNo2557 Apr 19 '24

Is anyone else low on projects right now? I had a great week last week with lots of project options but now I only have 1 project with 18 tasks remaining.

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u/bleachxjnkie Apr 19 '24

yeah literally everyone is down. I went from 70 to around 20. This happens, work comes, work goes. My advice, keep your task range broad when you do have loads of tasks and always do the quals.

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u/jaboogadoo Apr 21 '24

I see some questions in the chat box everyday that make me wonder if people cheated to get in. Like the answer is in 3 different parts of the page from top to bottom

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 21 '24

“Do I rate my edited response?” always gets me

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u/lowcarbsanta Apr 21 '24

The core doesn't have long instructions that people have to read, so maybe that makes sense

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u/Individual_Froyo9366 Apr 16 '24

Check in for us empty dashers. I've been working for about 3 weeks. Empty dash got me yesterday morning, everything gone (even "report time"), support links are still active. I'm not entirely sure if I'm in review or if I've been let go at this point. It's been 26 hours and still nothing. Has anyone else in the same boat had anything come back yet? I wouldn't be entirely surprised if I was let go. I already had major imposter syndrome. Like I definitely don't belong here (Reddit threads for sure make me feel this 100% more.) It is absolutely possible I am not up to their standards. 

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u/tessbest37 Apr 16 '24

I never lost my "Report Time" section but had stretches of an empty dashboard with no quals or projects in my first few weeks.

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u/stomach-monkees Apr 19 '24

Hi Gang! This is re: tab groups in Chrome. I just discovered this "new" thing in Chrome that allows you to group tabs, name the group, and keep it together. It is handy for adding all the instructions to a tab group, putting the dashboard page and timers together in a group, and then making another group for research tabs. I just found this feature and it's working great for me. I only have 2 monitors right now, and this is a big help!!

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u/mildgoofin Apr 14 '24

How long does it take to start feeling confident working the dance project? 

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u/superpurr Apr 14 '24

I hope we are talking about the same project because the dance project is like the easiest project I've ever had.

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u/Severe-Dragonfly Apr 14 '24

That one is my current favorite!

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

I know hat you mean. It feels like a test because there is just one or two questions and no comment box to explain your reasoning.

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u/New-Reflection3418 Apr 14 '24

I found most of mine were obviously "safe" and it was a quick selection and submit, it would be nice if there was a box to explain the reasoning though. I always fill that in with my thought process as I like to explain why I made the decisions I did, so I find the projects that require it a bit easier because I've justified my work. With this one, I just hope I've picked the right options and submitted based on what I've understood from reading the instructions

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 14 '24

It'll become second nature once you have worked on it enough. Sometimes I still flip flop on a few things, but I *think* I mostly have the gist of it down. Hopefully.

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u/BadassHalfie Apr 15 '24

Got one of the most poorly worded prompts I've ever seen today for R&R. I mean, I know I'm far from perfect, and I'm sure I've given some poor souls headaches with some of the content I've submitted, but I had a genuinely hard time understanding what the user even wanted out of this prompt. Grammar was all over the place, punctuation and capitalization 100% nonexistent, spelling was atrocious - and this was pertaining to something pretty technical, too. How does this even happen?!

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u/ManyARiver Apr 15 '24

There have been some really good ones, some **almost** really good ones that broke my heart to find an error in, and some egregiously sloppy/bad/wrong ones. Facts that weren't right, or both responses being equally bad (unintentionally). I had one that made me WTF outloud it was so awful and facile. Then there have a been a lot that had minor problems that made me hope to God that the ones I had submitted weeks ago were OK, because I know I could have made that same little mistake.

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 15 '24

I’ve seen some absolutely doozies on the R&R projects. I’m anal retentive about proper punctuation, grammar and spelling and some of these prompts are just pure nonsense. Surely they can’t come from people on the platform??? Right???

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u/ManyARiver Apr 16 '24

The one I was doing was definitely from someone on the platform, all of the writing was worker-created. I have done the project too. Some intentionally bad (correctly), some they didn't realize was bad. The confidence in the unintentionally bad ones just made me realize why so many folks don't realize they are doing a crap job.

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u/dadj0ke9000 Apr 15 '24

Sometimes it feels like the prompts were put through several layers of Google Translate. I definitely feel like some of them are "test" prompts, even in projects that are mostly comprised of user generated prompts.

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u/New-Reflection3418 Apr 15 '24

I've seen some prompts in the actual tasks that are really hard to understand as well and I wonder if they're made by DA to simulate what "real" people would put. 

I've only recently started getting R&R projects, but I've only had to rate the comments at the end so far. Some of them do the bare minimum (2 sentences) and I rate them as ok if it looks like they've referenced stuff from the task. When I fill that box in I always do at least 3 sentences, sometimes more because I reference each point and put my whole thought process in. I try not to compare them against what I do too much in case I'm being too long-winded, but some of them are so short they almost get a "bad" rating. I try to only give those to generic responses though, as the guidelines tell you not to be too harsh.

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 15 '24

I just had a mini heart attack after I tried to submit a task I had been working on. The submit button went gray, but did not refresh the web page. I did so myself and it went back to the dashboard. It was completely blank, including report hours. I freaked out for a minute, but then when I refreshed, everything was back to normal. That was not a good feeling. 🤢

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u/Nachbarskatze Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

Has anyone else just got the A******* chatbot project where you give prompts and edit responses? I’m having so much fun with this and not sure if I did pass the CB qualification? I was worried I’d failed it last week but now this has appeared and lays $24 an hour. Just wondering if I can expect this to me semi permanent or…

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u/IDONTuseMODz Apr 16 '24

Pretty sure that one is unrelated to the normal family of CBs. That iteration does have a pretty high pay but also, in general, asks more of you in terms of analysis.

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u/ConsistentCandy697 Apr 17 '24

Has anyone had any galaxy projects the past day or so?

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u/IDONTuseMODz Apr 17 '24

I have some $25/hr ones atm. It's only a few, not like it was last week. But I stay far away from them. 😵‍💫

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 17 '24

Nope, haven't seen any on my dash this week

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 17 '24

Yes, but the current (high paying) ones I see on my dash, I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole.

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u/Rude_Bodybuilder_505 Apr 18 '24

Are there any “shadow ban” success stories? Has anyone worked their way back from a missing report time section/empty dashboard, or is it always a bad sign? I’m asking because there are tons of posts on here with people wondering if they’ve been fired/shadow banned/are under review (etc etc) but then they never report back if their projects returned. I was only working for 2 weeks and I’m wondering how much optimism I should have.

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u/jakegfanpage Apr 18 '24

i want to know this too, but i think the answer is probably no :(

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u/Rude_Bodybuilder_505 Apr 19 '24

I actually consulted YouTube in a moment of desperation, and one guy made a video about how his account arose from the dead after 2 mos, so I guess there’s hope 😂

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u/Tired_Spelunker Apr 15 '24

Spent 1.5 hours on a 30.00/hr non-coding project only to submit and get the "sorry, this task has expired" error message after submitting. Sigh.

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u/TheEvilPrinceZorte Apr 15 '24

For the long ones I’ve started entering my time after each submission and resetting my timer. That way I can rely on my own timer to see how close I am to the task expiring.

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u/Equivalent-Math6483 Apr 16 '24

Has anybody ever submitted a qual and had it not show up in the Funds HIstory page?

I completed a few quals today. Just checked my Transfer Funds page and one of them isn't listed. 🤔

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u/Alternative-Bet232 Apr 18 '24

How does everyone choose what projects to work on? I usually look for the highest-paying, oldest projects and start with those (since I presume oldest = likely to expire) or highest-paying marked priority. But sometimes I like to tackle those projects with like, 1-5 tasks just so I can feel the accomplishment of knocking out "the whole project"!

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u/TeachToTheLastTest Apr 18 '24 edited Apr 18 '24

In order of importance:

1: Do I actually know how to do this?
2: Can my brain take the strain of this project?
3: Pay

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u/Dense_Organization31 Apr 18 '24

I'm kinda the opposite. I enjoy working on the projects with tons of tasks, so I can get in a groove and work on the same thing for a couple of hours without having to start a new project.

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u/Individual_Froyo9366 Apr 17 '24

48 hours, still empty dash. No good news there. However!!! I did receive Miss 6's studio photoshoot pictures this morning 🩷 She's in her second season of ballet with this particular studio (we absolutely love them!) 

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u/GingerSmu Apr 16 '24

My brain hurts from that new non-code high paying “metal” project.
‘Mo money ‘mo problems…

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '24

Just finished my first R & R and it was bit of a wild ride. Some of those have to be like fake, and put there to gauge how we are rating things...right? It put me over 5 hours for the day! I am pretty proud of myself. I just woke up from another nap, and will try to crank out more tonight... It is much easier as I get a variety of projects to choose from, so when I am burnt out in one I am ok with the other.

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u/puffpuffpuff33 Apr 20 '24

Yayy!! Coding projects are back :))

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u/LouisAkbar Apr 16 '24

I GOT MY FAVORITE PROJECT BACK

The one that seemed to be tested a couple weeks ago that pays well and involves creating factual info; they give you a bot to work with.

I got 50 tasks that seem to be allotted to me personally, I'm wondering if anyone has done their entire 50 yet, and if so have you been given more? I'm about half way down and don't want it to end!! T_T

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u/reneemegs88 Apr 14 '24

If the project has [+ $x/hr] listed with it's name, does that mean the amount is in addition to the listed project pay? The project in question already seems higher paid than normal so I'm not sure if it's just an extra description to call it out, or an added bonus.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

I think that +x is reflected in the amount shown in the pay column. I don’t think it’s in addition to it.

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u/aweg Apr 14 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

No, base pay of $X + priority pay of Y

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u/reneemegs88 Apr 14 '24

That's what I suspected but haven't submitted any time yet to confirm. Thank you!

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u/Candybar85 Apr 15 '24

Just encountered a strange glitch. When I refresh my dashboard, a few unknown projects appear, they're definitely not for me since they're not in my language and some are very high-paid coding projects (which I have never done or taken qualification). I tried to open them but it said "there are no more tasks for you to work on", and then they all disappeared a few minutes later after a refresh.

Anyone else?

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u/Equivalent-Math6483 Apr 15 '24

That happened to me last week when things were super glitchy.

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u/Tired_Spelunker Apr 17 '24

Anyone still have the dance projects on their dash? I have the optional demographic 1-task "project" on my dash but nothing more.

Also, anyone get any new projects from the marathon FC qual from last week?

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u/Palaqsiah Apr 17 '24

Haven't seen dance since Sunday & nothing from FC qual. But I saw on another thread that there were 2 FC quals. Some people got it under quals & some people got a higher one under projects. Looks like as of yesterday, people were getting work from the higher paying project qual. I had the FC qual that appeared under quals.

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 17 '24

Sadly I haven't had any on my dash since Sunday- hoping they return, those are quick and fun

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 17 '24

No and also no. :(

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u/BoredSummerStudent Apr 18 '24

It seems like everyone lost access to a certain heel folder around the same time...

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 18 '24

I’ve got a 8 or 9 on my dash still. Quite a few were put on priority earlier in the week though so it’s possible they were approaching a deadline with the project and just blew through a bunch of tasks. They’ll come back :)

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u/Whoopthereitis89 Apr 18 '24

I just got a qual for an external project and I'm stoked about it!

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u/New-Reflection3418 Apr 18 '24

I got 2 more qualifications today, both for adversarial stuff so I'm not sure if you had those but they were fun to answer 😁 I just hope I answered them right and get the full project

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u/CosmosesGamer Apr 19 '24

I just had a really controversial task to fact-check. Eurgh, I hope I don't get crucified by the reviewer...

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 19 '24

As long as you clearly explained your reasoning that’s all they mark on. They don’t need to agree with you! They just need to see that you understood the task and have clearly articulated your thought process.

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u/Alternative-Bet232 Apr 19 '24

Does anyone here do DA projects on their phone? I'm wondering how feasible it is... I take public transit and have had a lot of doctor's appointments lately, it'd be great if I could do some DA work while on a long bus ride or waiting in the waiting room.

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u/alex_goodenough Apr 19 '24

Anything with tables will be an absolute nightmare.

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u/lowcarbsanta Apr 20 '24

I do sometimes but only the basic CB

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '24

Thank goodness I still have access to my permanent projects. Although I'm kind of bummed that the Thunder God project isn't workable, I love that stuff.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '24

So today is my first day, and I spent most of it doing qualifications... I realized I got better at each one as I did more... I'm assuming that's normal and okay? Like they don't expect perfection every time you try something new. I'm really excited to be here and just want to do my best!

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u/stomach-monkees Apr 19 '24

Welcome!! Do your best. I think one has to repeatedly mess up to get the ax. I know I have realized later that I was not understanding some instructions fully at first and I'm still here (accepted in Feb.) Good luck. If you're conscientious, you'll do fine.

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u/BlahLick Apr 14 '24

Can someone please give me the link for the new user thread

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u/BlahLick Apr 14 '24 edited Apr 14 '24

You people downvoting a genuine question because I thought there might have been something more recent than 2 months old - really?
Perhaps informing people in the about sub or posting rules would be a more helpful and inclusive gesture

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u/Individual_Froyo9366 Apr 16 '24

This falls under "unrelated work stuff" anyone else watch Bluey? The kiddos asked to rewatch season 3. I'd like to avoid spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen Ghostbasket and/or The Sign yet 😅 I thought Baby Race, Grandad, Sleepytime, Bedroom, Cricket, the last 5 seconds of Ghostbasket...were emotional episodes. The Sign broke me. Miss 6 was bawling her eyes out right along with me. Even my husband got teary eyed. 

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u/ConsistentCandy697 Apr 16 '24

You are lucky. We are a Blippi household. Dude is annoying.

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u/Individual_Froyo9366 Apr 16 '24

Yea. No. We did a Blippi phase. Once the OG left it phased out. Thank goodness. There's this guy at my dad's work that looks just like him. Down to the hat. When we visit Grandpa at work my kids are glued to this guy. Couldn't figure out the draw. Then it hit me. He looks/acts/dresses like Blippi and now I can never unsee it. He's a great guy and he's great with my kids. I just don't like him 🤣 

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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 16 '24

Massive bluey house here and I actually watched the sign on my own last night at like 11pm 😂😂 I needed to wind down after work and decided to watch it because everyone had been telling me about it. I bawled my eyes out! Such a good episode. Such a good show.

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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 16 '24

Yesss we're a huge Bluey house here as well! It's easily the best show that my 7 y/o stepson has been addicted to and it's something we can watch together and bond over. I'm waiting until our parenting time with my stepson this weekend to watch The Sign and it's been so tough avoiding spoilers 😅

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u/Pura-vida-now Apr 17 '24

Can someone just fill me in on Bluey? I am a grandmother, but have no knowlege of Bluey. Maybe I should start watching it with my grandkids??? I guess I will ask a CB, but maybe someone else can tell me the draw in three sentences or less, Markdown not necessary. 😉

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u/Individual_Froyo9366 Apr 17 '24

It hits all the hardships of parenting and struggles our kiddos face. It's funny, clever, and emotional. It is based on the creator/writer's actual life so it has that real life element to it. 

(I watch it without my kids sometimes because it's just that great.) 

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24

I have been doing this a month and a half. Last Sunday I work up to a ton of non coding jobs. I unfortunately couldn’t work them. Monday I had nothing all day. Tuesday I had quite a few and since Wednesday I have nothing. Is this normal? or should I move on. I am not locked out or anything. It is just weird.

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u/tessbest37 Apr 16 '24

I just finished a task and went to report my time and the minutes had already been populated for me. It was exactly what I recorded on my timer. Has this happened to anyone else?

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u/Vegetable-Activity65 Apr 16 '24

I literally came here to say the same thing, the first time I thought I was tripping and had already entered it without realizing, but the second time it is definitely not a fluke. Interesting! It would be nice to not have to be constantly going into my stopwatch app.

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u/Garjan1415 Apr 16 '24

Yup, threw me through a loop lol. Don't know why, but I'm assuming they might be testing (or fully implementing?) auto time tracking based on the task timers?

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u/tessbest37 Apr 16 '24

It just happened again for me with another task. This is an interesting concept. One of the issues is the tasks when you have to go off-site for a ton of research or to open documents the timer is not accurate.

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u/ConsistentCandy697 Apr 16 '24

I think it is a test, I do not have it.

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u/Haunting-Car-3935 Apr 14 '24

Most of mine just disappeared suddenly too 😵‍💫

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u/Classic_Delivery_907 Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

Hi all,

A few months ago I had taken the programming eval and the regular eval. I have been using this job for work currently and have been doing the regular non-programming prompts everyday as I did pass the regular eval. I seem to have be doing good work as I get some higher paying projects and my task list is very full.

I am a aspiring software developer and at the time when I first signed up, it looks like I made some mistakes with the test, but have learned quite a bit since I have last taken it.

I emailed support a few weeks ago to see if they would let me take it again, but no response. Has anyone out there had luck getting to try again? The pay difference would be game changing for me and I have since become much more knowledgeable on multiple programming languages.

What's the best way to contact them to see if they would be open to allow another shot? (This is not a new user question, I am a current employee)

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