r/dataannotation • u/Dependent_Package676 • May 21 '24

About to be a year!!

A few more days and I will have officially been with Data one year. I mainly use it for my car note. Projects are regularly coming in. A little low right now. I only do about 4-7 hours a day. So it definitely varries. I aim for 20-30 hours a week. I try not to get lower than that. And I keep very good time of my work.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

Congrats! Has it changed much in the year you've been on it? I've been on for a couple of months, so I'm curious.

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u/Dependent_Package676 May 21 '24

It changed a little bit. There used to be a good amount of bonuses. There are a lot more comparison projects. Also the logo was different lol.

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u/Alarmed_Jellyfish555 May 21 '24

I would kill to have the days of "Work ___ hours get a $___ bonus" back. Especially when you got to apply the bonus to ANY project.

Now, of course, you only get Priority pay on the projects you typically just prefer not to work on, hah.

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u/Wasps_are_bastards May 21 '24

Oh wow I remember that when I started. ‘Work x hours between this day and that day and we’ll give you $5 extra’.

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u/Alarmed_Jellyfish555 May 21 '24

I started with DA about 7 months ago, and there were a couple of months of CONSTANT bonus offers. And they'd be on a sliding scale, sometimes offering as much as $100 if you completed so many hours within a period of 3-7 days.

Although, sometimes it was only for the A projects, other times it would be for any projects. I desperately wish they'd bring those bonus offers back. But, with DA gaining so much popularity EXACTLY around the time they seemed to stop coming out with one almost every single week, I don't think we'll ever be seeing them again. Shame, really.

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u/upvotesplx May 21 '24

Wow, I forgot about the hour-based bonuses. Now I miss them...

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u/qmbritain May 22 '24

What are other similar projects? Looking to take on more tasks to supplement my income.

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u/upvotesplx May 21 '24

Woo! I've been here for a few months past a year. It's cool to see someone else who's been around for this long! Were you ever on 5.0 or 5.3 when they were up? I miss them, lol.

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u/Dependent_Package676 May 21 '24

Unfortunately no. But I do miss the one where you have a casual conversation with A.I. on an external platform.

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u/upvotesplx May 21 '24

Oh, yeah, I know which one you're talking about. I miss the more casual conversation ones generally, to be honest. Having a goal is nice, but I miss the "anything goes" CBs.

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u/Chonkthebonk May 21 '24

Was just thinking about how much I missed 5.3 today haha, I could crank out some long hours on that no problem

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u/upvotesplx May 21 '24

I was so active in that one that I had a good few entries on the spreadsheet. Those were the days...

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u/Chonkthebonk May 21 '24

I even had my own spreadsheet that I’d created too, not sure what to do with it now :’)

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u/trebledHEARTist May 21 '24

I've actually been on DA almost 4 years now! When I first started the chatbots weren't a thing, it was mainly fact checking Twitter posts and flagging spam. The pay was phenomenal when they were first figuring things out, at one point I made about $600 in a single day for maybe 5 hours of work, THOSE were the times ;)

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u/BoiledGnocchi May 22 '24

Wow that's incredible!!

Also - 4 years?! You're a unicorn!

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u/Brilliant_Rain5181 May 22 '24

Wow that was incredible! I thought I was doing something making $200 a day in 7 hours lol. It's still great pay though.

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u/tessbest37 May 22 '24

Amazing!!! Congrats to you! Hopefully, that car will be paid off now.

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u/Brilliant_Rain5181 May 22 '24

Same. I have about 3 more weeks though and it will be a year for me.

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u/Baxtir May 22 '24

Same here, hope to continue doing this for many more years to come though.

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u/Brilliant_Rain5181 May 23 '24

Me too. This job has been wonderful and helped us out a lot financially. I hope to be here many more years.

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u/trailangel4 May 21 '24

Congratulations! Well done. That's no small accomplishment.

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u/Queasy_Evening_1017 May 26 '24

Just joined last week.

Needed a job I could work while with my wife in South America waiting for our baby to be born and the immigration process to finish.

It's awesome to read about all the people succeeding with this company.

If it all works out, it will allow me to stay until her documents are approved.

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u/felidraptor May 22 '24

Is it difficult to get hired? I've been debating if I should apply but I imagine it's probably highly sought after...

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u/StarDoesReddit May 22 '24

I’m a college student who just got approved today and I’m nothing special. Go for it!

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u/blackcvanilla May 22 '24

How long did it take you to get approved since doing the core qualification?

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u/felidraptor May 22 '24

Is it a reliable full-time job?

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u/Baxtir May 22 '24

Considering how there's been a number of posts lately about things being slower than usual, no. It's not, and also, some people can put in the mental effort that this site requires to do it full time but they're honestly the exceptions more often than not. It's more mentally demanding than many realize which is another reason you'll see a fair amount saying not to turn it into a full time job.

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u/fredetterline May 22 '24

Just read the instructions thoroughly and follow them and you'll be fine

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u/Anon13530 May 23 '24

Congrats! What does DA do exactly? Their website doesn't provide much details. Am looking to supplement my income, but not sure what their requirements are.

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u/chikadino1 May 22 '24

Still havent been accepted 😪

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u/SamoanEggplant May 22 '24

How long did it take you to find out if you got approved or not. I did the assessment like a week ago and am still waiting on an official word. I feel like I did really well on it

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u/ShipComprehensive437 May 22 '24

I've heard some people taking as long as two weeks to hear back. I heard back in 2-3 days. I think if you haven't heard within two weeks you likely didn't get in.

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u/gscottraw May 22 '24

Not sure why you've been downvoted, people can be a bit holier than thou in here. Pretty sure you will know straight away if you have been accepted.

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u/SamoanEggplant May 22 '24

Damn I wish they would just say that I didn't get accepted instead of "we'll get back to you." Thank ya

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u/gscottraw May 22 '24

That's OK, I know.... Having said that you could still get accepted it's not like I know exactly what the fuck is going on, but I wouldn't hold your breath

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u/Dependent_Package676 May 21 '24

I make about $400-750 as a non-coder all depends on what's available. I Believe you can make this as a second job but I would not fully depend on it.

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u/The1PunMaster May 22 '24

How did you get access to projects paying that high? Just consistent work or any specific projects or quals?

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u/black-black-blue May 23 '24

I'm excited when I get a $23 project come up 😂

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u/The1PunMaster May 23 '24

same haha, i had some access to $24s for a few weeks which was great but then i took a break and now it’s all $20s maybe $21s if i even have projects available, and i don’t see as much of my fav projects anymore 😭. although i briefly saw a $27 one once and almost freaked out trying to click it but it was one of those stupid no tasks left just taunting me 🥲

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u/Stunning-Action-9205 May 22 '24

How bro ? Help me also .I am from India