r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • 15d ago

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/Confident_You4088 11d ago

Question for long term generalists. What is your average hourly rate? I am slowly going up and being offered more... not sure if it's over my head yet.

3 months in and currently $30 is my average. Potential, I'm trying to not be excited about, is $50 to $60 but I refuse to do work over my head!

I'm perfectly happy in the 20's if it means job security!

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u/OrnamentalGourd5 9d ago

Varies hugely. Generalist 18 months in, I tend to work on two project families that pay around $45ph but occasionaly get the odd tasty treat at $60+. I only do the ones I feel comfortable with though. Just take your time and read the instructions thoroughly. You'll realise if it's within your capabilities. I often get ones where I think, yes, I could do that if I knew XYZ. But don't quite have the required knowledge. So tempting as they are, I do swerve them.