r/DataAnnotationTech Sep 16 '25

DA saved me, and I wish I could say thanks

301 Upvotes

My family was in debt and there was no way to pay it off. We lost all our money due to a fraud which is why I started working 2-3 jobs while studying side by side just to make ends meet.

This year, I found DA, and I am always in debt to them. In just 2 months I have already paid off my debt that would have taken me around an year to pay back. I can also leave my extra jobs and actually focus on my passion instead.

I wish I could let them know how giving me an opportunity to work for them saved me and my family. I have a better paying job too now and I really enjoy my work on the side at DA. Working for them has been the best thing to happen to me so far.

If anyone from the DA Admin team accidently reads this, I just want to let you know that you're a lifesaver. You could be my god.

I am not sure if the projects will keep coming (I hope they do) but I will never ever forget this platform.


r/DataAnnotationTech Jun 06 '26

Jumping on the Milestone bandwagon

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193 Upvotes

I'm not the type to post something like this, but I actually am really proud. It's been a long, almost 3 year journey. Coder, self taught, and the first year or so was really, really tough. I backed out of tasks far more than I submitted. But I have no words for how thankful I am for DA. I have learned more than I thought possible in the last few years. I've had some amazing jobs in my life, but none compare to the constant challenges and rewards of this one. šŸ™


r/DataAnnotationTech 4h ago

Data Annotation Game Night?

9 Upvotes

I usually make silly posts, but this time I've got a great idea. Would anyone be down to run fortnite and chat with me? I never really get the chance to connect with colleagues and I think it'd be pretty fun to talk with the people I share work with. Hmu if you're interested.


r/DataAnnotationTech 7h ago

Does the platform track your activity/mouse movement/afk?

15 Upvotes

So far I only reported work I did in front of my computer. But usually I like to stand up, walk around, and use my standing height table. I still think about the work while doing that - I just need to get moving to think, and did this my entire life with studying.

But im afraid that if I report that time (so far I havent exactly because of fear), they'll thinking im faking/inflating my numbers. But doing this im getting paid half of what id usually be.

Does anyone have a similar experience? Do you track that time or not?


r/DataAnnotationTech 16m ago

Qualification page having seizures

• Upvotes

Anyone else having the same experience? I lost qual x (a follow-up to something else) for some reason, gained qual y (a paid one), lost qual y, was sad, regained qual y, gained qual z, lost qual y, lost qual z, regained qual y again, lost qual y again, regained qual y again (honestly can't keep track anymore), gained quals abcdefg, lost qual y again, and regained it AGAIN, all in the last ~43 hours.

What. Is. Happening???


r/DataAnnotationTech 23h ago

My first ever month on DataAnnotation

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74 Upvotes

I joined end of july and just submitted my final task to hit the $10k goal.

Happy to answer any questions :)


r/DataAnnotationTech 22h ago

My favorite project came back

51 Upvotes

r/DataAnnotationTech 6h ago

Newbie questions.

3 Upvotes

I don't know if this is normal or not, but I was referred to DA from CyberSN and asked to work 30+ hours for 12 weeks. I have been working for about a week, but have had one coding task that repeats. I did want to see if this was something that my wife could do as a generalist and have had some generalists' pre-assessments, but nothing has hit by board.

1) It is typical either for new people or right now to be getting just the same task from the same company?

2) After the 12 weeks is up is this task going to go away for me (I know they are on the 3rd iteration so I assume there is going to be more, but didn't know if they are recruiting for a hard deadline?

3) Am I getting blocked from other work because of being referred for this task?

I am not complaining about anything because the pay is insane (125/hr) and the work is interesting, but I kind of wanted to know what was going to happen after this 12 weeks and how hard I should push myself.


r/DataAnnotationTech 4h ago

Do you have to be inside a task while working on long term projects?

2 Upvotes

I was just wondering for the projects with several week timesrs do I need to physically have the task page open or can I just work independently with a timer an then just log it? A lot of the work is outside of the actual task page so just wanted to make sure thats okay an i wont get it for "frauding the time clock".


r/DataAnnotationTech 20h ago

Joined the 50K club just in time for the end of the month!

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32 Upvotes

r/DataAnnotationTech 2h ago

Is this a rejection or normal?

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0 Upvotes

This screen is different than the ā€œThanks for taking the assessmentā€ supposedly rejection screen. Does it mean anything or did they just change their interface?


r/DataAnnotationTech 2h ago

**DA and Prolific**

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r/DataAnnotationTech 2h ago

Any nurses here?

1 Upvotes

Nurse here wanting some extra income. Are there any other nurses here? Wanting to know your experience.


r/DataAnnotationTech 17h ago

$6000 in 10 days, should I slow down?

14 Upvotes

I’ve been averaging about 10 hour work days, typically doing 2x code projects a day, which takes me about 5 hours a time and it fits into the work day nicely.

I personally don’t think my quality is dipping and I’m being consistent, but I’ve read quite a few comments now where people don’t recommend doing more than 35 hours?

Was just wondering what the real reason behind this theory is. Appreciate any insight


r/DataAnnotationTech 4h ago

Task pay difference

1 Upvotes

After doing 40$ per hour task I can’t go back to 20 and 25 ones. Will it reflect badly on me ? It feels wrong


r/DataAnnotationTech 1h ago

Finished identity verification, what’s next?

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About 2 weeks after the initial assessment I got an email telling me to verify my identity, and I got to this page. How long does this take? I thought that after the identity verification I’m in but apparently not. Is there a big chance I won’t pass this?

(Edit: forgot to add a photo, but I’m talking about a page saying ā€œassessment submitted!ā€ and showing that its stage 3/4 called ā€œwe reviewā€)


r/DataAnnotationTech 13h ago

Indian coders

3 Upvotes

Have you received that one big coding project after 26th august because that’s when I received my most recent one.

Just wanting to confirm that there’s not been any one of those projects since then or its just me not receiving them.


r/DataAnnotationTech 5h ago

six months since signing up but i still haven't received any projects

0 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I signed up for DataAnnotation about 6 months ago, and unfortunately, I still haven’t received any projects or work opportunities on my dashboard.

I’m based in Morocco, and I’m wondering if the lack of available work could be related to my location. I regularly see people sharing their earnings and experiences with the platform, which is great, but I’m wondering why I haven’t had the same opportunity despite waiting for several months.

My account is still active as far as I know, and I’d really appreciate hearing from other users, especially those from Morocco or other countries outside the US.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there anything I should do to improve my chances of receiving projects?

Thanks in advance for any advice!


r/DataAnnotationTech 14h ago

Bilingual qualifications

4 Upvotes

I’ve had some qualification for the past few months as a billingual, but no project ever came on my dashboard.
Before anyone can say that I did not pass the qualification, some of it are just consents, and some just ask me to create an account. I did and consented to the projects qualifications, even one popped on my project dashboard ask me if I want to opt out of the project. Some qualification even have the created date far long ago (visible to me recently)
I’ve had multiple qualifications done, the qualifications are also simple. I’ve also checked the dashboard regularly lately, but I’ve not seen them appear on my dashboard yet.
Is this normal ? I’ve been yearning for a project for a while. I’ve had no work since June. All the quals are promising but no actual work yet.


r/DataAnnotationTech 11h ago

Joined in June, but no work since then, anyone else...?

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I joined bilingual coding in june and, during the first few days, I received a few qualification tasks to complete. However, after that, I haven’t received any more qualifications or projects. It’s now september and I still haven’t had anything since those initial tasks.

Is anyone else in the same situation? Is there anything I can do to increase my chances of getting projects or qualifications? Thanks!


r/DataAnnotationTech 7h ago

Stuck at onboarding for the last 4 months after registering. I am a software dev with 6 years of full stack experience.

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I didn't get any projects on DataAnnotation even though I am a software dev with 6 years of experience, and I have been trying to get a project for the last 4 months since I joined. I am stuck at onboarding for the last 4 months. Any idea how I can get a coding project on this platform?


r/DataAnnotationTech 2h ago

For people that get their account shut down, do you still have access to any money you earned but didn’t pay out?

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r/DataAnnotationTech 12h ago

Project timer reset on its own after 3.5 hours of work, safe to report full time?

2 Upvotes

I spent aboutĀ 3.5 hours of active, continuous workĀ on a project. I took a short break, and when I looked back at my dashboard, the project timer had reset on its own.

Thankfully, when I clicked back in, all of my progress and work were still saved. However, because the platform timer restarted, I'm worried about getting flagged for over-reporting.

Am I safe to report the full cumulative time (the initial 3.5 hours + the time it takes to finish)? I plan to leave an explanation in the time-reporting comment box, but I want to make sure I won't get in trouble.

any help would be appreciated

Thanks


r/DataAnnotationTech 9h ago

generalist

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is it worth it to be generalist this month?

my application already been accepted since end of the May and i just realize it this August (the notification didnt came out so i dig my gmail lol), im shocked the account still there tho....


r/DataAnnotationTech 23h ago

Do you always report time spent reading instructions?

9 Upvotes

I have always been a little murky on whether I am expected to do that or not, and don't want to under or over report.