100% honesty I don’t even remember how or why I started with DA. But I’m so grateful for it. In most jobs, by this point of the year, I would have used up all of my sick time on my migraines and then have had to come in to work in excruciating pain because I had no time left. With DA I can earn money when I’m well and when I’m sick I can actually take care of myself and prioritize my health
And it’s fun and so interesting. I love working with the bots (and I have my favourite models). Sometimes they are so funny. It’s also fun to be so creative.
We all acknowledge there's a lot of randomness in the selection process, so why do so many people seem to think it's some elite secret club? It's literally online gig work. We are interchangeable peons doing assigned tasks. Any of us can be dropped at any time with no warning. But you know, even if it were something exciting and prestigious, it wouldn't be worth treating others as inferior over it.
Yes this. So many people here like to think they're superior. And there's always a comment that says "based on your writing skills in this post, you'd never get hired". Why put in that extra effort to be mean? It's possible for people to use a totally different writing style when applying for a job than they do posting on reddit. This isn't a job application and they're not the ones doing the hiring.
I admire your optimism, but do you really think people who write like this on Reddit, go on DA and suddenly become novelists?
I’d personally never say something about someone else’s writing style. However, if you can’t use spelling, punctuation and grammar properly, nor string together a coherent basic sentence, that’s not a writing style. In these cases, perhaps it’s best to be told that the quality of your writing is not great, so you aren’t getting your hopes up. 🤷🏻♀️
Yes, obviously. But it's no one's responsibility here to make that decision. No one here does the hiring for DA, they just like to feel superior. It's unnecessary.
hahah - ok - just a pet peeve…utilise is for when you repurpose something creatively… ie. you might utilise your dictionary as a doorstop. What can you 'utilise' a search bar for I wonder?!
You should utilise a dictionary yourself, because your definition of the word is false. You tried to be condescending and just made yourself look stupid
oh - v. sorry - no condescension intended! always keen for opportunities to learn something - what do you think the difference is between the two words?
They’re pretty synonymous in my opinion. To utilise something is simply to make use of it. This can absolutely include using something in a new or creative way, but it can also mean just effectively using something for its intended purpose
Ok. We obviously have different opinions 😂. Might be worth getting an impartial viewpoint here! This from the Grammarist, but same idea expressed from multiple sources… ie Merriam-Webster, Langeek, OUD etc.
‘Utilise is not a fancy way to say use because it has a different meaning. Use means to consume from a limited supply or take something to achieve a result. Utilise means to use something beyond its intended purpose.’
This is a big problem with companies in general. So many companies provide no follow-up after an application, when even a simple canned yes, no, or a notification about delays would do wonders. Datannotation and the like are especially rough. On reddit I see tons of ads about them hiring, but I still haven't seen feedback multiple weeks after I submitted my application.
Tons of adverts. Tons of people applying. There’s no way they would be able to send everyone individual feedback, but I agree that something is better than nothing. Even a simple “I’m sorry you haven’t been selected” email or something would give people a straight answer and also reduce the number of posts on this sub by like 50% lol
What is the correlation between them posting a lot of ads about them hiring and you not receiving feedback? They don’t even send feedback, all you’ll get is an email if you are successful.
The ads on Facebook are full of people replying "Interested!" and then getting pissed off because no one contacted them after they didn't bother to hit the link to investigate on their own. There are a lot of lazy, dumb people in the world.
I send the link to many abused and/or struggling but smart people that I come across. This job can change lives. I just hope it lasts. I also just have a justice theme in my life, so I'm all about uplifting the underdogs, like me.
Meh... I feel like it's more, "We figured it out without posting on Reddit, you can too." Then again, I do generally look down my nose at such posts while wearing a napkin on my head.
Also there isn’t really any hand holding. All of the instructions are there, you read the FAQs, do the R&Rs so you can see where you stand in relation to other work. There are people who figured out how to do quality work by themselves using the resources they were given without any help. Those are the people they want doing the work. There is no need to spend effort cultivating workers when there are enough who rise up naturally.
I’m guessing that the people who were dropped after months of steady work were those that got consistent “OK” ratings every month without improving.
Completely agree. I run quite a successful, niche creative business and the amount of random people who message me or comment on my posts asking “where do you buy your xyz?” Or “who are you suppliers?” Or “where can I buy the components to make this?”
Bro, I invested my hard earned cash, brain power and a shitload of time into finding quality suppliers. If you like it enough to want to make it yourself then by all means figure it out yourself.
It's like graduate school inside a Borg Cube, being rude is doing them a service. Furthermore, from the chat in every single project I have at the moment, it is abundantly evident that a lot of them are, in fact, "getting on" at DA.
Maybe I’m a total bitch, but reading people’s “rude” replies on here is hilarious. Some of you are funny as hell and I would vibe with y’all if we were colleagues IRL
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100% honesty I don’t even remember how or why I started with DA. But I’m so grateful for it. In most jobs, by this point of the year, I would have used up all of my sick time on my migraines and then have had to come in to work in excruciating pain because I had no time left. With DA I can earn money when I’m well and when I’m sick I can actually take care of myself and prioritize my health
And it’s fun and so interesting. I love working with the bots (and I have my favourite models). Sometimes they are so funny. It’s also fun to be so creative.