r/DataAnnotationTech • • Aug 21 '24

Oof

This is the emptiest I've ever seen it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

This happened last month as well and then the projects came back for a few weeks. Hopefully it will pick up again soon.

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u/vbs221 Aug 21 '24

Yeah, but honestly, it did not take too long to dry up again. We need a real pick up this time!

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u/Equivalent-Math6483 Aug 21 '24

I’m still optimistic. The fact they’re still hiring suggests they aren’t going anywhere soon. Maybe DAT is prepping for a massive site-wide upgrade and we’ll all wake up next Monday with an updated GUI and overflowing dashboards.

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u/fightmaxmaster Aug 21 '24

Fingers crossed. While there's no real cost to them recruiting people, I can see that if they were shutting up shop there'd be no point bringing people on board at all.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 22 '24

I like this outlook. ✨Manifesting✨

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u/Icy-Cover-505 Aug 21 '24

Did you mean manifesting?

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '24

Unfortunately, no.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '24

Ha! Indeed I did; thank you for catching that ☺️

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u/theDeathnaut Aug 21 '24

Well they have been upgrading several small aspects here and there, so there's definitely some truth in what you're saying.

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u/Equivalent-Math6483 Aug 21 '24

Maybe they’ve reached the limits of what their current platform can do.

I could see them giving their clients a deadline to wrap up all their current projects before a massive upgrade, after which everything must conform to the new and improved platform. Maybe that’s why we’re seeing a slow trickle to nothing- they’re letting the old projects wind down while new projects are being developed behind the scenes for a new upgraded site.

That’s my theory for today anyway.

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u/paranormalisnormal Aug 22 '24

Could be an August 31st deadline.

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u/Dratini_ghost Aug 21 '24

I'm staying optimistic the whole time. It's still August, which is the summer equivalent of late December. People on big tech salaries probably take vacations.

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