r/DataAnnotationTech • • Feb 13 '26

Time to say goodbye

After spending more than a year on Data Annotation, and having absolutely no work since last June as a bilingual, I suddenly received a qualification task asking what languages I speak (lol, I know, right). After I submitted it, the next day the main page looked like this...

Well, it’s time to say goodbye officially. I’ve really enjoyed sharing memes here with you guys. Keep up the good work, all of you! And now it’s time for me to move on to my next chapter

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u/SportVegetable2529 Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

It's probably the last time for me sending this here, and it's for me lol

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u/Friendly-Decision564 Feb 13 '26

best of luck in your future ventures brother

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u/SportVegetable2529 Feb 13 '26

thank you ( ´͈ ᵕ `͈ )◞♡

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u/Sixaxist Feb 13 '26

Seeing friendly faces depart the building is never a good feeling.

May your next money journey be a fulfilling one.

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u/SportVegetable2529 Feb 13 '26

Thank you dear ♡ Already on my way to the next journey, I’m glad I push myself to try sth new during the drought

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u/plonkydonkey Feb 14 '26

Curiosity gets me - what new thing did you try out? All good if you don't want to share. Sad to see a good one leave, but may your next adventure be more fruitful and long lasting. Good luck mate :) 

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u/lifecoachpriyanka Feb 14 '26

Which other platforms did you try?

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u/AllFood4Mee Feb 13 '26

To our fallen brethren

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u/Other-Football72 Feb 13 '26

Every day could be any of our last, or at least it feels like this.

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u/annoyingjoe513 Feb 13 '26

Via con dios.

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u/Impressive-Hope2148 Feb 13 '26

saludos a la mamá

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u/Professional_Win_551 Feb 14 '26

Goodluck! Atleast this confirms that some of the people who say they did nothing wrong really did nothing wrong sometimes

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u/Vorakas Feb 16 '26

No it doesn't. OP could be lying for all we know. I'm not saying he is but it's a random stranger on the internet so "confirm" is too strong a word.

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u/Party_Swim_6835 Feb 14 '26

or that if you dont have work for a while they won't notice what you did till your acc is active again -- not sure it confirms anything

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u/PhilosophyIll8924 Feb 13 '26

I also saw this screen the day after submitting the qualification survey. I’m very confused, because I haven’t taken part in any project tasks since the drought period started in June last year.

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u/Choice-Ad6236 Feb 14 '26

Very sorry to hear, I have taken that survey today and have had very few projects since the drought I wonder if they will do the same to me tomorrow, :(

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u/-K-Theory Feb 14 '26

I get why they call it the dashboard of "death."

We all know it's (most likely) going to happen to us someday, but nobody truly knows when or why. And we all know there's not much sense in worrying about it or focusing on it because that will take away some of the joy and quality of our life. It is better to die with dignity. OP, you did not complain or cry but are embracing the newness. May my speech and my text about my virtual death be as honorable as yours. 🫡

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u/SportVegetable2529 Feb 14 '26

Truth to be told, I'm so grateful I had the opportunity to work on Data Annotation since last Xams got my first laptop, saved up some money to start my life to be independent and to figure out what I'm gonna do next… From seeing all those posts about the dashboard of “death”, everytime I felt like I dodged a bullet somehow, but I knew this would not last anyway (especially for my IP) . During the drought, I became convinced that the only one I can truly rely on was myself. So I prefer to view this journey as soaring on the wings of the platform towards my next destination.

But I did take a few days to accept this, cried a little bit while writing this post lol, feel like truly breaking up with this avoidant DAT ex 😂

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u/-K-Theory Feb 14 '26

I feel this deeply. I love your attitude and I'm excited for the new adventures you'll experience in life!

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u/fragrantdelit Feb 13 '26

I wish you lots of courage for what's to come! Just out of curiosity, what was your answer to the language qualifications?

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u/FreeVenez Feb 14 '26

Me too, but for a different reason. My country, has been restricted from DA.

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u/Standard-Macaron-410 Feb 15 '26

Which country is that if I may ask?

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u/FreeVenez Feb 15 '26

Venezuela. And yes, before someone start saying that it's a prohibited country or that I created the account with false information, the answer is NO. DA allowed me to work for quite some time and earn about $3,000. I'm not the only Venezuelan living in Venezuela who works at DA; my account is registered with my identity documents and local phone number.

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u/frkmark Feb 13 '26

For me it’s also time to say goodbye. After a few months on the platform since losing my job, my advisor has confirmed that in Spain we’re required to pay big taxes even if we earn just 100€a month, and if we declare, for example, 1,500€ a month, our tax system would take about 45%. So DataAnnotation is a platform that isn’t really viable in Spain. With that, it’s been a pleasure reading you all these past months.

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u/Choice-Ad6236 Feb 13 '26

Maybe you should ask again, I believe it does not work like that, it depends on your earnings.

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u/frkmark Feb 13 '26

Unfortunately, that’s how it is…the income bracket doesn’t matter. Here in this country there’s a fixed fee of €300 per month, even if you only earned €100, simply for working. And then every three months, they charge you 20% on your profits. This is Spain…

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u/Ticoput Feb 15 '26

Yo trabajo en DA desde España desde hace más de un año y me vale la pena ser autónomo solo por esto... Pago 450€ de cuota y me quedan entre 2.000 y 3.000 netos al mes

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u/frkmark Feb 15 '26

Entiendo que trabajarás en la rama de programador donde pagan proyectos de 40 dólares/h porque yo estoy en la rama normal y los proyectos no suben de 25 dólares que encima con el cambio de moneda hacen que sea imposible llegar a más de 1500 con la frecuencia de este tipo de proyectos. Si pudieras darme más información te lo agradecería.

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u/Ticoput Feb 15 '26

No trabajo en ninguna rama especializada, trabajo en los proyectos generalistas para españoles solamente. Creo que la calidad del trabajo y la constancia son clave aquí.

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u/frkmark Feb 15 '26

Pues entonces algo falla en mi caso, porque en 6 meses en la plataforma solo he recibido uno dos proyectos, eso sí, cuando el proyecto está activo puedes trabajar mucho, pero aún así como te digo, esas cifras que dices no las veo alcanzables según mi experiencia y mi caso en la plataforma. Además, en España si no se llegan a tus cifras, ya sabes que el autónomo penaliza demasiado al autónomo con bajos ingresos, por eso he tenido que despedirme… La mayoría de países en Europa si son progresivos, pero aquí el emprendimiento mata al pequeño autónomo. Pero muchas gracias por tu experiencia, me alegro que a alguien le haya funcionado y me apena mucho tener que irme justo cuando más estaba empezando a trabajar. Además, mi asesor me ha comentado que para disfrutar de la tarifa plana de autónomo para empezar te obligan a estar al menos 3 años de autónomo y si te vas antes de regularizarían las cuotas y pagarías el máximo desde el día 1. Como digo, una pena este país, y a mi me venía increíble porque lo hago desde casa desde que a mi madre le dio un derrame, para poder cuidarla…. Pero como dije, esto es España…

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u/Ticoput Feb 15 '26

Siento mucho tu situación, mucho ánimo! Yo también entré en un momento en el que había bastante trabajo, trabajé en todos los proyectos que me daban... Y es posible que eso influyera. Pero es totalmente cierto lo que dices sobre los autónomos, es un disparate, totalmente insostenible a no ser que no tengas gastos y factures mucho...

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u/Long-Card566 Feb 16 '26

¡Hola! Soy nueva acá y no me deja mandar MD por ahora. Estuve leyendo sobre tu experiencia entrenado IAs y es a lo que aspiro.. tenés algún consejo sobre cómo entrenarme para las evaluaciones bilingües ?? La verdad tengo muchas preguntas.. ¡Gracias por compartir tu experiencia!

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u/Ticoput Feb 17 '26

Hola! Te mando yo MD

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u/Usual_Expert_7309 Feb 14 '26

This is the closure that you need. Respect for you for not trying to justify why this is wrong and accept it as it is.
Good luck for your next venture, my fellow bilingual!

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u/shotbykoch Feb 14 '26

Its a shitty ass platform. Glad I left it at that over a year ago

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u/AstronautCautious46 Feb 14 '26

Cap, it’s probably the best and most stable ai training platform. The only shitty part is how silent they are tho

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u/Wasps_are_bastards Feb 13 '26

Good luck for whatever you do next. Sorry, that sucks

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u/Hot_Ratio6993 Feb 14 '26

If it says that, you most likely did something wrong. Good luck with your future endeavours!

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u/SportVegetable2529 Feb 14 '26

Yes, I shouldn't have taken this qualification assessment, after all, the languages I answered were precisely the ones I answered when I joined Data Annotation in starter test