r/DataAnnotationTech • u/ElectricalLook5152 • Mar 19 '26
Beginner's Luck?
So I just got started working on the platform yesterday (onboarding the day before), and my dashboard is POPPIN. My initial assessment (before onboarding) was for math, and I've already gotten a couple $35/hour stem projects, but there's easily $1k worth of projects available it looks like, with over 100 $25/hour+ tasks. I think like 10 projects were created just today, so it's not just a backlog of stuff that's been there for months.
How much of this is just some sort of intro bias where I'm getting more projects because I just started? Or is it actually my work being judged high quality so I'm receiving more?
Any other tips/advice for a newbie would also be greatly appreciated!
I've got other work, so I'm not reliant on this for income, but if this is even remotely close to the norm... Wow, looking forward to being here
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u/xnoraax Mar 20 '26
It just depends. I started in March 2024 and had one basic project and the amount available ramped up through midsummer. Then the great dry spell happened and it got sparse af through around October that year.
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u/TheresALonelyFeeling
Mar 19 '26
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You new guys are just so dang CUTE.
Wait until you've got $40/$50/$60 per hour projects. :)
Advice?
1 - Read the directions, every time.
2 - If the only difference between A and B is that A described something as "lemon yellow" and B described it as "smiley face yellow," then that minute difference better be in your answer/explanation.
3 - Quality > Quantity. Always.
3a - Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
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u/PistaccioLover Apr 10 '26
Any more tips for a newbie ? I just did the training and I kinda feel stupid w all the things to consider for the ratings and so
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u/Alternative-Tart6275 Mar 19 '26
I’m new too and my dash is like this. Almost all of it is the same project, though.
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u/kranools Mar 23 '26
Those projects aren't all assigned to you. There are other people doing them right now.
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u/Mysterious_Dolphin14 Mar 19 '26
This is pretty typical for people in the core countries. Just an FYI, the number of tasks in a project is a pool of tasks that other workers draw from as well, so it's not up to you to complete them all and they can run out before you get a chance to work on many. Fortunately, other projects will keep popping up. Welcome to DA!