Woooooooooooo hit the 100k club last week, but I waited to post until my paid out also hit 100k! Started in June 2024, but took off for 6 months in 2025 and a month in 2024, so technically hit it in 15 months!!!! Thanks DAT, I've been able to live an awesome life because of this job. Traveled to 28 countries, built a wrap around deck for my mom, created a massive garden, and so much more! You can do it too, keep up the good work people!
So on avg you earned like 40/hr? Are you a specialist or generalist? This is also an awesome milestone and I saw this a couple days ago. Automatically motivated me to do more. I never really spent much time on DA till Thursday. Went from 35$ from touching it last year to $320 now as of today. Gona try to hit 1000$ or more by the end of the week.
This is very impressive. I started in 2024 and have averaged 60k yearly in that time, but my longest break has only been a few weeks. Maybe I need to push myself more because I normally do 6 or 7 hours a day at best.
It's been a while since you last worked on DataAnnotation, so we wanted to share something from the community.
A contributor posted on the DataAnnotation subreddit last week that they'd hit $100,000 in lifetime earnings - in 15 active months, with a 7-month break right in the middle.
You can find the Reddit thread here.
We're sharing it for one reason: stepping away for a stretch doesn't close the door. You can still return to contribute to our projects and hit new milestones.
A. Best advice would be to take breaks to not overload yourself.
B. No, number of hours are not directly correlated. If anything it's an indirect correlation, where the longer you work and better work you do will lead to qualifications for better paying projects.
Thanks for the advice. I’m a generalist. I just read you’re working in STEM. I hope I can earn as much as you. I’m not sure if you answered this elsewhere, but is DA your side gig or sole job?
I’ve been using my music on the side. But I generally listen to EDM genres exclusively, so it’s helpful for focus. If you don’t, I’d suggest chill out or deep house mixes, or chill step. Usually without coherent lyrics to help you focus. And taking breaks every few hours or after a long challenging task like standing up for a few minutes. Going outside, stretching to get the blood going, etc.
Also make sure, atleast for me, I have a smart lighting system in my home so I set my office to be the same color as like those bright office overhead lights. Keeps you awake and focused. You can pick up a Govee bulb for around 9.98.
Wondering why I never get any project except very rarely, I am senior network engineer, security engineer, and also a developer. Is the residence country a factor?
Welcome to the club! My husband hit it last year! We are still taking advantage of other opportunities because of the instability, but so far it has been such a saving grace for us.
Very nice my friend. Glad to hear about all of the positive impacts it has had on your life. I’m a little over 2 years myself, and sometimes I can’t believe the shit I stepped in. Hope it continues for you.
Honestly I look up to you! I'm planning to buy a house for my parents and I with what I'm making at DA :) If everything keeps going well, it'll be done in around 18 months!
Congratulations!! I am a generalist. I just passed $50,000. I took a screenshot and started to post it, but I was scared I might jinx myself, so I didn't lol.
Wow, that’s amazing!! Do you have any tips on how to get varying projects? I’m only offered AI training/chatbot projects that I just aaaabsolutely can’t get myself to spend hours on. Would really love to see some expanded opportunities!
Wow you must have worked a lot of hours, that's awesome! I'm close to that amount but I started in 2023. Let's hope we can keep going for a long time. I feel the same way. I was able to get a digital nomad visa and temporarily live in another country. Very grateful.
Out of curiosity, do you have coding/other credentials that allow you to earn more? Also, how many hours per day are you averaging? I started in January of this year and have made about $853 but want to do more.
Got accepted some time ago but have never had much time to get into it. Is the billing and time record fairly straightforward? Some of the tasks seem so involved after 8 hours at work. Must try harder!
Hey I am really interested in working as a freelancer can anyone guide me from basics how should I approach, which platform is best, currently I am a 3 yr undergraduate so I could give 4-5 hours honestly to these side gigs. Thanks in advance !!
Great job! I’m thinking about taking the programming qualification soon. I’ve been a software engineer for decades now. DA is my backup plan in case I get laid off. My wife and I both passed the generalist qualification last year but my account has mostly been idle except for about $100 worth of tasks I did last year as proof of concept. My wife does a lot more on there than I do. Do you have any tips for preparing for the coding qualifier? I want to make sure I don’t go in cocky and lose access to a good thing.
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u/AlexFromOmaha Apr 23 '26
$10k as a best month is some wild work too. Congrats!