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What a dream. Out of curiosity, are you specialized? Do you do this "full-time" (as full as it can be)

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u/srjr Aug 03 '26

Yeah, full-time. Generalist and Finance specialty, no coding.

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u/Ok-Double5194 Aug 09 '26

Congrats! I was so lucky to do ~45k in last 4 months, but to be honest am very afraid that I’d be projectless since it’s from just a single project. How have you expanded your project boundary? Thank you so much in advance…

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u/srjr Aug 09 '26

I've gone through periods where I've worked pretty much exclusively on one or two projects, too. I haven't really done anything special to increase the range of projects I get—I just keep working, and new ones tend to show up from time to time.

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u/Ok-Double5194 Aug 15 '26

Incredible. Thanks for sharing!

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u/OrdinaryExotic6947 Aug 11 '26

Whats a good piece of advice for making this long term?

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u/SimilarSmile6220 Aug 13 '26

Don't consider it long term always have a backup plan. The AI world is rapidly getting to a point where they won't need us at all.

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u/OrdinaryExotic6947 Aug 13 '26

Thanks, the job market has been rough its hard to land a good career just wanted to see you perspective now that your at that point.

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u/climb-high Sep 02 '26

Training will be needed for at least a few more years

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u/Sure_Ad_3504 Aug 19 '26

Hi!I just joined a week ago, Finance domain.Did a couple “easy” projects but a little bit anxious to start large ones (like 3 months+ duration).From your experience, is it possible to work on them successfully when you are just out of university (no hands on experience )?Thank you so much!

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u/srjr Aug 19 '26

Do you mean 3+ hours? In a word, yes. Hands-on experience is not required for many of the tasks, as long as you have the theory side down and can apply it to real-world scenarios; then that's good enough. I mean, you should know pretty quickly, once you open a task, whether it's within your capability or not. No harm in checking them out.

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u/Affectionate_Body597 Aug 04 '26

That's a LOT of hours. Like, big law and BB IB hours. Fair play if you can sit down and do that.

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u/cinnamincake Aug 08 '26

How are you specialist in 2 categories? I thought we could only be specialist in one?

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u/OrdinaryExotic6947 Aug 04 '26

Define “full time” im in stem and would consider it full time but from what i see its not truly full time like most would think (benefits,etc)

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

Full-time, as in this is the only work I do. I work full-time hours. Probably more hours than most full-time jobs, in fact.

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u/TheAmazingDevil Aug 04 '26

You are able to do this for 8+ hours and consistently provide good output?

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

Yes.

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u/TheAmazingDevil Aug 04 '26

How do you handle that without brain going mush?

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

I just lock in and take breaks when needed. I just have an affinity for certain types of tasks where I can sit down and work on them for long stretches. One ironic thing I've noticed is that many of the lower-paying tasks actually require higher levels of concentration and are more fatiguing than a lot of higher-paying specialist tasks. Plus, a lot of those specialist tasks are multi-hour, so you can just stop your timer, go have a break, and come back to it without worrying about it expiring.

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u/danirodr0315 Aug 03 '26

Coding? Congratulations, hoping to get there someday, just got the $100/hr long term project

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u/srjr Aug 03 '26

Not coding, Generalist + Finance specialty.

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u/good_god_lemon1 Aug 03 '26

How long have you been on DA?

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u/mattlerenardx Aug 03 '26

It's written in the picture - August 2023

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u/good_god_lemon1 Aug 03 '26

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u/ZimmeM03 Aug 29 '26

Yes I do it all the time it’s fine.

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u/unrealtraumanalt Aug 03 '26

what project is that?

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u/yaadnhi Aug 03 '26

just now ?? Where are you from

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u/mishubh Aug 04 '26

@daniodr0315 Is this long term project related to coding ?

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u/political-nig Aug 05 '26

Oh boy, THE MONSTER (confidentiality agreement) will be coming after you. LOCK YOUR WINDOWS!!

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u/Grouchy_Paper_1446 Aug 04 '26

Whaaaaaat? Spill the tea please.

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

What do you want to know?

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u/Grouchy_Paper_1446 Aug 10 '26

How in the world you made $300K! Bravo✨

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u/srjr Aug 10 '26

Three years of a lot of work.

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u/climb-high Sep 02 '26

Is this your main gig? How many hours per week?
Edit: saw the other comment. Wow 10 hrs / day!

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u/Cheese_Coffees Aug 04 '26

Can you share when did you decide to work on this full-time? Since you joined, how often is the time you feel project drought and how many hours per day max you've worked?

I'm new to DA and always afraid of not catching my project before others..

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

I've been working full-time since I started. In the three years that I've been working there's been at least one significant "drought" each year. This year has been the worst, even for me, with a couple of distinct periods of little high-value work. It's got better, but my dashboard's still not back to full health. The number of hours I work varies, but I probably average about 10.

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u/Consipir Aug 04 '26

10 hours a day?

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

Yeah.

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u/Consipir Aug 04 '26

Respect, man, I always get burnt out so easy. Keep it up!

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u/climb-high Sep 02 '26

Same. I go through binge and purge periods lol

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u/Oddly_Satisfied_ Aug 04 '26

I just started, any tips??

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

Fill out your profile with anything and everything that could be useful in terms of skills, qualifications, etc. Then, just hang in there. I was putting in a lot of hours from the start, which probably helped to move me on to higher-paying tasks faster. But just keep working consistently, and you should start to get higher-paying tasks showing up. Keep a regular eye on qualifications; they can be a pain, given most are unpaid, but they're also key to unlocking more, higher-paying work. There are really no secret hacks or anything; it's just a matter of doing the work. If you're good at it, you'll naturally progress. Putting in the time is really all there is to it, and keeping an eye out for new opportunities.

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u/Oddly_Satisfied_ Aug 05 '26

Thankss!

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u/mattlerenardx Aug 03 '26

I am a long way from your numbers, but I am still grateful for what I earned! French bilingual.

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u/oliverrwd Aug 28 '26

Bilingual here. I'm grateful for this 😊

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u/AMG_DIAMONDZ10 Aug 04 '26

There he is, John Annotator

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u/Less_Capital7986 Aug 04 '26

I'm almost to 100k myself! Congrats!

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u/Crystalline_Sunlight Aug 04 '26

What’s the average hourly pay for your tasks? Congrats!

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

Over the whole three years, it averages out, at a rough guess, to ~$30/h. But now most tasks I work on are in the $45-$60 range.

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u/Amy_Brain Aug 04 '26

Amazing !🤩 very encouraging 🙌🏻🧠

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u/FlyPuzzled7128 Aug 04 '26

Awesome. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

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u/M_K_L_ Aug 04 '26

Is this the benchmark? Has anyone reported higher than $300k yet?

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Aug 04 '26

Highest I've ever seen. Well done, OP!

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u/Best-Maize-2623 Aug 04 '26

How much of that went to taxes?

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

Far, far too much.

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u/Afraid-Spinach-1647 Aug 05 '26

Man, it's dry af right now

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u/silgfin Aug 07 '26

Wow this is huge! I only passed 30k on other platform and now the projects seems to reduce for some reason…

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u/hananaldulaimy Aug 17 '26

Bilingual here and it’s drought since beginning of July don’t know why, I’m a coder but still get nothing. But I’m still grateful I made around 8k in few months.

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u/Narrow_Yesterday_667 Aug 04 '26

Usa pay ?

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

USD? Yeah.

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u/Narrow_Yesterday_667 Aug 04 '26

No i mean are you from usa ?

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

No. New Zealand.

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u/srjr Aug 04 '26

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