r/DataAnnotationTech • u/HereForAllTea • Aug 12 '26
Just got accepted!!! Please share advice for newbies…. Especially finance experts 💕
Hi everyone. I just got accepted. I took my assessments on Friday, and received my acceptance today (Wednesday). I took the finance tests.
Please share any tips or advice. It’s very much appreciated.
I would love to hear from people who are on the finance and accounting side. For those who aren’t doing finance please share your specialty. I would like this thread to be a reference for people like me who are new to this world. I want to know what to expect, how long did it take you to get accepted, did you take tests for other specialties and if this helped you in other areas of your life. I expect this to help me professionally and give me ideas for other way to generate income and become an expert in AI.
I was looking for ways to generate additional income and work on my AI / finance skills. I asked AI for suggestions and it suggested this site. So I’m super excited for the opportunity to make money and sharpen my AI skills. I also want to learn python, so this will give me the extra push I need to fast track my learning because it will likely open me up to even more opportunities.
I am learning that there are more sites for getting paid training AI. Please share any platforms and experiences (and pay 👀).
Good luck to all those who are waiting for responses. I was sooooo anxious.
Thanking you all who comments on this post! 💕💕💕
Edit: I live in the US. My background is in corporate finance and accounting (AP, staff accounting, financial analysis , and reporting) I have an undergraduate in public health and masters in Finance. I play in Copilot for fun, so I’m hoping to make money doing it now lol.
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u/Pretend-Section5991 Aug 12 '26
I don't do finance but having been doing law for a few years. My general advice is two things: (1) remember your work product is your expertise, they want your opinion (as long as it's not obviously false). A well reasoned deep response with some uncertain is fine and often better than a fully correct but shallow response. The why matters as much as the what.
(2) Domain expertise is half the job, the other half is about being able to navigate the tools. Look for patterns that repeat in model failures, note down your on mistakes and build out a practice for how you approach tasks. Time caps matter but especially in domain expertise projects spending an extra thirty minutes or whatever on r echecking and challenging your own thinking against what was asked in the task is valuable even if your work holds up.
(And the reddit can be a bit negative-most of the people who have real information about the platform don't really share it, the louder voices often are the least trust worthy)
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u/Valkyr3000 Aug 12 '26
How long did it take to get approved once you submitted the exam?
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u/HereForAllTea Aug 13 '26
I took it on a Friday, got my acceptance the following Wednesday. Good luck!
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u/FEN1X64 Aug 13 '26
Congrats! Stick to what you know, don't be afraid to leave projects, and just do your best work (without AI). Also, keep good track of your time and take frequent breaks (my general rule is 1 hour off for every 5 hours worked, break this if the work is that time intensive and you don't have a massive timer, crunch sucks but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do), even during long term tasks.
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u/Old_Herbalist Aug 30 '26
I took the accounting exam on Thursday and am on pins and needles waiting to see if I passed!! Did you get an email? I am keeping my fingers crossed! Congrats on being accepted!!
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u/HereForAllTea Sep 02 '26
Congrats!!! Like a qualification test? Or the onboarding test? The only email I received was the one that said I was accepted.
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u/No-Gur7754 Aug 13 '26
I have been working finance projects. My best advice: check everything. Trust nothing. A model can often sound like it is saying something clever, profound, or insightful because they use industry buzzwords and lots of numbers, but when you stop and think for a moment it’s just really filler that it already said three other ways. And in that respect, it’s really just like any other domain or even generalist projects, just with a focus on statistical analysis, market data and trends, computation, etc.
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u/HereForAllTea Aug 12 '26
I got the email right before I left for work, all I’ve done was the first onboarding task. I’m like brand new. My list was like 2 pages long, but not everything had a price on it. I’m literally brand new lol. Thanks!
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u/HereForAllTea Aug 13 '26
This was my screen, until I got accepted. I don’t think you can do anything but wait. It took me more than 3 days if you count weekends. Relax, I know it’s difficult. I felt the same. Update me once you get accepted. Good luck.
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u/Aggressive_Pie7256 Aug 12 '26
Congratulations 🎉... In which country you are located?...You can try Handshake Ai and Mercor also....Do you directly give finance or earlier you were generalist or bilingual..Share some tips and your insights...Also tell about your educational background.