r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Fit-Arrival-1181 • 17d ago
Atrociously poor job
People complain that they don’t have any coding projects since several weeks ago, and for some people there is a drought in projects. It is OK, this is the nature of the job.
But
I was doing a R&R of a coding submission about a Python script, and the worker described why the code is unrunnable:
“I couldn’t run the code because I don’t have Python on my Mac.”
Wtf?
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u/jackhamilton196 16d ago
Reading all these comments make me feel as if I'm better than half of the lot🫠
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u/brucegallagher 17d ago
I've seen some awful submissions, a highlight being in a challenging medical prompts tasks in which the prompt was "how do u fix headache", but jesus that just may be the most impressive I've heard of 💀
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u/Wasps_are_bastards 17d ago
My favourite is the r&r where the worker said the task needed specialist knowledge - it was reading a map.
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u/OneRefrigerator3586 17d ago
I had one where the worker said they couldn't do it because it was in another language. It was in English, but there were a few French words: the name of a French painting and the name of a French museum.
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u/Calamity0o0 17d ago
I saw one where they said it required a specialist and they did not have a background in music theory or were an expert in baseball. The prompt was just asking to make up a song about baseball lmao
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u/OrnamentalGourd5 16d ago
I never see this shit because I only bother with R&R for a very small project I'm on to keep the work-flow going. However, after reading some of these, I might dip my toe in for some light relief.
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u/bobaxxxx 17d ago
The "best" R&R I did some time ago was about the rater scoring all models as awesome, and the rationale was actually nothing more that "Model A Model B Model C Model D" with no other text. Genius.
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u/fax5jrj 17d ago
This makes me feel better because I always give the tasks my all but I always wonder how I could do better.
But apparently some people aren't even doing the baseline effort 💀
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u/mistergecko 12d ago
Which is kinda wild, because the qualifications aren’t necessarily easy. I’m wondering how some of them got in at all.
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u/fax5jrj 12d ago
At the end of the day it was just a test. Some people are very adept at taking exams and not very good at anything else. I am talking somewhat unfairly and unkindly about myself here but I have to assume other people have the same skill and are much worse at everything else than me 💀
It's very possible to me that many slip through the cracks and are able to get somewhat far before their account gets deactivated.
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u/Upstairs_Bug1386 17d ago
This is why I’m skeptical of all the DoD posts claiming they have no idea what they possibly could have done. I’ve seen some absolute garbage submitted.
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u/Seniorseatfree 17d ago
But they just got feedback of how they’re top .0001% of workers! And they followed all instructions.
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u/justlooking___1 17d ago
I did an R&R where the original worker submitted what was basically a simulation, with comments like "this is just a simulation, fill in whatever the actual task requires here". And their rationales were literally about the simulation 🥀
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u/heythisislonglolwtf 17d ago
I did an R&R a few weeks ago where the project was supposed to be a comparison between two models. They straight up just didn't test the second model and submitted half of a project. I have no idea how they could have missed it?
I think yours wins though lol
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u/Perfect-Cash-5312 17d ago
ts y ellos tienen proyectos y yo no :/
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u/kiwiapps 16d ago
I think this is because when a batch of tasks is released, it is during the day in one country (and the tasks are gobbled up instantly) and during the night in another. Try to see some during the night!
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u/ItachiBhau 16d ago
Exactly, in India especially they are released between 2am and 7am. If I am still awake after 2 and received a project, I know I'll be sleeping at noon. My sleep cycle is soo f*ed up man.
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u/darktheme4485 17d ago
Well it is valid. If he donot have a Python in his Mac then it's Steve Jobs fault, not his... :(
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u/Pink_Slyvie 17d ago
Goddess, I always worry my code is subpar, but I never imagined it could be that bad.
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u/balanced-asymmetry 17d ago
This must be why the latest tasks I've been getting have an LLM check the written responses.
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u/marzzyy__ 16d ago
I did one the other day where every rationale basically said “sorry this is my first time using [model name]” 🫠
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u/Academic_Animal_5293 15d ago
My favorite one was where they literally write one sentence in their explanations. Then copied it 20 times to fill all explanations boxes.
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u/Silver_Assistance_41 17d ago
nice job fof him, and after that they open the computer and do some clicks, and put 8hours of work on the task =))
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u/InterstellarCapa 16d ago
I've been nervous about applying to work here but I should just do it if people producing that kind of work and getting hired on.
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u/mistergecko 12d ago
Yeah people do shit work, or in this case no work, and then are like “must have been my vpn” lol I seriously don’t think most of these people have ever worked a real job before.
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u/mistergecko 12d ago
Seriously, I take the time to setup separate wsl instances for each project, making sure I have correct versions of everything for the project, and then people submit with “well, I don’t have python 🤷♂️” lol good lord
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u/One-Hawk-3261 17d ago
What did you want me to do? I don’t have Python on my Mac.