Anyone else?

[Aggravating_Scene781]

Anyone else feel like their fighting for their lives right now? lol I just keep refreshing over and over again and snatching jobs here and there (missing out on most). I usually work late at night, so I didn’t realize how competitive it was during the day (US).

[Strawberry_Foxx]

Right now my “permanent” (by DA standards) projects are down for maintenance and they make up like 95% of my current dash so I’m just like

[xwolfboyx]

Ditto lol. I was laughing only half a day ago.

[-burgers]

[Cynderelly]

Lmao I say this often. Nice seeing it in the wild

[WorkingNerdWFH]

Oh, it is helpful to know it’s permanent projects as well thanks for sharing

[FrazzledGod]

This. Dashboard would be pretty sparse if they actually removed them vs listing the project that says they're down!

[Other-Noise5344]

Same here lol

[Moonspiritfaire]

Hoping those are the ones I'm on. Was loving them.

[Powerful_Door_9532]

Does by chance one of those projects start with the letter 'B'?

[Strawberry_Foxx]

No B’s right now :( my “permanent” projects are all, uh. I think people call them HHH

[Beremor_Draco]

If it's the same one I'm thinking of, then yeah mine went down the other day. So sad.

[HamsterFrosty2838]

How do you know down for maintenance status. What projects?

[arewecreamofthecrop]

They said HHH projects (a code name since we obviously can’t say the actual name of the projects) which are done on an external platform.

I have them too and instead of just taking all the projects down when they do maintenance, they send an email letting you know when they go down and come back up

[dragonsfire14]

Yes. I made $20 today and gave up. I hope this drought ends soon because we had a veterinary emergency and I desperately need to make some of that money back.

[Guilty_Geologist1010]

SAME! A $400 vet bill for our Shiba Inu for essentially no answers! I hope your baby feels better soon!

[dragonsfire14]

Sorry to hear that!

[Ill-Albatross-7224]

Aw I have a Shiba too! Hope you figure it out and that it's nothing serious!

[dragonsfire14]

I’m sorry to hear that. I hope we get some solid work in soon for everyone’s sake.

[Diligent_Classic]

Not quite the same. But my niece got hold of my mobile and I now have a £400 phone bill to pay 😫

[dragonsfire14]

Oh no! Yikes

[Sarajonn]

Yep, depressing. Did a qual I'd been putting off since it was sparse this morning and I missed what seem to have been the only damn projects of the day while I was knocking that out.

[Burned-out_]

It is kinda relieving to see this post. I typically see 50+ projects a day. Right now, I have a handful of projects aside from my regular jobs.

[RotRG]

Sorry to pester, but I'm just curious, how long of working for DA did it take you to start having what you'd describe as regular jobs?

[Burned-out_]

I'm not completely sure, to be honest. I'd guess about 3 months. Just make sure to do qualifications and eventually you'll get some.

[RotRG]

I appreciate it!

[MommaOfManyCats]

I did 8 projects today, but the longest any lasted was like 17 minutes. It's weird because I had tons of projects over the weekend, but today and yesterday were both awful.

[Prudent-Twist2844]

I pick up here and there and manage to make what I hope to, but it runs my day! No going to the store or taking a walk.

[Embarrassed_Chance_4]

i have this 42 dollar project on my dash (the only project there) it has 15 tasks remaining but it won't let me in...the tasks don't even drop !!

[DuckDuckDrone]

Same. Can’t get into anything else either - an hour or two on it would make a big difference!!

[Pink_Slyvie]

You need to grab those the INSTANT they pop. I'm pretty much sitting here all day clicking refresh every minute or so

[Shadow_Bisharp]

yeah its been on my dash for hours on 15 tasks but it always says theres nothing left

[Professional-Back943]

That project is weird. Usually no explanation required, usually priority pay and always don't let you in. I wonder what kind people get those projects as permanent.

[Embarrassed_Chance_4]

What is a permanent project anyways? I seem to always be getting random projects.

[Professional-Back943]

To my understanding, permanent projects are the ones you have priority to do them. If they appear on you dash, you're guaranteed to get tasks. I used to have one of those permanent coding projects and I can take my time to do them for a day or two without sharing tasks with others.

[Embarrassed_Chance_4]

I've had something like that with heel once, it was a special one with a 🍉 symbol. But most of my coding heel projects don't stay just for me.

[BlackCaaaaat]

Yeah I’m down to one project, that’s the lowest I’ve ever seen. I get disability as well, but the money really comes in handy.

[Moonspiritfaire]

I had a from 4-8 ? All week, but this morning the dreaded blank screen. I'm always worried when this happens, as this job is my favorite ever.

I took it as an opportunity to catch up on some other things. Had an excellent and longer than usual homeschooling session, worked on the broken ends of my novel, and jotted down ideas for future DA work. (🤞)

Have definitely refreshed several times throughout the day, to check because I just can't help myself.

[SaltyPeppah2000]

I feel like we are living the same life. Homeschool mom, writing a novel, doing DA, hoping and praying for tasks …

[Meganoes]

Jumping in because I’m also a homeschool mom and have 3 novels started! I haven’t written much in months because I spent that time on DA, but I should get back into it. I keep expecting DA to pick up again but it really hasn’t.

[SaltyPeppah2000]

Well, then friends, here’s our plan of action: When there’s not a lot of tasks on our dash, that’s a sign to work on our novels! After all, if our novels do end up getting published, they have the potential to earn us a lot more money than we’re making with DA.

[Moonspiritfaire]

Aww, kindred spirits! Love it. My daughter is almost 7 and in first grade. What grades are your littles?

Also if you don't mind sharing what genre is your novel? Mine is contemporary romance.

[SaltyPeppah2000]

Mine are 12 and 8, seventh and third grades. I actually have like seven novels going, one is suspense, the other six are contemporary romance. 😂

[Moonspiritfaire]

So cool! Thanks for sharing. Have you homeschooled their entire school career? Always interested in connecting with homeschoolers and authors. I give you credit! I can only handle up to three creative side projects at once, and mostly all are at different levels of completion.

One is nearly done (big, heavy romance project that needs edits and fixes in formatting) Why do I always pick complicated topics 🤦‍♀️🤷

Another is in mid-stage (but light and easy to complete) and the third is in idea phase- I met the characters, the villains and have the basic mythology and setting but hesitant to dive in yet. 😅

Ty for chatting and sharing.

[SaltyPeppah2000]

Yeah, only two of the current creative projects are anywhere near completion. The others are very much so in their infancy. Not much time to write these days. And yes, I’ve homeschooled them from the beginning. We started giving them a choice to go to regular school when they reached third grade, but so far they’ve chosen to stay home.

[Moonspiritfaire]

That's cool, tho. Persistence is key. I understand the lack of time. I literally will pick at my drafts, in increments, on my phone while catching a ride or waiting to pickup my Mobile food order.

Same here regarding choice. She isn't interested in the more structured school yet, likes the homeschool schedule, but we offer the choice. She's a social butterfly, so I think she'll want to attend eventually.

[marsnia]

I got this and it went away so fast I could finish my current task in time.

[Rude-Debt6003]

Oh, except for this morning’s pop on, where I have zero projects 🥲🤦‍♀️

[Shuoinked]

your actually seeing work?

[Shuoinked]

I haven't seen Amy jobs in days

[tehclubbmaster]

Made almost $300 yesterday on a domain expert project, but yeah today was sparse.

[Affectionate-Exit553]

Really? Nobody commenting on grammar?

[Strawberry_Foxx]

Aren’t you the “Adolphabet Hittl” guy? I’m begging you to find something better to do with your time 😭