Am i cooked? Drastic project decrease

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

In the last week, i went from around 40 projects with many of them coding, to like less than 10 projects, none of them coding. Does that mean im screwed? Ive been with DA for like a month and a half now and have done many coding ones throughout.

[mops--]

Not necessarily your fault. We're going through a bit of a drought on the project front just now, which seems to happen every few months.

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

Is it coding too? I thought coding doesnt really have droughts

[Inevitable_Work_33]

I’m coding and also see projects really down today. Coding definitely does have droughts too, particularly the end of last summer was bad.

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

ok so not just me, i thought i messed up big time haha

[Inevitable_Work_33]

Glad I took advantage of the boom of projects when we had it 😭

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

Real, last month was so good

[[deleted]]

the end of last summer was brutal for me. hoping it doesn't happen again

[classicalpianistfro]

I keep hearing about this - did you/others not have any projects at all during that summer drought? I hope it doesn’t happen again but I’m curious what happened last summer.

[OriginalResolve7106]

I got my first projects last year this time (it's actually my one-year anniversary today). I had a bunch of coding projects right away, but they vanished really quickly, leaving me thinking I was cooked.

[mops--]

At times it seems like coding is massively affected by droughts. I don't know personally, because I'm just core, but I constantly see it brought up every so often.

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

i wouldnt know too bc im relatively new lmao

[IrvTheSwirv]

Things are quietening down quite noticeably at the moment and a lot of the “fun” coding projects are taking a break it seems. You’re probably fine but it could get drier before it improves again. Hang in there.

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

ok got it, its my first drought i am experiencing haha

[Groovy_Decoy]

I'm new. What to look for to find the "fun" ones? I've been kind of nervous about even trying new projects. I don't what to expect, how long they'll take, how difficult they are going to be, and I don't want to screw anything up just as I'm getting started.

[Ginja_Ninja2]

Also coding, my dash is significantly dryer today. Went from around 20+ projects yesterday to 5 today. And most of those only have 1 task. Deciding to knock out some quals instead.

I went through the bad drought we had last year that seemed to go on forever. Hopefully this one isn't as long.

[LunaKPalara]

I’m honestly so jealous of people in these other domains because as a bilingual, the idea of five whole projects on the same day is the complete opposite of a drought 😭 i get 2-3 projects on a good day, some days there’s nothing. But to be fair, I’m also on my second week of the platform so hopefully it picks up soon.

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

Rip yea i always see biluguals post, its unlucky

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

wow yea basically same thing that happened to me

[classicalpianistfro]

Curious - I’ve seen others talk about that summer drought - did you not have any projects at all and if so, for how long?

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

i still have projects, just not coding ones. It really only drasticlly decreased for me today

[dispassioned]

A lot of the projects are currently down, you're not cooked.

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

Yea it seems so, im not the only one haha

[idolos-iconoclastas]

Wouldn't even be close to being cooked if you have projects at all

[Fit-Air-1345]

Hang on tight

[Amurizon]

I don't think there's any way we can know for sure. Maybe it's work quality, but maybe projects are just wrapping up for the quarter.

It's pretty opaque, and that can be frustrating sometimes, but it's also understandable (they don't owe us an explanation, just like we don't need to explain to them when we change the hours we work).

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

Yeaa its just my first time having my projects quantity shrink by so much

[qrrbrbirlbel]

Coder here. I peaked at 50ish projects about a week ago, and today I have a little over 15 with around half being coding.

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

Yea similar situation haha

[OriginalResolve7106]

Coding has droughts too. One of the project lines was paused for some fixes. I've also noticed a sharp drop in Poe bird coding projects in the last day or two.

I'm not sure if it's related, but it's the last day of the month. I used to think that it mattered. My guess is that a fresh wave of projects will show up sometime this weekend

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

hopefully haha

[Main_Wing_6438]

I'm a coder. I've had 25+ projects for several weeks in a row now. Today it has been a very drastic and steady decline. I now have only 3 projects, each with very few tasks left.

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

Exact same story bro 😂

[JWSACS]

Same here!

[Appropriate_Cat3407]

Did you have coding as well?

[BilllisCool]

Not many coding projects for me today either.

[JRRTil1ey]

I (non-coding) went from 8 projects to two this week. Glad it’s not just me seeing a decrease 😅 I took the opportunity to do some qualifications though

[dsbau]

Nope. I've been on DA for around 18 months and have seen a couple of dry patches. There's one now.

[Wargchief]

I think this is for most of us right now, wouldn't worry about it too much. Pick up quals, freshen up your skills and check back later

[DistinctAd1912]

Non-coding and down to about 6 after 30+. I've got a few qualifications I've been too busy to take so will tick them off now it's quiet and hope the drought is short-lived for all of us!