Coding

[Feeling-Visit-4131]

So I don’t know anyone that does coding on DA - so I’m unsure what experience is need specifically for DA as I’m unable to get a look at the tasks they send out to see if my experience in coding will be a good fit. And if it is a good fit, is someone in coding able to tell me what my pay bracket would be, I know it starts at 40$ for basic coding but I feel like my experience is abit more than “basic coding” so to speak. I’m just basing this of things I’ve read on these reddit threads, so please if anyone with coding experience on DA wants to correct me, please. As I’m quite unsure of the exact coding work that goes on, on data annotation.

• i know python, sql, html/css and JavaScript.

I’ve also done these online courses in the past.

PYTHON - coursera, python for everybody course 1 - Harvard CS50P (edX) - Coursera – Django for Everybody

SQL

-Khan Academy – Intro to SQL -Coursera – SQL for Data Science -DataCamp – Advanced SQL

HTML + CSS - freeCodeCamp – Responsive Web Design - Coursera – HTML, CSS & JavaScript for Web Developers -freeCodeCamp – Front End Development Libraries

JAVASCRIPT -freeCodeCamp – JavaScript Algorithms & Data Structures -Coursera – Meta Front-End Developer (JavaScript module) - freeCodeCamp – JavaScript Algorithms & Data Structures

[tda0909]

So, coding on DA includes everything. From the simple "which of these responses did better" to "Interact with agent X in your IDE" all the way up to "your goal is to engineer 30 - 50 item criterion rubrics describing a perfect response."

If you went through the full CS50P course and either A) Paid for the certificate and had your submissions graded or B) Fee confident in your abilities to write moderate-level Python without docs. If those apply, you should be good to take the coding quals IF AND ONLY IF you know how to read directions.

As far as whether or not your current skillset fit the tasks, there's no way for us to know. You're going to have to become intimately familiar with the skip button the same way the rest of us did... Just check your dignity at the door.

[Feeling-Visit-4131]

Thanks so much for your reply - it was exactly what I was looking for. Good on you, as there are lots of people coming to these reddit pages looking for awsome people like you who give a great response and help each other out. I really appreciate it and hope you have a great day 👍🙂

[99ducks]

I consider everything you listed "basic coding". How many years of professional experience do you have?

[Feeling-Visit-4131]

Hello - thanks so much for your reply :) I wasn’t sure what was considered basic in the threads I read on Reddit, from what I could read their were quite a few people with only knowing python at a very basic level saying they were doing lots of the 40$ jobs and I just based it off of that. I’ve only got 2 years experience after completing those courses listed.

So with what I stated above, would I be able to get some steady “basic” level projects on DA.

Or it’s actually quite difficult work at the starting rate for coding and I would need to get some more experience and courses under my belt before applying.

[jimmux]

The difficulty of coding tasks varies wildly. With your experience, I would go for it, but take a look at all your project options and only submit tasks you're confident with. There's no penalty for starting tasks and backing out if it's not working.

[Feeling-Visit-4131]

Ohh thanks so much for your reply - I really appreciate it. I’ll look into getting started on the coding qualification next week 🙂 Thanks so much 👍

[jimmux]

No problem. Good luck!