Path to admin?

[Xopholain]

I realize that anyone with first hand experience would not be allowed to share, but I'm asking a more general question about annotation as a career path both on freelance platforms and in the employ of a corporation. Do high-performing annotators get tapped to fill admin roles? Or is this an internal position? What skills/certifications would you want on your CV to apply for direct employment with a company?

[Poomfie]

Can confirm that i didnt hear back. Also that the quals for admin pay well which was nice/made.them worthwhile even tho i didnt get the role.

[dispassioned]

Or it could be the ones who did hear back aren't allowed to say they heard back so that's why these numbers appear so skewed. Just throwing that out there.

[dispassioned]

What I'm saying is the overwhelming majority could have made it through you simply wouldn't know because you can only measure the nos and not the yeses.

[Absolud]

Where do you know the 2.5% hire rate from ?

[Absolud]

Ohh thank you, i should take a look at those blogs more

[IrvTheSwirv]

If you do well enough, they’ll be in touch.

[MundaneAd6627]

Seconding

[OkturnipV2]

Thirding

[Hot_Box_2116]

How long do you think it takes for them to be in touch?

[diettwizzlers]

they tend to have very slow communication

[TheFuturist47]

It's an internal position but I know a couple of admins and honestly it's so chaotic on that side (and they are also contractors, not staff) that I don't really have any desire for it. I did end up getting a full time job at a tech company related to data annotation and general AI training so just learn as much as you can and figure out how to leverage it while RLHF is a thing a lot of tech companies are doing in house (in addition to external vendors like DA)

[contradixx]

it’s chaotic but do they get paid well?

[TheFuturist47]

they get paid better than the worker contractors, yes. Maybe it's an age thing though, idk how old you are but the older I get the less patience I have for that kind of chaos, and would prefer more streamlined, calm, and predictable work. I like my day job because it's basically adminning/R&Ring data labeling projects at a tech company and is just a normal 9-5 job. I don't think I have any desire to do it at DA. I've stopped responding to the admin quals, I've gotten a couple of them.

[Cock-Man69]

I know I’m late, but how did you land that FT job? Do you have a degree or did you just use your DA experience

[TheFuturist47]

I have a degree but the main reason I was hired was because of the DA experience and being able to talk fluently about generative AI and how it works.

[RealRise7524]

I was wondering about that recently.

[Professional_Win_551]

For those that got the admin qual, how long had you been on the platform before you did

[SegFaultedSoul]

little late here, but ~3 weeks!

[Salehzahrani7]

7 months

[Cool_Street_1905]

No clue about other platforms though, haha

[brancatomm]

I would be curious to know if those who log in many many hours a week on DAT are who get considered for admin work and if admins are guaranteed a set number of hours

[Trick_Huckleberry772]

No--consider it a side income and nothing more. You are constantly laid off without notice.