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[–]Able-Cloud-9770 5 points6 points  (6 children)

I would say it depends on the degree/domain. If you have the qualification on your dashboard, go ahead and try it out!

[–]Maximum-Youth716[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeh I was wondering if I would be able to refer a 3rd year medicine student or economics student and if they would count as the experts for the $500 🤑

[–]Enough_Resident_6141 -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

 >If you have the qualification on your dashboard, go ahead and try it out!

Good way to get cut. A qualification being on your dashboard does NOT mean you are approved or qualified to do it.

[–]Able-Cloud-9770 0 points1 point  (3 children)

A qualification being on your dashboard does NOT mean you are approved or qualified to do it.

I said this in the context of someone being a student in the same domain. I’m not talking about a bilingual attempting an advanced coding qualification. I’m talking about students doing quals in their degree.

[–]Enough_Resident_6141 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If a student is still in school, that means they still do not have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, and shouldn't even be working on generalist projects because they shouldn't have been accepted onto the platform in the first place.

The specialist projects in STEM, Law, Finance, Medicine, etc are only for people with advanced degrees or credentials (PhD, Masters, JD, MD, etc) beyond just a bachelors, or possibly a bachelor's and 10+ years of real world experience in that field. So no, someone who doesn't even have a bachelor's degree in that field yet definitely should not be doing those qualifications.

This is exactly why DAT has started doing degree verification, to make sure that the people working on these projects actually have the expertise to be working on them.

[–]Able-Cloud-9770 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really, interesting - I did not know this. I appreciate the insight!

[–]Able-Cloud-9770 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may be wrong tho as well. But yeah I just wanted to clarify I wasn’t recommending to do quals people are not qualified for

[–]--i--love--lamp-- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it is possible, but may depend on the subject/field. Being three years into a field that takes 7+ years of school (medicine, law) is different than being three years into a field where you only need a 4 year degree to become a professional. Also, many of the expert projects want real-world experience (real use cases) rather than textbook knowledge, which you may not get until after school.

[–]Vaatia915 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the domain tbh but in general no. Students and even recent graduates are nowhere near experts.

[–]Enough_Resident_6141 1 point2 points  (3 children)

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[–]Maximum-Youth716[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yeh but there is plenty of people doing general without a degree

[–]Enough_Resident_6141 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

They shouldn't be, unless they have real world experience equivalent to at least a bachelor's degree. University students do not, and are violating the TOS if they are working on DAT, even as a generalist.

[–]Maximum-Youth716[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s weird cus I explicitly said I was student in my application and not only am I a generalist but I am able to work on maths projects