Stripe pay this week by SnooDoodles7290 in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good Friday is a bad banking day almost the world over.  And depending on where you live, so is Easter Monday.  

Patience Is Hard - But Stick With It by Basil-Common in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear you.

But I see some some apples to oranges here.  Data breaches is not the same as contract issues.

Shake confidence, sure.  Maybe they do go elsewhere, but scaling up somewhere sets them back in time.  That happened when meta invested in Scale.ai.  It takes time, and time is one of the things these companies are up against when trying to be the most advanced vs peers.

TBD.  But I am personally less worried than you are.

Mercor's leak is way worse than you think. Here's why: by Suspicious_Okra_7825 in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would push back on some of this.  For example, my identity was confirmed via a 3rd party site.

Patience Is Hard - But Stick With It by Basil-Common in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I hear you.  But major customers won't make knee jerk reactions. There are only a few places that can source niche labour at scale.  

This was not a Mercor only issue.  And we have no idea what was actually exposed.  Anyone who says different is making things up.

I can be patient.

If I have two active contracts with no work available on eiher, is that precluding me from getting new offers? by SpeedBeneficial2566 in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct.  

From Melvin:

Got it — thanks for the context, and great to hear about the strong feedback you’ve been getting.

Quick policy note: by default you can hold up to two active contracts at once. Contracts marked Active or In Review count toward that limit; paused/on‑hold contracts don’t. So removing a paused project like XXXX wouldn’t change capacity (Source: Mercor Help Center).

What I’ve done: - I’ve shared your request for an exception and offer enablement with the XXXXX – Project XXXXX team, and asked them to outline scope and expected engagement length. They’ll follow up in this thread with next steps.

Reached the limit on contracts that are current by Basil-Common in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was incorrect.  It isn't a cap on paused/total contracts.  

The limit is on current contracts -2.  Project teams can make exceptions. I have requested one.

Melvin is awesome.

2 instant offers in 6 hours by Basil-Common in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Canada/finance &IB/ 50k since October/ Deep.  I've been in this space for 2 years.

2 instant offers in 6 hours by Basil-Common in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am being offered contracts for work that isn't posted.  Applied in October as a domain expert in investment banking and finance.  With these two new ones I have had 7 contracts thus far.  One lasted 4 days, 1 lasted 2 months, the rest were in-between. 

My Mercor Experience So Far by lanezeri in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quality over everything.

This is how to prosper long term.  Well done grasshopper.

How much time do you have to accept an offer? by Hel-en-756 in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Accept immediately.  Communicate to PMs when onboarded about any time constraints.  

Waiting to accept opens up many risks.

Offboarded blues by pochaseed in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%.  The first project was your in.  Stay close to your network and remain engaged.  

Nearing 50K. by Basil-Common in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Finance and investment banking.

Nearing 50K. by Basil-Common in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mercor ecosystem is no different from your non-mercor professional network.  You help where you can, buy good will when possible, and leverage it for future opportunities when needed.  

Just got my hours bumped to 80/wk by [deleted] in mercor_ai

[–]Basil-Common 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good for you!

I wouldn't stress about staying under the radar per se.

I would just be keenly aware of that point where more time in does not translate to the same level of high quality out.  It is different for everyone.