u/Pharminter1

anyone ever gotten an instant offer on a weekend?

When goin through the interview it got wayyy too technical. How’d u guys prepare for it? I have a background in healthcare and have minimal knowledge of stats. Not to say that I can’t learn it I just don’t want to learn anything without getting paid at this point bc I feel like knowledge attainment is just another form of entertainment at that point

Anyone know whether your AHT on active projects is a factor and is part of the evaluation process for other projects uve applied for?

Are we still in a gold rush? I saw a comment stating that someone on that aether project made 300k in 3 months??

If I hit a certain milestone, I will get myself a custom Mercor x Patagonia puffer vest.

Pushin’ P

Lots of ppl state that doctoral degrees are worthless (in like humanities, and non STEM) but if AI training continues to boom, it may actually be the move to get a doctoral degree bc these platforms seem to prefer folks with PhDs (in a variety of domains) which makes sense for proper LLM training.

I’ve seen alot of non STEM PhDs that are insanely talented at evaluating AI outputs and probably would make really good AI researchers. The main difference I see in doctoral educated individuals is their reading comprehension skills are very high

What I’ve found while interacting with some Mercorians is that just bc someone isn’t in STEM doesn’t mean they’re not goated in their respective domain.

Personally as far as the next 20 yrs it’s obvious that any profession that requires licensure will not be replaced by AI (mostly healthcare but think law, CPA, etc) as the govt will not like it + lobbying

However, non healthcare/licensure requiring jobs (consulting, business/finance, physics, English, Bio, chemistry) likely will have a lot of job growth from platforms. While LLMs have shown a lot of growth in capability i have seen first hand how bad some AI outputs are; there’s still a ton of work to do

So colleges will likely see a drop in enrollment d/t news highlighting AI doomerism (it’s becoming mainstream) but it will kind of have a snapback reversal.

Trend following is good only when early to the trend…a lot of ppl are going into the trades now d/t what they hear, but remember supply and demand…the goal of capitalism is surplus labor and therefore there will likely not be a huge wage increase as may anticipate in the trades 20 yrs out

I think AI training is the new gold rush if AI expenditure continues to 🚀

Thoughts?

If I decline an opportunity (I.e power user) is it likely that I will not get opportunities in the future

When projects are posted on mercor’s website, what’s the timeframe as to when it likely will start?

How many of you started with a low rate and moved upwards?

By low rate i mean anything <$100 (considering taxes are not taken out; no benefits)?

They integrated shorty (Mae) into the website. Some of the questions yall ask on here likely can be answered by shorty

Anyone in healthcare related projects (medicine/pharmacology/clinical review)? Are yall enjoying it?

Any reference/study material to get better at the whole AI training? Is it normal to struggle with this in the beginning? Cuz I’m struggling

A lot of people tend to talk about how a lot of the contractors are dumb (it’s really just anxiety—some ppl are dealing with a lot, no need to disparage)

Not enough people are talking about some insanely cracked contractors. IMO some of the most talented AI evaluators are journalists, authors, and lawyers…

Respect! 🫡 tryna get like yall sheeesh!

Anyone w/ any recent instant offers and/or domain expert offers obtained following formal application process

How many of y’all are on projects that let u do 80 hrs? I think it’s inevitable that the big ol 23k project will allow for 80 hrs after the new task drop…i imagine a lot of people are hardly getting hours or dont have the time to work that much so surprised that there’s a 40 hr cap

In any case—im trying to land another project asap. Should I add on my resume my experience on this project or is it already known internally

soo...did anyone end up licensing there hx? are you going to get on a project afterwards at an hourly rate?

This extra cash is taking me back to the bandemic…what a time to be alive. 💰