01/20 - Magical Liopleurodon Monday

Discussion in 'Daily mTurk HITs Threads' started by ThisPoorGuy, Jan 20, 2020.

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  1. coffeeowl

    coffeeowl I am the coffeeowl that says HOOT in the night

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    I had to go through this recently to get qualified for some funding to help with medical debt. I explained I was an Independent Contractor and showed them my MTurk earnings page, plus earnings from other sites/freelance jobs as well as my bank statements to prove income. My issue was that they wanted references and I do have a few clients I work with but you can't use Amazon if that is your main income since you aren't an employee of theirs. Just show them everything you can and try to explain that it is a totally valid income just a bit different from other jobs and even freelance jobs where you can show your billing rate etc.
     
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  2. dan

    dan daelian

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    Yes lmao.

    The main issue was every employee follows set guidelines. Perhaps federal law? Like - yeah no prob you're an independent contractor, but since you are we'll need a letter on business stationary from entities who you are providing services too that states the relationship of your work and how far into.the future it will persist, we'll also need this, this, this, and also this. All of which were completely irrelevant and impossible to provide in regard to mturk.
     
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  3. dan

    dan daelian

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    Then how do I explain my e-book earnings to the next loan officer?
     
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  4. afallstarxfall

    afallstarxfall Well-Known Turker

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  5. Kayashi

    Kayashi Titler

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    just tell them you are a best selling author
     
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  6. Girl Polar Bear

    Girl Polar Bear Queen of the North

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  7. AlexZ

    AlexZ Distinguished Butthat

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    But I thought you already made money selling your erotic romance novels?
     
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  8. Girl Polar Bear

    Girl Polar Bear Queen of the North

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    A conversation will take place here!
    Come back to this page closer to the scheduled time.
     
  9. Hummingbirdee

    Hummingbirdee Big Bird

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    Profitable Cat Baroness over here.
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    Gabriel Miller [A374OOJSY3SK0T] 2-question survey about movies - $0.10 | PANDA


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  11. Alexandra in VT

    Alexandra in VT Well-Known Turker

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  12. Everett

    Everett Turker

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    Thanks (everyone). I just emailed them saying I work mostly for "Amazon" doing work in the data science area (I didn't just want to say Amazon because I was worried they would think I had an online shop at Amazon and didn't want to show it to them or something), and that I work not by an hourly rate but by a rate per job so I don't specifically have hourly rates or billing. I think that's as far as I can go with being honest yet vague. I'm worried they're going to now press me more or just deny the investment since what I said might sound unclear or sketchy. If they do press for more though I'm just going to give in and name mturk and try to fully explain it to them as best I can.
     
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  13. Joshua Brown

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  14. Joshua Brown

    Joshua Brown Well-Known Turker

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  15. dan

    dan daelian

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    I'mma be honest. I understand if you're being intentionally vague, but i'm extremely curious as to why someone would want to invest in you and why mturk is relevant at all.
     
  16. Hummingbirdee

    Hummingbirdee Big Bird

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    I was curious too, but afraid to ask.

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  17. dan

    dan daelian

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    World's first mturker managed hedge fund. Eat your heart out joe lo.
     
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  20. PatrickBatman

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