My company has an office in South America. The head person in charge in the office in South America is a native of his country, but we’re able to work together because I speak pretty good Spanish. Sometimes, because of the language barrier but also due to stresses of the workplace, and our need for him to manage more effectively and our frustrations with each other, we have gotten into disagreements. Today that history, and our language barrier, came to a head. After he was upset by something small, I took him to be very upset, and tried to pull rank on him. He said that I “pierdo los papeles facilmente”. Because “papel” means not only paper in Spanish, but “role” or “part”, I understood this to mean “I confuse my role easily.” or in other words, I forget my place. Otherwise, how could he mean that I lose my papers easily? That wouldn’t make any sense. When I took him to mean that I don’t know my place, or that I forget my place, I very mad, and really started causing a ruckus. It turns out that “to lose ones papers” in Spanish is a somewhat common expression that means to lose one’s cool. In response to his comment that “I lose my cool easily” I went ape on him. That’ll teach him that I lose my cool. I hope I remember this lesson for a long, long time. Be patient. Don’t think you know everything. Don’t jump to conclusions. Or you’ll end up apologizing several times and still looking foolish.

I’m a poor college student so I’ve searched the web to find the easiest ways to make money without having to actually go to a job. I’ve had other online jobs before but I have to say Mechanical Turk has kept my attention for the longest. I often found online jobs left me feeling bored and I didn’t have the self discipline to put in serious hours. I wasn’t getting paid enough through my last online job so someone suggested MTurk to me. I don’t devote a lot of time to the site but I sign on often to check the highest paying HITs. I was a little confused with how MTurk worked at first and I made some mistakes which caused my overall percentage score to lower. I regret those mistakes now because I’m missing out on many good HITs. I like to answer questions for research surveys the most and I like to find the most obscure Turk HITs. It’s always interesting to read through the HITs. I’m amazed how some people have used MTurk for creative projects or for research purposes. A recent HIT I completed asked me to ask my 4 year old son why farts smelled. That was probably the most amusing 10 cents I’ve made so far. I’ve suggested MTurk to a few of my friends and have gotten a few to try it out. I sometimes get frustrated when it takes too long for a requester to pay me. I get excited when I see my account balance increasing bit by bit and I’ve slowly made a little amount of money through MTurk. I think I could make more money if I wasn’t so picky about what HITs I accepted.

I was born and bought up in Ooty. A small hill station in India. But a famous tourist spot. I was not much matured still I completed my 12th standard. The only things I knew is my parents and playing with toys. Because of no quality education in Ooty my father joined me in a college in Coimbatore. It is 100 kms from Ooty. There first time I fell in love with a girl. But she refused. I started smoking, then drinking, and then I started bunking my classes. But something said she will one day love u. I did all these things by seeing Tamil movies only. Then in my second year of college life I was dismissed due to lack of attendance. Then I moved back to Ooty and lived there for more than a year. Then her thoughts again took me back to Coimbatore. When I was back to Coimbatore she had completed her degree. Then some how I managed to change her mind and we were together for 5 years. I have spent about 4, 00,000 which of some I borrowed and some I worked hard to earn. For her and have wasted my youth age also. At last she went married without even informing me. Still I live in her thoughts only.

I first heard about Mechanical Turk on NPR. It was an interesting story and I thought, “Can you really make money working at a job that only pays you a couple of cents a task?” You can, not a lot of money but in this economy every bit helps. I looked up Mechanical Turk and it seemed like a perfect job for me. I had just quit my job because I was moving again. My husband is in the military and we are move every three years. This means I am always leaving jobs. These gap in employment starts to wear on me. I start thinking should I spend $4 on a cup of coffee when I am not working? Mechanical Turk is perfect for working on when you are sitting in a hotel room waiting for housing. You do not have an address or your furniture yet but at least you can work. I am still very new at it and I am intimidated by some of the HITs but I am getting the hang of it. I love writing the reviews. I love eating and shopping at local businesses so I feel like an advocate for my favorite places. It also helps my writing skill and has increased my typing speed. I have not made much money yet and probably will not ever get rich or even be able to do it full-time. But it keeps me from going to the mall everyday or watching daytime television, so it has been worth it.

I’m a 50 year old man who grew up in a religious home and then strayed for a time, only to return in recent years. I have a Master’s degree in Library Science and was a Librarian for about 10 years. I worked in a few factories as a machine operator and finally got a job with a large company which I kept for ten years until this March, when the economy finally caught up with me. I’m trying to look at this as an opportunity to recreate my life for my remaining 20-30 years. I’m reconnecting with old friends, and changing my lifestyle habits. I refuse to view my remaining years as a cubical dweller or a couch potato.

Websites such as Mechanical Turk provide a good opportunity for people to show their talents and get paid while doing it. This website was suggested to me by someone who knows of my love for writing. I have been a Mechanical Turk for two months and I’ve found this experience to be both good and bad. I am a writer so I enjoy the essays that are available. The problem is that I find some requesters want way to much work for the money they are paying. On some Hits, by the time you’ve finish reading the required information that is wanted, and how they want it done, you have already spent a good deal of time on that hit before actually beginning. I have completed many qualifications in hopes of creating more options, making more hits available. Still the number of hits I have available to me is very limited . What would be helpful here, is some good advice from people who have been a Mechanical Turk for a long time, and know the tips and tricks of making good money and creating recurrent jobs by single requesters. I feel this site needs to provide more information for writers that don’t want to write for just anybody. Some good solid Hit advice and what qualifications will get you the furthest are valuable information. The better we complete the Hits, the more requesters will be coming to Mechanical Turk to offer jobs. A newsletter, advice section, competitions…. There’s so much more that can be done that isn’t, but I’m patient and see the potential of what Mechanical Turk can provide to their members.

What is life all about if there aren’t any ups and downs and challenges? My life so far has one big challenge. At the age of 19 I dropped out of college, got married, got pregnant, and moved out of my mom’s home. By 20 I bought a house, by 25 bought a brand new truck, and by 35 I would like to be working for myself. Growing up, I was always underprivileged and misunderstood. I never fit in at school; kids always made fun of me because of my inexpensive clothing, the other dilemma I had in school was being tall and fat. All of the other girls were pretty, short and skinny, I was always the tallest, chubbiest, and ugliest. After school was no fun, the babysitter’s kids that took care of me only abused and mistreated me. As I got older, things didn’t change, it only got worst. Kids didn’t care for me, even though I started wearing “brand name” clothing. The cool kids thought I was pretty but didn’t like me because I loved to ask question; why not. Life didn’t change until I met my husband, a dream come true, he loves, cares and adores me. Sure now and again we have our arguments, but overall his goal and mine are the same, and I love him for that (thank you God). The roads have been rocky; and will continue to be rocky, but nothing is going to stand in the way of our dreams. I will encourage anyone to never look at the glass half empty, only half full. Life is too short to dwell in it miserable and bitter. I have been to hell and back, and I can tell you this, I am still a positive pea in the pod, and nothing can get me down, hey that is why I am on Mechanical Turk, to make that extra cash, thanks Mechanical Turk.

I became a Mechanical Turk the day I heard about the website on NPR. I am supporting a family on a single income while my wife finishes school and cares for our child. Sadly it is not enough. Despite working 50+ hours a week and traveling frequently on weekends, often working 7 days straight for 2-3 weeks on end, I just don’t make enough money to get by. Most months see us $200 - $300 shy of expenses so to avoid putting loads of debt on my credit cards I have had to start pulling out of my reserve fund to make ends meet. I am very good with money and save where I can, but no matter how much I scrimp and save some unforeseen event keeps cutting into my savings. Granted my reserve fund was intended for just this purpose, but there is only so much pulling out I can do before I tap it out. To try and make up the shortfall I now use mTurk to try and make an extra couple of bucks every month to kick back into savings. During good months I can use it to build up the coffers and in the bad months I use it as a buffer to avoid tapping too heavily into what little savings I have managed to amass. I work on it during my lunch break and at night whenever I can. Unfortunately most of the tasks do not actually pay much when you break down how much time you spend on them, but the hours are flexible and since I watch the baby at night while my wife is in school and travel a lot a second job on the weekends or at night is not very tenable.

I am an Indian. I have a small computer-training center with few systems. There c,c++,Java,Tally,vb,asp etc.,courses are taught. However, I had no software knowledge. I know to browse only. Due to recession for the past one year, the grace upon the software field has very much decreased. Therefore, number of students joining in my center goes very low level. I suffered to give ADVERTISEMENT, rent, salary, current bill, phone bill, internet bill etc., Because of that I came to the decision with a rock mind to close my institute. NOBODY, TO HELP ME. By God’s grace at that time before four months, I read an article in a magazine about MTURK.I find hits suitable for me and now earning money. WITH THIS MONEY, FIRST I PUBLISHED ADVERTISEMENT IN LOCAL MEDIA ABOUT MY INSTITUTE. I AM PROVIDING MTURK MONEY ONLY FOR ADVERTISMENT.NOW MY INSTITUTE PICKED UP.CONDITION OF INSTIUTE IS NOW NOT BAD. FOR THIS I THANK HEARTFULLY TO MTURK.MTURK IS GIVING HAND TO ME AT THIS CRITICAL POSITION.I WORK DAILY FIVE HOURS IN MTURK. I THINK, THIS THE ONLY SITE PROVIDING WORK WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS DEPOSIT.FOR THAT REASON MAILNLY I LOVE MTURK.IF HITS APPROVED AT ONCE MONEY RAISED IN OUR ACCOUNT BEFORE OUR EYS.LOOKING THAT I FEEL LIKE HEARING THE SOUND OF PAISE FALL INTO THE HUNDI BOX. NOW I AM RECOMMENDING MY FRIENDS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO EARN MONEY THROUGH MTURK.THANK YOU MTURK.

Mechanical Turk is help me to increase my monthly income thank you for give opportunity to work. Actually my family was very poor. My father is working as bus conductor in State Government. My Mother is working in house and earn some money. In childhood my health is problem to me. In childhood I affect with Brain Tumor to me. Now I will be a healthy. My aim was to study Chartered Accountant (C.A). But I am working in shift basis BPO company in India. I didn’t know what can I do for studies and income. My friend is told about Mechanial Turk. Its help me. Next month I resign my job and concentrate in studies. And also want to work in Mechanical Turk. Thank You for giving like this opportunity and give this opportunity to all people.