Has anyone done data entry as a job?

[KillerPriest]

Will this job require anything above basic MS Word and MS Excel skills?

 

[notfred]

I'd move back in with my parents and be unemployed before I did data entry as a job.

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: notfred
I'd move back in with my parents and be unemployed before I did data entry as a job.

:laugh:

 

[tfinch2]

It requires a brain the size of a pea. That's the only way from not going crazy.

 

[pyonir]

Depends on the job. I worked at one where neither was needed...just being able to enter info into different fields of a premade form on a computer. I've also worked at one where Excel is required, and that's about it.

All depends on the job.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
It requires a brain the size of a pea. That's the only way from not going crazy.

what if I'm already crazy?

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: tfinch2
It requires a brain the size of a pea. That's the only way from not going crazy.

what if I'm already crazy?

Well then you have data entry written all over you.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
It requires a brain the size of a pea. That's the only way from not going crazy.

I worked in a high stress job before working DE, therefore the monotony was a welcome change. I wouldn't be able to do it long term though. I did it for a little less than 2 months.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: tfinch2
It requires a brain the size of a pea. That's the only way from not going crazy.

what if I'm already crazy?

Well then you have data entry written all over you.

There are worse jobs than data entry... like counting live sperm on a petri dish :laugh:

 

[SampSon]

Originally posted by: notfred
I'd move back in with my parents and be unemployed before I did data entry as a job.

You're barely making above data entry pay.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: notfred
I'd move back in with my parents and be unemployed before I did data entry as a job.

You're barely making above data entry pay.

But I'm getting paid for reading anandtech.

 

[KillerPriest]

The pay is like $15/hr and there are benefits if it becomes permanent..

 

[DurocShark]

Flipping burgers at Mickey Dee's > Data Entry

(I've done both... Well, Carl's Jr. )

 

[veggz]

Your brain will commit suicide if you take a data entry job. You will then develop a case of carpal tunnel so severe that both your arms will have to be amputated, and you will go blind from the CRT with a refresh rate of ~30Hz that they will force you to stare at for obscene periods of time.

But hey, if that's worth $15/hr for you, then go right ahead. In response to your OP, no, you will need no skills whatsoever.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: KillerPriest
Will this job require anything above basic MS Word and MS Excel skills?

That's overqualified. The only thing it requires is autism, the patience of a saint and some disability that prevents you from working ANY other job, or heavy doses of ritalin.

Honestly, if monkeys could use a keyboard, they could likely be trained to do it.

 

[MajinWade]

I did data entry as a temp for about 2 weeks. Mindlessly boring, unless you have a crazy coworker, which I did. The work I did was on a terminal. All I needed to do is type and tab and daydream. Actually not as bad as it sounds. It's like putting your mind on autopilot. The hardest obstacle is staying awake. For $15 an hour, I'd do it again. Go for it.

 

[BRObedoza]

15 bucks an hour with benefits isn't bad. go for it.

 

[eakers]

it is okay if you can listen to talk radio or something that will stimulate your brain while you do it.

 

[RichardE]

I did it, but we were allowed an Ipod. That made all the difference

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: KillerPriest
The pay is like $15/hr and there are benefits if it becomes permanent..

Permanent = HELL NO.

Work that job for, at most, a month. Beyond that...you'll go crazy.

 

[Mermaidman]

Mindless work, but better than flipping burgers for entry level. Typing and 10-key are obviously important.

If I hadn't responded to a 3-line classified ad and worked data entry for 6 months, I wouldn't have my current job--The gods work in strange ways.

 

[wasssup]

ahahaha...i have a cousin who does data entry and she's always complaining, she never really spoke about work so i didn't know why it was THAT bad...and now i know.

 

[DaWhim]

one of my part time job is data entry type of job. the only thing that keep me sane is my laptop with tv shows/movies playing while at work.

 

[KillerPriest]

Question.

Does it really matter if I'm good at the numpad? Because I'm so used to the numbers at the top, 99% of the time never make an error.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: KillerPriest
Question.

Does it really matter if I'm good at the numpad? Because I'm so used to the numbers at the top, 99% of the time never make an error.

If you are entering mostly numbers, the 10-key is preferable because you use only one hand. The other hand can be used for flipping pages, answering the phone, wanking off, etc