I'm working part-time at A-Star I2R. I find it hard to describe to people the nature of my job. Erm, in any case, the post is called Data Annotator - so I annotate data. Data in this case are text - words, sentences, paragraphs. So I sit in front of the computer and highlight words and draw relational links between them (anaphora and coreference chains, for those who understand). Yup, so that's my job.
It's not exactly fun, but it's rather interesting. I suppose a research institute is the only place where I could have found work dealing with linguistics. I mean, where else can you find a job overtly dealing with coreference? So yes, I'm getting a kick out of being able to apply what I learnt. And I get to learn more here too.. I hope I'm not the only E.Lang major who didn't know what appositions are, gosh.
Nice thing about this job is that it's flexible - I come in and out as I like, but gotta finish the project. Oh, and one perk is the pantry. I love the Milo the coffee machine makes - it's foamy and creamy!
