Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-07

The AI Evaluation Guide That Starts With Your Passport

A candid guide to AI evaluation and data-annotation work for people outside the United States, covering the work itself, eligibility, pay, and payment logistics.

Why it surfaced

Lean Progress IQ explains model evaluation through a concrete landlord-deposit example, then turns to the less glamorous obstacles: country gates, ID mismatches, payment rails, and irregular workloads. Written from Da Nang and Zrenjanin, it explicitly rejects the usual course-selling pitch and tells readers who may—and may not—be suited to the work.