Ok, maybe not my new job but certainly one I would have a hard time turning down! And before you dismiss it as a pipe-dream, Netflix does use human taggers for it’s media. But this got well beyond just giving 4 out of 5 stars…

Each Netflix entry in the massive Netflix library is tagged with north of 100 data points. Some are simple, like the gender and jobs of the main characters. Others are ratings, like how violent is the title on a scale of one to five?

So I have to take some notes…No worries! Sign me up! Here is my email address, where’s my check? Well, it’s not that easy…

Before a tagger is hired they have to successfully complete a tagging test to a gold standard. Yellin likes to use Fantastic Mr. Fox as a test film. Wes Anderson’s quirky, anthropomorphized foxes provide pesky nuances that defy the straight-forward categorization taggers complete more easily for other titles.

Still, I love finding those parts in movies where the script supervisor missed something; like the classic cigarette length changing 3 times in one scene. I am still trying to find where you sign up for this part-time job ( I mean I already watch enough Netflix at home as it is….why not get paid for it!) As soon as I find it, I will let you know. Until then, you can read about Jordan Canning and the rest of the article here…