What the work involves

You work through realistic Visual Studio Code tasks on your own Mac and document them precisely: setting up a workspace, wiring a debugger against a running process, resolving an extension conflict, driving the integrated terminal, editing with multi-cursor and refactor tooling, or reconciling `settings.json` against workspace overrides. Deliverables typically pair high-resolution screen captures with written step accounts — what you clicked, what the editor did, and where the UI's actual behaviour diverges from what a naive description would predict. Some batches shift from production to evaluation: you read an AI-generated walkthrough of a VS Code task and mark where it hallucinates a menu path, invents a command-palette entry, or describes Windows keybindings on a macOS build.

What the platform screens for

The screen is AI-led and goes after specifics fast. Expect to be asked which VS Code features you use weekly rather than which ones you recognise, how you'd debug a specific language server failure, and what macOS-particular friction you've hit — Rosetta-translated extensions, code-signing prompts, `code` CLI not on PATH after install. Vague familiarity reads poorly; naming a concrete version, extension, or error string reads well. The technology gate is checked literally: you must be able to capture at more than 2.5 megapixels, either from a single qualifying display (a 14" or 16" MacBook Pro built-in panel clears it, a 1080p external does not) or from a side-by-side dual-monitor setup captured as one spanning image.

Logistics

  • Fully remote and asynchronous; you pick up batches and submit against deadlines rather than holding shift hours.
  • Observed pay band for this listing is $55–65/hr, stated as reported on the platform, not guaranteed — final rate depends on the screen outcome and the batch.
  • Volume is irregular. Contributors who treat this as a supplement to development work, rather than a replacement, tend to have a better time.
  • You supply the Mac, the VS Code install, and the display. The listing is explicit that none of it is provided.