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Jenny
07-15-2008, 07:03 AM
I suppose its nice when people just love their work so much that they saturate the market and drive down the value of it.

Some of us really like dancing. I can honestly say I love my job. I have always liked it and have always gotten a big kick out of it. It's fun and makes me feel good about myself. Sure, I have bad nights like anyone else, but by and large I am satisfied with my job as a dancer.

ChaosFairy:
I understand what you are saying. It can be exceedingly difficulty for new college grads to break into the job market (much more so than most people over 40 really understand) and it can be very difficult to transition out of dancing. That's not just in Portland, that's anywhere. (Although minimum wage up here is $8.75. Maybe you should consider a move). But you are never going to make the fabled $200 a day at a desk job if you don't break into the market. We're not talking about comparing $600 a day to an entry level wage. We're comparing an entry level wage to making $150-200.

Elusive21
07-15-2008, 09:29 AM
Some of us really like dancing. I can honestly say I love my job. I have always liked it and have always gotten a big kick out of it. It's fun and makes me feel good about myself. Sure, I have bad nights like anyone else, but by and large I am satisfied with my job as a dancer.

I love to dance too but I could never dance and get naked for strangers expecting to make $200 or less. I'm not saying you do that Andygirl - in fact your averages are very close to mine but I'm talking about the girls that that go home with $100 or less each day for whom $200 is great money. (I'm also not talking about the Portland dancers - that's a different situation but rather about clubs where it is possible and probableto make $300 and above but girls choose not to for whatever reason). That really puzzles me. I was talking to a girl I work with the other day that said that she's talked to many dancers at our club that have never even made $200! :O They're happy to go home with $120-$150 on days that they make it. I wish these girls would find another job because this job is obviously not suited for them.

velvet
07-15-2008, 01:24 PM
ok i think this has run it's course. closed.