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RedAlice
07-07-2014, 12:17 AM
^well, thanks to all the info here, you can rest assured that camming isn't guaranteed to stop you from becoming a social worker. No need to be devastated or give up on your goals. :)

TransdimensionalPrincess
07-07-2014, 02:55 AM
I was on sw for about 3 years now. I deleted my email linked to my streamate account therefore I couldn't log into sw. I forgot my password to sw. So I made a new account.

I was just upset girls. My goal for years was to become a social worker and that's it. So I was kind of devastated knowing that I would most likely never be. I searched my for other possible courses but the only one I want to enter is that one. Also it was the only one I knew I could be really really good at.

If it makes you feel any better... I know some social workers, and they are the most miserable people I have ever known. They are on average in charge of the welfare of 100 people at a time, think about that... talk about stress!

Melonie
07-07-2014, 03:02 AM
What's important is that all the individuals who came from nothing or saved up their money had a vision and made it happen. If money does that, what's the issue?

The issue is that there is a major difference between earning money as the total result of one's own savings, investments, and independent business activities ... and earning money as an 'independent contractor' that is actually dependent on a business structure and facility that was financed, and is managed, by someone else.



So self-employment. The thing is, with careers where you have the option to be self-employed (psychologist, nurse practitioner, physical therapist, occupational therapist, lawyer, etc etc), you can't be fired (if self-employed),

Indeed there are two alternatives available with some of these professions. For example, a psychologist or lawyer can decide to invest their own savings to lease their own office, hang out their own 'shingle', and seek their own clients without anyone being particularly concerned about having worked in the 'adult' industry prior to graduation and obtaining their professional license. But if the same psychologist seeks 'affiliation' with a school or hospital, or if the same lawyer seeks 'affiliation' with an established law firm or 'corporate' clients, questions will undoubtedly be asked regarding the person's background in addition to an obligatory check of their professional license file.

In regard to professional licensing, being cited and fined for 'unprofessional conduct' as the result of 'adult' industry work cannot result in revocation of said professional license ... because 'adult' industry work is not illegal. Thus it won't matter for the psychologist or lawyer who decided to 'hang out their own shingle' beyond the impact ( if any ) of prospective clients deciding not to engage the services of that psychologist or lawyer because they took 5 minutes to check the status of that psychologist's or lawyer's professional license ( online ) and immediately discovered their 'unprofessional conduct' citation for 'adult' industry work. But it will matter to a school system, hospital, partnership law firm, major corporation etc. ... because any 'affiliation' with that particular psychologist or lawyer can and will reflect back upon the organization which decided to 'retain' them.



My goal for years was to become a social worker and that's it. So I was kind of devastated knowing that I would most likely never be. I searched my for other possible courses but the only one I want to enter is that one. Also it was the only one I knew I could be really really good at.

For better or worse, most US states now require that social workers obtain professional licenses. Again, if 'adult' industry related work history has only taken place prior to applying for that professional license, there can't be any action taken for 'unprofessional conduct' by the state professional licensing board. However, the in-depth background check that will be performed by the state professional licensing agency could turn up an 'adult' industry work history work history, and DENY licensure based on the fact that the applicant 'lied' on their professional license application by failing to list their previous 'adult' history background. If the applicant does list their previous 'adult' industry background they can't be denied the professional license ( because 'adult' industry work isn't illegal ), but this can also communicate the existence of an 'adult' industry background to prospective employers who thoroughly check the professional license files of all applicants. Thus a potential for being 'damned if you do, and damned if you don't'.

In the final analysis, a professional license is a professional license. While upscale suburban social welfare agencies might take issue with hiring a social worker with a 'black mark' on her professional license, inner city social welfare agencies are likely to be very happy being able to hire a licensed social worker for whom English is their primary language. However, the working conditions and pay rate are likely to be somewhat different !

dollbaby23
07-08-2014, 12:30 PM
What about medical office terminology? It
says I must have a clean background and undergo and criminal background check.

Melonie
07-08-2014, 01:20 PM
^^^ even when a state issued professional license isn't required, these days the majority of 'public trust' employers ( i.e. businesses dealing with other people's money, other people's bodies, other people's children etc. ) will now make a serious effort to try and avoid hiring potential future 'problem' employees who might potentially harm the reputation of the business ( i.e. an ex-dancer or camgirl carrying a possibility of being publicly outed ). These 'public trust' employers will most likely NOT perform a so-called FBI level background check the way that state professional licensing agencies and 'sensitive' employers would. However, their less strenuous background check might still turn up the existence of 1099's etc. And a so-called criminal record background check only references state and federal criminal charges ... so if you have never been busted nothing is likely to show up.

GlamourRouge
07-08-2014, 06:02 PM
My goal for years was to become a social worker and that's it. So I was kind of devastated knowing that I would most likely never be. I searched my for other possible courses but the only one I want to enter is that one. Also it was the only one I knew I could be really really good at.

Why can't you get a Masters in social work (MSW) and then become a LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) and open a private practice as a therapist? That's doable. LCSW, MFT, and LPC are actually all looked at exactly the same (you can practice therapy with any of those), and actually the MSW is the most marketable and transferable to other states out of all 3. Insurance is said to reimburse you easiest as a LCSW (as far as law & insurance practices in the US go). I studied MFT but dropped out because I don't want to be licensed and continue adult work at the same time.

With private practice, it doesn't matter anyway what your degree is long as its one of those 3 and you're licensed. You could even get a PsyD but even that is unnecessary if you go into private practice because its mostly business and marketing rather than the type of degree you have. You probably don't want to work in government social work anyway as it pays really, really low (like 30k/yr fulltime+), is depressing (the system is not designed to help the lower class TBH), and has a high employee burnout/turnover rate.

The studentdoctor forum is really good for advice about psychology school stuff.

Melonie
07-09-2014, 03:10 AM
My honest opinion is that it's very very unlikely to have someone recognise you over the internet and the only way you can get outed is if someone wants you to be outed

That has been generally true in the past. However, with facial recognition search technology, which in the past was limited to law enforcement agencies, now becoming much more widely available to businesses and even to individuals, this is extremely likely to change in the near future. The major concern, of course, is that a camgirl college student may wind up investing tens of thousands of dollars in college tuition to become qualified for a high paying 'professional' job, only to find that after graduation prospective 'professional' employers will be able to immediately match a pic shot at the job interview with posted camming pics and videos.

Samm
07-09-2014, 05:45 AM
I work cams for 10 years. I the meantime i was working in hospital for 5 years and everything was ok, noone knew i was working cams.

anonymous camgirl
07-09-2014, 09:05 AM
well?? since you are BEING like this I wanted to tell you that it is NOT your place to tell people how to feel or be and make them feel NOT validated .. that is NOT ok .. you mind your keep and if you don't like someone elses opinion it's ok to debate them .. You don't come on here and tell someone they are being this way or that way and need to cut it out.. who are you?? You sound like miss bossy pants.. and everyone needs to behave according to your standards.. WRONG!


I didn't read this thread till the end but GlamourRouge I must say that you are very negativist. I've been camming for 2 years are a bit and I was well known on the site I was working. My honest opinion is that it's very very unlikely to have someone recognise you over the internet and the only way you can get outed is if someone wants you to be outed. I've had this kind of experience. So please stop being like this. Maybe some stuff happened to you, but I feel sometimes you are overreacting

GlamourRouge
07-09-2014, 12:08 PM
well?? since you are BEING like this I wanted to tell you that it is NOT your place to tell people how to feel or be and make them feel NOT validated .. that is NOT ok .. you mind your keep and if you don't like someone elses opinion it's ok to debate them .. You don't come on here and tell someone they are being this way or that way and need to cut it out.. who are you?? You sound like miss bossy pants.. and everyone needs to behave according to your standards.. WRONG!

Lol I know right? sammii literally saw my pop-up when I was at her house. I had been told about it before by an ex-boyfriend but denied it was me because I had never seen the popup, but he was still like "I KNOW its you!" even though I have a completely different hair color and hair length than in the video. Then this guy I just started dating text me a screenshot the other day, and I still have that screenshot saved. He barely knows me, didn't even know that I cammed yet, and its saying a lot when I have a completely different hair color and piercings I no longer have in, and am still recognized.

I am VERY careful about my privacy. I don't want to be outed, but then again I'm realistic and know that its pretty likely. My twitter feed is protected. I rarely post images of myself. There's almost nothing about my Streamate cam persona on the internet / google. I'm not negative, I'm just realistic and honest.

Anyway, thanks for your comment, I agree :). Just wanted to clear that up, about my privacy setting so hopefully it makes more sense. Not trying to fight :). Gonna be done talking about this now lol.

sammii
07-09-2014, 12:31 PM
I didn't read this thread till the end but GlamourRouge I must say that you are very negativist. I've been camming for 2 years are a bit and I was well known on the site I was working. My honest opinion is that it's very very unlikely to have someone recognise you over the internet and the only way you can get outed is if someone wants you to be outed. I've had this kind of experience. So please stop being like this. Maybe some stuff happened to you, but I feel sometimes you are overreacting
I disagree. I've been recognized 4 times where I live and I was recently dumped by a guy because one of his friends found me online. You just have to go into camming assuming you're going to be outed. I thought being outed was unlikely too until it happened to me. Just because it hasn't happened to you yet, doesn't mean it won't.

anonymous camgirl
07-09-2014, 12:41 PM
well?? if there is one thing I do NOT tolerate it is tearing down our fellow gender.. women tearing down women.. UH NO.. so i said something.. Men have their BRO code.. when are women going to stand up for women and stop standing up for MEN.. cuz men don't give a shit.. they are laughing at us waiting for the cat fight mud wrestling to begin... so yea.. i got your back gurrrrrl!


Lol I know right? sammii literally saw my pop-up when I was at her house. I had been told about it before by an ex-boyfriend but denied it was me because I had never seen the popup, but he was still like "I KNOW its you!" even though I have a completely different hair color and hair length than in the video. Then this guy I just started dating text me a screenshot the other day, and I still have that screenshot saved. He barely knows me, didn't even know that I cammed yet, and its saying a lot when I have a completely different hair color and piercings I no longer have in, and am still recognized.

I am VERY careful about my privacy. I don't want to be outed, but then again I'm realistic and know that its pretty likely. My twitter feed is protected. I rarely post images of myself. There's almost nothing about my Streamate cam persona on the internet / google. I'm not negative, I'm just realistic and honest.

Anyway, thanks for your comment, I agree :). Just wanted to clear that up, about my privacy setting so hopefully it makes more sense. Not trying to fight :). Gonna be done talking about this now lol.

anonymous camgirl
07-09-2014, 12:50 PM
Yea!.. which reminds me of one time I went on a date with a guy whom i really liked and he wanted me to meet his friend.. I actually told him all about me right?? well the bartender actually recognized me and then he got cold feet and stood me up for our second date.. then he surfaced and I said you know what?? go fuck yourself.. I was actually upfront with you.... and the reason i was is because he was somewhat of a celebrity so i felt comfortable sharing a common bond with him. And then!.. yet another guy who I dated for 5 1/2 months zero fucking respect for me.. His employee told him I did fetish and i was fucking into weird shit.. god damn it's a fucking job... AND I am not into weird shit.. I am into business.. and making money... LOL.. i am a prude , cellibate bitch who thinks any sex act other than missionary is CRAZY!.. i guess that's what happens after 12 yrs of cam...LOL


I disagree. I've been recognized 4 times where I live and I was recently dumped by a guy because one of his friends found me online. You just have to go into camming assuming you're going to be outed. I thought being outed was unlikely too until it happened to me. Just because it hasn't happened to you yet, doesn't mean it won't.

Melonie
07-09-2014, 01:51 PM
I work cams for 10 years. I the meantime i was working in hospital for 5 years and everything was ok, noone knew i was working cams

This is essentially what happened to me regarding my working in hospitals as a respiratory therapist. When I first got my degree, I made it through the state professional license background check just fine ... and proceeded to work for several years as an RT. However, when my RT license came up for renewal after 10 years, a new background check discovered 1099's I had received from 'adult' related businesses. This resulted in the state professional license board citing me for 'unprofessional conduct', imposing a LARGE fine ( if I wanted to keep my RT license ), and adding a citation letter to the top of my professional license file which clearly informs any present or future employer of my 'adult' industry related work history and citation for 'unprofessional conduct'.

In my own case I had already given up working as an RT in favor of full time dancing, camming, featuring etc. so my former employer hospital finding out about my 'adult' industry background only resulted in a couple of 'joke' phone calls from former 'bosses'. However, had I still been working as an RT, given that the hospital was fairly 'high profile', I have no doubt that the hospital would have looked for a reason to fire me.

When does your license come up for renewal ?

RedAlice
07-09-2014, 01:55 PM
Plus she was living is UK so taking in consideration that most of those people who pay for this stuff are from US the chances are lower.

Actually she's not in the UK, I don't think. Unless she's a special snowflake UK girl who calls university "college" and nursery/playgroup "preschool" (which means we can never be friends because it annoys me so much when Brits use unnecessary Americanisms! haha). Someone just assumed she was from here and everyone ran with it.
Besides that, the UK is a tiny tiny little island, so of course we're a smaller % of customers. Those customers are as likely to receive an unwelcome pop-up as aaanyone else. :)

GlamourRouge
07-09-2014, 02:00 PM
Actually she's not in the UK, I don't think. Unless she's a special snowflake UK girl who calls university "college" and nursery/playgroup "preschool" (which means we can never be friends because it annoys me so much when Brits use unnecessary Americanisms! haha). Someone just assumed she was from here and everyone ran with it.
Besides that, the UK is a tiny tiny little island, so of course we're a smaller % of customers. Those customers are as likely to receive an unwelcome pop-up as aaanyone else. :)

A good 20% of my SM customer base is the UK. This happens, especially if you work daytimes in the US. I make it a point to ask almost every paying customer where they are from. How would someone know their clients were not from the UK unless they were asking each paying customer? This is aside from the fact that OP is obviously not from the UK or is a transplant.

RedAlice
07-09-2014, 02:25 PM
on alexa.com it says for uk 3.1% and for us 43.4%

Yes. Our population size is drastically smaller than the US, so the % will reflect that. But it doesn't mean that my friend is less likely to see me in a pop-up on PornHub, or whatever. If he's on the site there's a chance he can see it. I've just had someone two towns away purchase a clip of mine on C4S. A friend of a friend tried to request a custom video. I get so many people in my SM room who live within 30 miles of me.


A good 20% of my SM customer base is the UK. This happens, especially if you work daytimes in the US. I make it a point to ask almost every paying customer where they are from. How would someone know their clients were not from the UK unless they were asking each paying customer? This is aside from the fact that OP is obviously not from the UK or is a transplant.

Exactly! & as we know, our content doesn't just stay between us and our paying customers anyway. We're on porn pop-ups, guys record shows and share them on forums, there are dating profiles ... location doesn't make anyone more or less likely to be outed. I could geoblock the whole of the country but content can still end up in the wrong hands.

Edit: (To clarify, I'm literally just addressing the misconception that being from the UK on a site w/ majority US customers means we're less likely to be caught out. I doubt very much that the OP is guaranteed to be outed and sacked from her future career because of her short stint in camming.)

kortneykay
07-09-2014, 02:33 PM
I think recognition depends on the person. I actually have an advantage. Firstly, I'm a BBW and if I lost 100lbs it would be very hard for the human eye to recognize me from camming X amount of years ago. Yes, facial recognization software could very well be my downfall (eye, nose, and mouth dimensions) but a face full of fat vs. a thin face is a vast change. I have a friend who cams on sm that I met in person. She used to be a BBW porn star but lost 130lbs or so and is totally unrecognizable and she's now a blonde when she used to be a brunette.

If you have two different personalities as well as looks in life vs. your cam look, it's highly unlikely you will be found out. Some of us have natural hair textures and different color eyes in real life but on cam wear wigs, weaves, make up, and contacts. It's hard to be found out when the comparisons are so vast. Now, cover up half the photo and imagine that person has on colored contacts compared to their brown eyes. Pretty hard to pick out in a job interview. My point is, if you look like you do on cam as you do off cam your chances of being recognized are higher vs. someone who goes great lengths to disguise who they are. I recently showed a friend my camming persona as I call it and she was blown away and told me she would have never been able to guess it was me.

http://oud.girlscene.nl/images/library/articles/images01/girlscene_nieuw/a98320_half-makeup_3.jpg

GlamourRouge
07-09-2014, 02:35 PM
on alexa.com it says for uk 3.1% and for us 43.4%

You can't look at alexa for that kind of data. Alexa doesn't take into account any of the white labels. So unless you look up every single white label in existence as well as streamate.com, the data will not be accurate.



she's now a blonde when she used to be a brunette.

Also, if you have two different personalities as well as looks in life vs. your cam look, it's highly unlikely you will be found out.

Some of us have natural hair textures and different color eyes in real life but on cam wear wigs, weaves, make up

In my popup I'm blonde with thin, shorter hair. In real life I have thick, long, wavy dark brown hair. I looked "white" in the pop-up and middle eastern in real life. I do my makeup differently, and its obviously a lot heavier on cam with a different lipstick color.

On cam and in my popup, I am a domme. In real life I am very reserved and more subby-like. I also change my voice for cam and talk in a different tone.

Yet all those people still knew it was me, even one who had no idea I cammed.



I have no photos on my Facebook and a fake name.

Same, basically. And I didn't even have a FB for like 2 years of my cam time. And I STILL had random men add myself and 2 other cam girls right at the same time. sammii was one of them, actually. And I have my privacy settings set as high as they can go, and absolutely nothing public including no header picture which is automatically public.

kortneykay
07-09-2014, 02:47 PM
In my popup I'm blonde with thin, shorter hair. In real life I have thick, long, wavy dark brown hair. I looked "white" in the pop-up and middle eastern in real life. I do my makeup differently, and its obviously a lot heavier on cam with a different lipstick color.

On cam and in my popup, I am a domme. In real life I am very reserved and more subby-like. I also change my voice for cam and talk in a different tone.

Yet all those people still knew it was me, even one who had no idea I cammed.

No offense but you are Caucasian and some Caucasian women cannot disguise themselves as well as others. There is a huge comparison from an African decent cammodel who has naturally curly hair, different skin tone under light, and wears contact lenses and loose Caucasian textured wigs compared to a Caucasian girl who just slaps on a wig and a little bit of make up. You haven't changed your eye color, and you might just happen to have a face that is recognizable. However, I've seen Asian girls who do this:

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1Mu_betPexI/0.jpg

Some of us disguise well, some of us don't. Now if you wore contacts on cam, tanned, had a different wig, and did your make up differently you might be able to pass.


http://i2.asntown.net/15/the-power-of-makeup.jpg His make up alone caused him to appear different. Imagine if he shaved and slapped a wig on. He'd be unrecognizable.

GlamourRouge
07-09-2014, 02:50 PM
No offense but you are Caucasian and some Caucasian women cannot disguise themselves as well as others.

I'm half caucasian, yes

kortneykay
07-09-2014, 02:57 PM
I'm half caucasian, yes

My apologies. Keanu Reeves is half Caucasian as well but people still call him white. My point is, some of us just disguise better. Like the photo I added above, that dark skinned guy transformed into a light skinned male with contacts, lighting, and foundation. If someone he knew saw him on cam they'd most likely pass him over because their friend isn't light skinned, he's dark skinned.

GlamourRouge
07-09-2014, 03:00 PM
My apologies. Keanu Reeves is half Caucasian as well but people still call him white. My point is, some of us just disguise better. Like the photo I added above, that dark skinned guy transformed into a light skinned male with contacts, lighting, and foundation. If someone he knew saw him on cam they'd most likely pass him over because their friend isn't light skinned, he's dark skinned.

Well obviously some people can disguise themselves better. And I wouldn't even say that my face doesn't look ethnic, because I do hear that all the time or am asked "what are you"?? Only in real life though, almost never on cam due to angles and makeup. But I'm not sure what that has to do with this issue? Like we don't have pictures of the OP or anything so I'm not sure how that can remedy the situation

kortneykay
07-09-2014, 03:09 PM
I get the same question on cam and sometimes off. What I said has a lot to do with the OP's issue. If she had disguised herself on cam, she may have most likely got away with applying and being hired to the vanilla jobs she wants. I hate the misogynistic views the world has on women who do adult work but disguising yourself on cam may help. Some people in this forum brought it up so I'm simply stating my input to their responses.

anonymous camgirl
07-09-2014, 04:57 PM
OMG speaking of face recognition! One of the sites i work on uses it to see if you are the real person who is supposed to be on the cam and not someone else.. one time i got suspended cuz their face recognition software didn't recognize me.. cuz i had gained about 60 pounds...LOL... i was 110 and then i was 176...lol.. so i got pissed at them and told them what the fuck i just gained weight.. i am the same person.. so then they let me back on!.. too funny


I think recognition depends on the person. I actually have an advantage. Firstly, I'm a BBW and if I lost 100lbs it would be very hard for the human eye to recognize me from camming X amount of years ago. Yes, facial recognization software could very well be my downfall (eye, nose, and mouth dimensions) but a face full of fat vs. a thin face is a vast change. I have a friend who cams on sm that I met in person. She used to be a BBW porn star but lost 130lbs or so and is totally unrecognizable and she's now a blonde when she used to be a brunette.

If you have two different personalities as well as looks in life vs. your cam look, it's highly unlikely you will be found out. Some of us have natural hair textures and different color eyes in real life but on cam wear wigs, weaves, make up, and contacts. It's hard to be found out when the comparisons are so vast. Now, cover up half the photo and imagine that person has on colored contacts compared to their brown eyes. Pretty hard to pick out in a job interview. My point is, if you look like you do on cam as you do off cam your chances of being recognized are higher vs. someone who goes great lengths to disguise who they are. I recently showed a friend my camming persona as I call it and she was blown away and told me she would have never been able to guess it was me.

http://oud.girlscene.nl/images/library/articles/images01/girlscene_nieuw/a98320_half-makeup_3.jpg

kortneykay
07-09-2014, 05:09 PM
[email protected], see. Just lose or gain weight. Problem solved haha.

TheBrownFox
07-09-2014, 06:12 PM
Man, we should play a game to guess the number of times you ladies say the word 'actually' in your posts. LOL. :P

But seriously...I think it's important that ALL cam girls know there's the possibility of being recognized. I've seen so many threads on here where models are asking "Will I be found out?" Even if you think it's unlikely, these ladies deserve to know the truth...that it CAN happen.

A male friend/former fuck buddy found a porn-related screenshot of me on the internet. This is a guy I hardly ever talk to, who I don't discuss camming with at all...yet he found that screenshot of me online. I've never told my sister that I'm a cam girl either, yet a few months ago during an argument she blurted out "At least I don't show my titties to guys on the internet!"

You may feel that GlamourRouge's posts are raining on your parade, but she's made some good points and even had a thread on here about camming safety and privacy:

https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?168669-Gr-s-ultimate-guide-to-safety-amp-privacy-amp-preventing-stalkers!

SimoneGray
07-10-2014, 05:42 AM
I went to a swingers party not so long ago and bumped into one of my customers...I put on a different accent and pretended to be someone else and he bought it, but it made me realize just how much of a reality being recognized is...its much higher than we think, considering we see hundreds of men a day so the probability of running into some of them is increased.

I have come to terms with the fact that I will have to continue working for myself when I retire from cam. At the moment I do have a vanilla job just to supplement my income, but I am keenly aware of the fact that I may be outed and fired at some point and when that ends, well, awesome new job time for me :)

So OP, maybe just consider setting up your own thing?

BlasianBytch
07-10-2014, 07:19 AM
I've done public speaking as a sex worker, been in major mass media outlets. Still got vanilla work. Why give up because you might lose a job you don't have. Concentrate on getting the job before you fret about losing it.

SadieTaylor
07-10-2014, 08:35 PM
I'm not a DVM, but I'm a RVT (registered vet tech) and I have no issues. I'd imagine a veterinarian wouldn't either, many of them work for themselves, sure they get a license, but so do I and it didn't come up when I did my re-cert this year. I also passed a background check and worked with kids teaching horseback riding with the Girl Scouts. Sure, the ideal thing is to work for yourself if you've had tons of exposure, but I'd just deny deny deny. The only thing to worry about is getting licensing done if you're trying to be a nurse or something. Or parents finding out if you work with children. I'd still say, it's not super likely to cause problems.

Bernelle
07-11-2014, 09:23 AM
Like many said, itīs not that you were a incredibly successful pornstar known around the world. I wouldnīt worry in the slightest.

Melonie
07-12-2014, 03:55 AM
I've done public speaking as a sex worker, been in major mass media outlets. Still got vanilla work. Why give up because you might lose a job you don't have.

Ultimately, this boils down to a 'risk vs reward' equation. As discussed earlier, where so-called unskilled or semi-skilled jobs are concerned, odds are that the potential straight job employers will not 'spend the money' to perform thorough background checks on job applicants. With little or nothing 'invested' on the part of the camgirl to qualify herself for an unskilled or semi-skilled job, and with low probability that a future straight job employer will discover her camming background or actually care if her camming background is discovered, that camgirl would seem to have much to gain and little to lose in regard to camming.

However, when it comes to so-called highly skilled or 'professional' jobs, the equation changes. On the one hand, to qualify herself for a highly skilled or 'professional' job, the girl must typically make a major investment ... tuition / student loans, 'lost opportunity costs' resulting from thousands of hours of time spent studying instead of earning money on cam, etc. On the flip side, future 'sensitive' employers and state professional licensing agencies are very likely to 'spend the money' to perform very thorough background checks ... which greatly increases the odds that the girl's camming background will be discovered. Additionally, future 'sensitive' employers and state professional licensing agencies WILL care if an applicant has an Adult industry related work history. As such, having a history of Adult webcam could become a significant factor in regard to the types of highly skilled or 'professional' job offers the girl may or may not receive in the future, as well as the offered pay rates and working conditions. Or, in terms of the 'risk vs reward' equation, having an Adult webcam history discovered could mean earning $5-10k less per year for the next 40 years, could mean working in an inner city school instead of a suburban school, could mean working in a prison hospital instead of a suburban hospital, could mean working for a 'payday loan' company instead of a major bank, etc.

To complicate matters even further, with technology moving forward so quickly, there is no way to accurately forecast what sort of background check results will come into common use 4 year down the road when a camgirl college student graduates and applies for a professional license and a high skill level job. For sure there is a high probability that Adult images of camgirls will be 'lurking' somewhere on the Internet forever ... without the camgirl's knowledge. For sure the IRS will have hard documentation via 1099's that a camgirl was paid by an Adult business i.e. webcam hosts. So it's really a straightforward question about what sort of technologies will come into common use to 'match up' future job applicants to those Adult images on the internet and/or those IRS 1099 payment records.

Xoheather
07-12-2014, 10:38 AM
I was a high school teacher for a little under a year (got laid off due to budget cuts) and no one ever found out. Or, if they did they didn't say anything.

I would suggest getting a degree in something *besides* teaching. There are plenty of post-BAC certificates you can get for teaching that make it so you can get certified. That way, if it turns out that teaching isn't an option after all, you still have a valid degree in something else that makes you marketable for other jobs. For instance, there's a huge demand for math and science. You can get a degree in those fields and then if teaching doesn't work out you can get your Masters/Doctorate in that same field and voila! A whole knew avenue of jobs opens up for you.

aven
07-12-2014, 02:25 PM
there are 7 people in the world that look just like you... even more that look like you but are not super close match. at my high school there was couple and they looked like brother and sister but they were not.

here this just came out .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/strangers-who-look-like-twins-im-not-a-lookalike_n_4575750.html

so just say that it was one of your 7 twins

GracieBlue
08-01-2014, 07:30 PM
You cannot possibly be serious..... I can't even take this entire thing seriously after reading this.........

I mean seriously?

I have really needed a good laugh! ;D;D;D

Hope you're bb is good sarah!

temptingmodel
08-02-2014, 08:00 PM
I have really needed a good laugh! ;D;D;D

Hope you're bb is good sarah!

I openly LOLd as well. like 0__O let me adjust my glasses lol crying

Sarah is hilarious and very true with he words.

SarahTime
08-02-2014, 09:58 PM
I'm glad yous guys think I'm funny ;)

Some people refer to it as "bitchy" or "insensitive" but hey, I'll take funny!

temptingmodel
08-02-2014, 10:46 PM
Girl, post 20 had me dying over here "live in poverty for the rest of eternity." I know your witty sarcasm, I think its a mom trait

Let me elaborate... most social work people work 2 sometimes 3 jobs.

I know where I am from there is a joke about having a degree in poverty aka school teacher. :)

No pun to those that are teachers, I come from a long line of English teachers, cantcha tell? lool seriously tho, they do it for the love not to get a lot of money to survive bc that is all a person will do, survive and drive a Prius ;) not by choice

I really do come from a long line of teachers, a very long line. Its not to get rich or support a family. Its for the love.

JaceyLynn
08-02-2014, 10:56 PM
I'm glad yous guys think I'm funny ;)

Some people refer to it as "bitchy" or "insensitive" but hey, I'll take funny!

I think it is awesome and when I was reading this thread the other day I was thinking the same thing you was saying before I even seen it. Thanks :)

temptingmodel
08-02-2014, 11:17 PM
In all honesty, I think we got trolled :)

starcraft
08-07-2014, 11:15 AM
had the same problem.write on the sites you were placed not for sm. :) also you can find out the recorder it it wasnt streamate and get great money from that jerk( to 20000 ud).it is written on agreement i guess. but do not write streamate- they didnt posted it, some guy recorded and posted.

starcraft
08-07-2014, 11:18 AM
and for Kortneykay- i am student myself. but i chose engineering field so not to be noticed. wanted be physician, but had to say no due my camming since i wouldnt be able show my research to everyone since there would be my name on it! i afraid too, because going to work abroad after graduation.

ukmissy
08-09-2014, 12:51 PM
I'm not a DVM, but I'm a RVT (registered vet tech) and I have no issues. I'd imagine a veterinarian wouldn't either, many of them work for themselves, sure they get a license, but so do I and it didn't come up when I did my re-cert this year. I also passed a background check and worked with kids teaching horseback riding with the Girl Scouts. Sure, the ideal thing is to work for yourself if you've had tons of exposure, but I'd just deny deny deny. The only thing to worry about is getting licensing done if you're trying to be a nurse or something. Or parents finding out if you work with children. I'd still say, it's not super likely to cause problems.

I'm in the middle of my DVM and I'm not slightly worried - Well I'm actually shitting myself for state finals, but as far as adult work goes, it's not concerning me, and I've been in the Biz over ten years. See you on the other side Sadie , I wish I was there already too !

TheBrownFox
09-12-2014, 06:30 PM
*Sorry for the thread bump*

Well I'm about to reenter the child care field (as soon as my fingerprints, physical, etc. go through), so if anything does happen to come up about my adult industry experience, I'll come back to this thread and let you know what went down. And if I do lose my job because of it, yeah, that'd suck, but at least I'll know not to ever waste my time again pursuing a job involving children. That'd be one hell of an awkward/unpleasant conversation (the "I'm gonna have to let you go" convo) between me and the boss though. Damn. Lol.

anoncamgirl
09-12-2014, 06:59 PM
I get the same question on cam and sometimes off. What I said has a lot to do with the OP's issue. If she had disguised herself on cam, she may have most likely got away with applying and being hired to the vanilla jobs she wants. I hate the misogynistic views the world has on women who do adult work but disguising yourself on cam may help. Some people in this forum brought it up so I'm simply stating my input to their responses.

I love your posts, Kortney! If camwork wasn't so controversial, we'd make less money because everyone would do it. I think the misogynistic view of adult work is a blessing in disguise. Just some food for thought.


*Sorry for the thread bump*

Well I'm about to reenter the child care field (as soon as my fingerprints, physical, etc. go through), so if anything does happen to come up about my adult industry experience, I'll come back to this thread and let you know what went down. And if I do lose my job because of it, yeah, that'd suck, but at least I'll know not to ever waste my time again pursuing a job involving children. That'd be one hell of an awkward/unpleasant conversation (the "I'm gonna have to let you go" convo) between me and the boss though. Damn. Lol.

Let us know how it goes! Good luck.

missyamaya
03-14-2015, 05:57 PM
Hey girl, I wanted to do the same thing. I decided if I'm going to pursuing teaching that I would do it in a foreign country with my degree. I was a highly referenced nanny in my area and would NEVER even THINK of harming a child in anyway. Sadly, getting naked in your room on the internet can give you a bad rap. Good thing is that camming will pay you way more and you can always work from home, start your own business, etc.

rere2
07-11-2015, 01:07 AM
I just made my own post about this, because I was wondering given my short and very odd cam persona whether I had any chance of being outed now 2 years after the fact...or longer.

So far, nobody has ever found a video of me....I can't even find any....nor did I ever see a popup when I was on cam, and yes I frequented those sites a lot. I did have geo block on as well. I searched this week for anything of me out there...and still...nothing. So I've gotten a job with the government now for almost two years. Nobody has any clue except for my spouse who will never tell anybody. I didn't even tell my bff. I am a bit antsy though because I want to transfer into a field where I'll have to work with children and I am a little scared. But....I never used photos of my face on my profile, ever. I did that for this reason alone...because I wasn't interested in being an adult star....and I wanted a vanilla career later..so I didn't want to advertise myself THAT much. Plus I did only fetish, advertised non nude on my profile, charged 12.99/min and never did gold shows...except for like one time. I also never showed face in private either, once it went private...there was no face. I did, for some people, get nude, but I wasn't much into toys...mostly just tease....and it was after a long time in private as a part of the dom/sub reward system I had set up for some of my regs. For the face thing...it sort of went like this, if I had never went PVT and didn't know really if that sub would turn into a vanilla guy too fast...I'd not show face. If I knew they were a true sub...and it would be a total clothes - on experience I showed my face....and I would humiliate, sph, JOI, etc. Most of my guys never wanted me to get nude...and the ones who did....was happy with just seeing my body....no requests for anal or anything like that.

I will say this...BEFORE camming, long before, I worked for a well known adult bookstore. I put that on my applications in the past. I actually landed me a job because management knew I wasn't going to be a prude and I'd get along with everyone. My current boss knows, I had forgotten I worked there, plus I never put it on any of my "professional" resume's but it came up in conversaton and she thought it was hilarious. I paid taxes on it....and in a background which I had to go through a few times since that job...and before camming....it never came up that I had worked for an "adult" company. In fact a teacher who is a friend suggested I do some subbing for extra cash and she knew I worked there....heck..I sold vids to one of the board of education members LOL.

Velveteen.Rabbit
03-07-2016, 12:56 AM
Wanted to update that I am an ex-cammer and continue to do lowkey pro domme work as well as have entered the medical nursing setting and am pretty "out" about my past work to a select few and it's fine. I don't have a trail on the Internet of old stuff though.

So working in medicine is fine post-camming but it depends what sector you work in. I am only ever planning to work with adults and do not work with children or in a facility that is, I guess you could say, public medicine. Rules are stricter within public medicine as opposed to private facilities.

Actually, even when I went for my first boob job appointment, I was honest about my adult profession and the doctor himself told me that the receptionist did foot fetish work and had a foot fetish site. So it just depends where you work as to if its an issue. Pediatrics though? You can probably forget about that. Oh and I've also seen an ex pornstar who avidly works in an ER setting as a nurse..

goddesslouboutin
03-07-2016, 04:20 AM
Not necessarily girls. You can always work on streamate and not show your face. I myself do not show face on cam. Lip downwards in free chat. No face in nude shows. You can be discreet if you need to be.

TheBrownFox
03-07-2016, 09:54 AM
Wanted to update that I am an ex-cammer and continue to do lowkey pro domme work as well as have entered the medical nursing setting and am pretty "out" about my past work to a select few and it's fine. I don't have a trail on the Internet of old stuff though.

So working in medicine is fine post-camming but it depends what sector you work in. I am only ever planning to work with adults and do not work with children or in a facility that is, I guess you could say, public medicine. Rules are stricter within public medicine as opposed to private facilities.

Actually, even when I went for my first boob job appointment, I was honest about my adult profession and the doctor himself told me that the receptionist did foot fetish work and had a foot fetish site. So it just depends where you work as to if its an issue. Pediatrics though? You can probably forget about that. Oh and I've also seen an ex pornstar who avidly works in an ER setting as a nurse..

I've been able to get/keep daycare center teacher's aide jobs even after having been a cam girl. I've been blocking my state on cam sites also.