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What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
Just curious as to what some of you ladies did before you discovered cam? Also, what do you do for *extra* income along with camming?
I have
-been a student
-worked for kirby for like 2 weeks
-other misc. retail positions
-brief stint working @ a peep show
-imposter perfume sales woman
-worked on a plant nursery
and I currently do:
-cam
-clips
-escort in Second Life
-shorttask.com
-agentanything
-ChaCha (but it's starting to piss me off!)
and sometimes I sell plants when I can find buyers.. :D
How about you ladies?
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
Good topic!
Jobs I've had:
- electronics store
- craft store
- mall kiosk
- reservations desk at a hotel
- sex toy/lingerie store
- stripping
Currently I am only camming and selling videos. I may go back to the sex toy store for a few hours a week because they need people and the discount would be awesome. I'd also like to find a non-nude work at home job for the days when I can't handle dealing with camming.
I am a student as well but that doesn't pay my bills, unfortunately! I'm no longer getting assistance for school, but I turn 24 next year and can get Pell grants.
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Well I was a PSO in college oh the good old student days.
After finishing school I had a few jobs but the last tw I held before deciding to go back into the adult industry were tax specialist and claims service for a major health insurance company.
The insurance company job was it for me, after battling back and forth with my own company to get a client's cancer treatments paid for, they were denying his claim because the original examiner misunderstood the law, I was done. I was the 3rd person to get the case and I was so disgusted by the glaring incompetence of the denial it made me sick. Then when I resolved the problem and proved we had to pay this claim. I was actually written up for spending too much time on the case. If you think the people in adult industry are shady go work for a health insurance company.
Camming and phone sex and clips are my only income.
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Oh boy where do I start....
House Cleaner (still do it sometimes to add variety)
Security Guard at a Golf Course LOL
Census Taker
Busser at Mexican Restaurant (Got fired after spilling salsa on a snobby woman's white dress, but she deserved it)
Claim Processor
Stripping (thank god because thats what brought me to camming)
Admin Assistant (most of my life)
Professional Student ( In school off and on the last 8 years of my life)
Jack of all trades Master of NONE! Looks like I really need to focus!!
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eww i totally hate my job history!
but greaat thread!!:D
-Lake Lanier (first job-16yrs)
-Mcdonalds (17yrs)
-Wendy's (18yrs)
-Old Navy (18yrs)
-Wendy's
-Quik Trip (19yrs)
-HoneyBaked Ham
-Ingles Grocery
-Wendy's
-Target
...Went to Community College for 4yrs (for an associate's-kept changing my major) then went to a University for 6mnths for fashion design, but then dropped out bc i just KNEW school was NOT for me!! :-[
NOW:
-Target (24yrs)
AND
-Cam
-Phone sex
-Selling pix/Vids
-Sewing/doing makeup requests
I wish i knew about camming before i went to community college and wasted thousands and thousands of dollars and TIME!:-\
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
I've always been in sales, doing promotions and modelling on the side for the big payments x
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Student
Financial Domme (not anymore)
Photo lab technician
Cashier
Kung fu and karate teacher
Amateur porno clip maker and seller
Vet's assistant and maid (not as cool as it sounds- my job was to clean up cat poo and dispose of dog testicles... which other dogs would try to eat after the surgery)
I'm still in school, hoping to become a therapist. Or a dominatrix, when I have the space for it. They're surprisingly similar occupations.
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I won't list all of the jobs I've done, since I'm older than dirt and probably can't remember all of them. Here's a few of them though:
Ramp agent (those people you see at the airport, throwing your luggage around, driving funny looking equipment, towing aircraft)
Professional pet sitter (did this for 10 years)
A few restaurant jobs
Some nonprofit work
Custom garment and promotional products sales
Property management (still do this)
Student (still do this too)
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I've worked at 3 different grocery stores (including Wal-Mart, ugh), I worked as a receptionist (loved this job), and I worked as a babysitter/nanny.
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I've worked:
Super Kmart
Drug Mart
Golden Corral
RA (then STNA for bought 2 wks. Worst 2 wks of my life )
In bound call center
Day Care Infant Room (love love, loved this job. Unfortunately $8 an hr does not pay the bills)
Hubby was laid off so a friend introduced me to camming for extra money. Did so well I quite the day-care.
Now I:
Cam
Have a site on Southern Charms
ChaCha (pissing me off too girl!)
Application pending for LionBridge
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i did chacha a few years ago back when they paid like .20 per query, then they went all nuts with the pay cuts, traffic sucked, and i started making $3/hr and it just wasn't worth it anymore. i'm glad it's still working for some folks though.
previously i've been a:
cashier at chick-fil-a
in-shop (food prep and cashier) at jimmy john's
overnight staffer in dorms - so i worked 10 hour shifts overnight doing lockouts, maintenance & health emergencies, security rounds, etc. in freshman dorms at a huge party university...that was the most entertaining job ever.
freelance editor
bookkeeper
search engine diva (for chacha and their competitors, kgb)
digital archivist (i put religious texts in multiple languages online...it was about the most specialized job i've ever had, made use of my computer programming & language skills, but it could be really tedious)
prostitute
bondage model
student (yay useless degrees! i planned to get my phd but dropped out after the first couple of degrees because it wasn't working out financially and it was driving me absolutely nuts)
currently i:
cam
work as a freelance web designer (which i've done on and off for about 8 yrs)
and i help run a non-profit (i've been on the boards of a few different nonprofits over the last 7 or 8 yrs). it doesn't pay well but i get to travel and speak and do workshops and work with awesome people, which is fun, plus it's something i love to do.
i also do consulting work for nonprofits & small businesses to help them expand and solve problems
in the future i'm going to:
cam more & do more consulting work
sell content
go back to school for social work and get licensed
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
People used to/still make good money with chacha? I didn't know it was decent...
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this is what i used to do -
- cleaned the morgue
- cleaned the kindergarten
- studied at uni
- interpreter
- teacher
- secretary
- graphic designer
- model
- escort
and now i cam and do some more freelance graphic design and freelance translations.
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Lets see...
Housekeeper at three different hotels
Subway
Server at the hospital
Cvs
Seems like theres something I'm missing.
Now I just started camming, hopefully I can make enough to pay these bills of im screwed. small town no jobs.
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cleaner at animal hospital
data entry
receptionist
office manager
working with homeless people
freelance writer
direct sales
dispatcher
telemarketer
nanny
barista at starbucks
now cam model, pso, marketing for porn company and a student.
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
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Originally Posted by
LoverCam
People used to/still make good money with chacha? I didn't know it was decent...
back in the first year or so after they started, i averaged about $9/hr. then it all went to hell.
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
- First job was when I was 16, an office type job that was actually really fun and I got to do a bunch of other random things.
- Fast food from 17-18 until I got totally fed up with it and decided to try camming.
- Also did a year of college after high school.
I was/am not about to waste my life working shit jobs that pay pennies to treat you like shit and give you no control over your life. I want to work somewhere where my efforts equal my success, and I'm not just stuck in a set per hour rate, being worked well over what they're giving me. I also didn't feel right going to school and wasting time/money when I had no idea what I want to do.
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Retail rat here!
Past jobs:
Macy's
Finley Fine Jewelry {inside Macy's}
Kay Jewelers
Sears {In-store Support}
Had my daughter and became a SAHM.
Found out about camming through here. Did it for extra cash.
Still a SAHM but now i sell stuff on Ebay until i get a better laptop to cam with.
{Hopefully by my bday!}
I occasionally do graphic design for people.
Once my daughter is in Kindergarten i plan on finding a job in elderly care.
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Originally Posted by
tinydancer23
back in the first year or so after they started, i averaged about $9/hr. then it all went to hell.
Same here. Now it's more like $3. I still do it if I'm bored and just sitting, watching tv. I make about enough to buy a new pair of shoes or something at the end of the month. Lol.
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I worked at a few restaurants as a waitress and at a nursing home for about a year. That's about it. Oh, and I went to college for two years.
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Originally Posted by
BlankStare
-escort in Second Life
Could you elaborate? You actually get paid for this? I love playing The Sims, maybe I should get into Second Life too. :P
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
Before camming I worked as a
Chef
Student
Scientist
Currently I escort full time and I webcam between appointments
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
Before camming I:
cleaned houses and apartments full time
worked at the movies
three or four dead-end retail jobs
claims processor
envelope stuffer
dog walker
student
stripper
etsy seller
To say I was over-ambitious is an understatement.
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
Jobs prior:
Waitress in a restaurant
Waitress in a strip club
Stripper
and of course, now a cam girl. I want to remain in the adult industry in one form or another as I actually enjoy it a lot... I actually want to own my own strip club.
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Originally Posted by
Smurfette
Could you elaborate? You actually get paid for this? I love playing The Sims, maybe I should get into Second Life too. :P
Yes, i actually heard about it through Buffy, but it's definitely become a nice second income for me; because i'm not a gamer, I don't spend all of my money in world. If you were into sims, then you will probably like SL a lot.
Oh yea, about ChaCha.. it really does suck lately. With the new pay rate of half a cent.. (a$$holes) I only average MAYBE $3-$5 an hour there... and usually only do it when I'm bored or sick.
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Re: What did you do before camming? Is camming your only income?
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Originally Posted by
BlankStare
Yes, i actually heard about it through Buffy, but it's definitely become a nice second income for me; because i'm not a gamer, I don't spend all of my money in world. If you were into sims, then you will probably like SL a lot.
Awesome! I was gonna PM you to ask more but I found quite a bit about it on Google. So I'm guessing you can actually convert your in-game money to real money? Sweet.