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Anyone from corporate jobs?
I used to be a lawyer, but I couldn't stand it and, after much soul-searching, found that I have a strong desire to work as a stripper. I know there's a stereotype out there about strippers, that they have psychological issues (abuse victim, addicts, etc), but I know that's not the case--actually, I'd bet there's more drug/alcohol addiction among lawyers. ;)
I'd like to know if anyone here made the switch from a desk job to stripping, and if so, what was your decision-making process?
I'm hoping I'm not alone in making this unconventional career switch!
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I worked in offices my whole life. I started dancing at the age of 35 because the economy in LA was, and still is, horrible. I couldn't get a decent office job. Since I started dancing 2 years ago, I have found that a lot of dancers have recently come into the business simply because the job market is so bad.
Most of these people, myself included, never would have considered something like this under normal circumstances. Since I have been in the business, there have been great times and horrible times. The great times have been super incredible and the horrible times have been scary horrible times that you would never face in a normal job. I think it would be great for a former lawyer to work as a dancer because you would definitely be in a position to help out so many people in the industry.
If you decide to apply for a job as a dancer DO NOT tell the club owner that you have worked as an atty.. You will not be hired. Club owners don't care about your job background anyways and will not check it. They only care about your ability sell and do lap dances, and your willingness to pay a fee to the house to work, and your willingness to tip your fellow employees who are also required to pay to work.
In this industry it's not the dancers that are the bad apples; it's the owners, managers, cops and politicians. I would suggest that you read some of the other posts on this board so that you will realize what kind of people dancers are up against.
A lot of dancers have a bachelor’s degree and some even have a master’s degree.
It sounds to me like you may have a glamorized misperception of what this industry is really like. It is a very rough way to earn a living. If you don't have any street smarts, you will need to learn them quickly. If you do decide to pursue this line of work just tell the manager that you have done a variety of different clerical office jobs. No formal resume is required. You might need to write the names of 1 or 2 companies or temp agencies that they won’t call anyways.
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I am a legal assistant during the day. I find it hard to go from one world to another with barely 4 hours of sleep. I also can't wear skirt because of bruises from the pole....OH WELL.I am on vacation from both jobs right now....it is soooooo NICE.And by the way the only reason that I think my boss hired me was because I know how to get coke....BItch,but that is besides the point. It is a little fucked up that i can't stand that shit and i am a stripper, and she is this wealthy respected in the community lawyer and she snorts rail thick as my thumb and as long as here desk.Que sera sera.Yeah but this world will eat you upand spit you outif youdon't keep your head straight and go right home after work. Te strip club is no place to meet friends. Also have you thought about how this could affect your future as a lawyer. If people in your community knew what you moonlighted as they wioul probably just dial the lawyer right under you in the phonebook. People trust their personal,finacial and judicial lives in a lawyers hand. They are not going to knowingly hire someone who was in some guys lap dancing to keep their legal lives in shape. Same if you were a doctor. What if you ran into collegues of yours. This is something that i also worry about. Just something to chew on. Good luck with whatever you decide.;D
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I am a legal assistant during the day. I find it hard to go from one world to another with barely 4 hours of sleep. I also can't wear skirt because of bruises from the pole....OH WELL.I am on vacation from both jobs right now....it is soooooo NICE.And by the way the only reason that I think my boss hiredme was because I know how to get coke....BItch,but that is besides the point. It is a little fucked up that i can't stand that shit and i am a stripper, and she is this wealthy respected in the community lawyer and she snorts rail thick as my thumb and as long as here desk.Que sera sera
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Paralegal by day, stripper by night.. yes... three months ago I retired from dancing, only to be going back this upcoming week due to many partners at our firm leaving and branching out- took everyone that they wanted to go with them, and some cases, thus, leaving us overstaffed... I've already been told my position is going away.
I'm 34.. don't look it though, live in a small town.. word gets around.. it was hard for me to do both jobs from August until November without anyone at the day job finding out.. I basically hid out in my office- but, I researched our manual extensively before I accepted the job to make sure that they didn't have a no moonlighting policy. Where I am, you can't go full nude anyways, just bikini, so I was ok.
Going back in a week like I mentioned, then going back to school to get a masters degree. Hopefully something will pop up back in the legal world.. until then, my shoes got dusted off... back to the pole..
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my uncle was a lawyer and decided to pursue acting. he just does temp work. do you have to quit your lawyer job completely?
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I work Patient Realtions Dept. at a hospital.
Pamela
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I used to be a lawyer, but I couldn't stand it and, after much soul-searching, found that I have a strong desire to work as a stripper. I know there's a stereotype out there about strippers, that they have psychological issues (abuse victim, addicts, etc), but I know that's not the case--actually, I'd bet there's more drug/alcohol addiction among lawyers.
I'd like to know if anyone here made the switch from a desk job to stripping, and if so, what was your decision-making process?
Yup I can relate. In my own case I was 30 years old and had been working as a Respiratory Therapist for several years before considering a career shift to exotic dancing. Here are a few of the issues which rattled through my brain when first considering the move ...
- relative income potential - dancing wins hands down
- working conditions - dancing wins on flexible hours and days, but loses on 'facilities'
- co-workers - dancing generally loses due to non-professional club management, other dancers who bring 'personal problems' into work with them etc.
- ethics - this was a tough one given dancing's social stigma vs the social respect of hospital work. However, in reality, the ethics of dancing were IMHO more straightforward than at the hospital (where I was required to lie to cover up doctor's mistakes).
- job satisfaction - dancing loses big time, because the satisfaction of saving a baby's life as an RT simply can't compare to the best that dancing or adult entertainment has to offer i.e. magazine covers.
- physical risk factors - dancing actually wins, because at the hospital I was exposed to AIDS patients, prisoners, and people with other communicable diseases on a constant basis (and I actually contracted TB and had to undergo 6 months of treatments as an RT). This assumes of course that as a dancer I avoid clubs which are known to pose elevated risks.
- other risk factors - dancing loses big time due to the potential of being bogusly busted and saddled with a criminal record
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I was working with Lawyers...for almost 8 years. Just got tired of it. I hate working at a desk, and I hate "answering" to someone else...and I hate working 9-5. ;) Those things alone make me incompatible with the "real world". LOL I really left the corporate world because I had a baby and was unwilling to do daycare. So, dancing gives me the ability to work whenever I want...to make my own schedule...so that's why I love it.
Marcia Clark was a stripper putting herself into law school. She still has a job and she was the most widely known lawyer/stripper out there...so...
Good luck!!
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I danced in college. Now w--k (yech, ewwww...gross) as an economic research assistant in a research firm. (double major: econ & stats). Don't dance now-a-days cuz the club scene in Seattle sucks b-a-d. Would go back to it in a heartbeat if we lived in a place with a cooler scene, such as Phoenix (where I used to dance).
Oh.... and my hubbie is an attorney (contracts & corporate -- associate in a major firm).
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Now w--k (yech, ewwww...gross) as an economic research assistant in a research firm. (double major: econ & stats).
Wow...a beautiful and sexy economics/statistics geek...I think I'm in love :cloud9: ;) (PS--it's what I teach...)
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Wow, what a relief! Thanks to all of you. Very good advice, devilkitty--unfortunately, we all must think about how stripping will affect our day life. As for me, I have placed my bar status on "inactive" and would rather eat liver with dirt sauce than work as a lawyer again. The people in the legal profession are not any "better" than the strippers I've met while researching clubs. livenudegirlsunite--GREAT advice about not telling the mgr's I'm an atty. Actually, I'm pretty used to not telling people about my license, because they always grimace when I tell them.
Miss Clark was a stripper?! Wow! I did know she danced, but I suppose I now know why she went on the Howard Stern show. Good for her!
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I work a corporate job now but if I was 25 yrs younger , wait hold on born a female that would help . I would loved to have been a dancer ;D . I get really tired of the constant get it done with too little resource and time and someone else takes the credit . ( middle mngmt blues ) This is a good place to unwind for me thanks I feel better now .
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I actually just went through this..I posted my situation on here awhile back if you want to hunt it up.....I've ALWAYS wanted to dance but thought "no, I could NEVER do that"...blah blah blah.....so I went on and ended up with a Masters degree and have been working in my field, but soooo unhappy. I moonlighted at a club about 5 hours away to see if I really wanted to pursue dancing full time, and I fell in love! :-) So now I'm working out my 2 weeks notice, just finished another weekend at my club that's 5 hours away...and as soon as my 2 weeks are up, I'm looking for a local club to go full time at. I have such a sense of peace about the decision, it's awesome. I'll dance full time for awhile, just to get settled in the industry...then I'll probably end up getting a "real world" job again at some point while still dancing. But for now, I'm throwing myself into dancing because I've wasted too many years doing things that made me unhappy (I'm 27).....good luck to you with your decision!!!
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I quit my "Corporate Director position last week!! I couldn't take it anymore. Corporate board rooms put me to sleep and the people are so stuffy! Wasn't enjoying my self... I'm SOO happy to be back.
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I also work in the Legal Field, I have been away from dancing for about 5 years now and I am really starting to miss it. The money is begining to be the thing that I think will make me go back to it. I may do it in a different state at night or on the weekends so that I do not have to worry about being seen, maybe even wear a wig. I really need this back in my life, even if it is just for a little while. I would not tell any body, and I probably would never say that I went back on the DL. But I need to get myself back in shape. I am on a mission. Any one know some good clubs in the Delaware valley?
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I was executive assistant to the CEO of a large ISP among other corporate office jobs - one in particular at a very high profile software company. I finally got sick of it. When I decided to dance I relocated from Seattle to Reno after doing some research on the dancing climate and economies. I initially still took contract tech work on the side but I now dance full-time and love it. I was 28 when I switched. The thought popped into my head after working at a dot com that specialized in hosting adult content but was otherwise a very *corporate* biz.
(sorry for the bad structure of this post, I just woke up and caffeine is failing me)
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Wow, a lot of legal field refugees!! My last job before dancing was as an Admission officer for a private school here in SAT. Before that, I was a management development training coordinator for three states at an international bank. I loved both of my jobs, but without a college degree, I kept hitting a ceiling. The money and schedule of dancing allows me to go to school full-time; six more months of dancing, and I'll be able to go back into the corporate world!!
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I have bounced back and forth a few times...and have to say that dancing is so much more straightforward and simple than many "real world" jobs, etc...I miss the $$$ and am working an insanely good, and easy day job for a small municipality (if you can't beat them, join them) in a fairly public/visible position, so if/when I return to the stage this go round I will be doing so out of my area, on the other hand (although I might be a little naive here) if somebody from work sees me dancing, they are in the club too, so what's the problem? I'm not embarassed, now I don't want to dangle it in the face of everyone at my vanilla job either...okay I'm rambling, and this isn't even my post...sorry.
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I worked for the big GE meatball, International and Domestic training. I am currently an account executive, training and learning the moves so that I can dance part time to help with the bills..Grew up street, climbed my way to the top and ironically now I feel like I am the stupid one, so many wasted years - mortgage could have been paid by now! Kudos to all you vets of the business for the great advice, compassion and helpful information..Lovely ladies - all of you
PS - I bet those bitches in the boardroom are a lot more catty and backstabbing than some of your worst dancers.......
Jayden
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I work with kids and am considering being a stripper on the weekends long enough to pay off some bills before having my own kids and either not having the body for it anymore or not wanting to do it mentally after having kids. What are the implementations if I was to get caught. Can you get fired for being a dancer? Is anyone else in a "teacher' type situation? Could it ruin my career. I'm not in a small town. I've wanted to do FHM/Stuff type photos to send into mags, or hot import night type car shows, but feel like I'm more likely to be seen by teens I work with or their parents, etc. My job recently took away their rule about not being able to have other jobs, but they said that you could have another job as long as it didn't interfere with your ability to do this job first. I wonder if it would be a conflict of interest, though?
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Well, I was an Exec. Administrative Assistant to a CEO before I decided to dance. I quit that and I danced for 2 years. I quit dancing a few years ago and continued on with my schooling. Now I'm an Administrator in the IT field at a very well known company, with a large office to myself and an assistant of my own, etc. It is very much so more than possible to leave the corporate life, do what you want to do as a dancer, and then fall right back in to the corporate world again.
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It is very much so more than possible to leave the corporate life, do what you want to do as a dancer, and then fall right back in to the corporate world again.
True dat, although I did get in trouble for flashing my tits to the VP while he took a photo during a company party recently....oops....}:D :-X
Its not difficult, but its an interesting transition when working mostly with guys who aren't necessarily always hitting on you every chance they get. Between stripping and working IT, my guard is always up....
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i started dancing this year, and I am still working at the full-time position i've had for the last four years as a heatlh inspector (mostly restaurants) for the local city government. now i work sunday through thursday at my inspector job, and i work thursday and friday nights dancing. i did have to inform my employer that i was planning on dancing since they have a clause that they must be informed of any outside employement... i dreaded telling my director, but it actually went much more smoothly than i thought it would.
before you decide to make the change, you should really spend several months trying out the new line of work a few nights a week so that you are sure about what you're getting into. i have thought about quitting my daytime job since i usually make more in one night of dancing than i do all week. (and jeez, i hate getting up at 5:30 every morning for a job that's not bringing home the $$$!!)
now that i've been dancing for awhile and the novely has worn off, i've found that the job is draining in a whole host of ways that are different from any job i've had before. you may find it frustrating when customers make assumptions about your background or your personality just because you're a dancer. it an also affect your personality outside of the club; i find that these days i prefer to spend a lot more time by myself... which is actually nice sometimes!
anyway, good luck!
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I was just telling my friend yesterday how much I missed my corporate job. I miss dressing all nice, attending meetings, and having people come to me for assistance. Not to mention working overtime.
Dancing is cool, but I really miss the white collar world.