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    Dizzy Does being a camgirl make you feel dumb?

    I don't know about you lovely ladies but lately being a camgirl has really been getting me to start doubting my own intelligence.

    When I first started this job, I foolishly believed that the majority of my time would be on cam doing shows but that isn't how the majority of my time is spent.

    I feel like I am constantly having to learn backwards and forwards how new software works, such as the Adobe encoder.

    Or having to have a really good working knowledge of HTML and graphics for my MFC and Niteflirt profiles.

    I can't forget everything I needed to learn about video processing for Clips4Sale

    Recently I've decided it was time for me to have my own personal website so I am currently pulling my hair out over learning Dreamhost, Wordpress and Gallery. The learning curve for this triad of online services have been making me feel like the dumbest camgirl in the world. I know lots of other camgirls that have mastered them already and as embarrassing as it is for me to admit there has seriously been a couple times that Wordpress has had me frustrated almost to the point of tears.

    I don't even want to TALK about all the shit I still have to master about Social Media Marking.


    I swear, if I ever decided to quit camming my resume would be full to the brim with a crazy amount of software, hardware, networking and social media knowledge that I've been required to learn.
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    Aww JAC. You're just overwhelmed. If you need help with Wordpress, ping me on yahoo. I'm there even when I'm not
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    I admire the ladies who put so much effort into marketing and learning web skills. Honestly, I am really bad with that stuff and it would take ages to master. If I wanted my own site someday I would pay someone to do it.

    But aside from researching webcams/computer specs/lighting kits, I don't do a lot of work other than getting on cam. Oh, and I advertise via twitter and hang out on camgirl forums as "research" lol

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    No way! Read your last sentence again! You seem to have become one smart woman on your ventures through the Cam World. I guess I can see your next job as perhaps something to do with computers with what have learned through Cam! I consider you a role model.
    PS I am sure you are a great Cam Performer too, the job just kinda gets to us at times. It's the toughest sales job I have ever done. We are selling personality, hair, eyes... well all our body parts at times one piece at a time... lol, the great feet guys. Who ever comes on any site and says web cam jobs are easy or easy money are flat out liars. It's hard work. We don't get enough admiration for doing this job. We can't see all their facial expressions, it's hard to figure out the true meaning of their words. All we have to work with is our smarts. So... I say if you feel stupid, join the cam world, it will teach you A LOT!
    You have learned so much from cam, your posting says it.

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    There is so much to learn, so many task & stuff I know I should be doing. I get it.

    It is all a bit overwhelming.
    Years ago before SD careds, I tried hooking up my camera to put the videos on my computer to edit & such. Took me 3 days & nothing, no matter what tutorials & reading I did to get it up load onto the computer. Then I talked to a friend of mines husband because he is a computer nerd. He told my yahoo browser was preventing it from working. I uninstalled yahoo & was uploading & it all working in less that 30 minutes. Now, I would have NEVER thought yahoo browser would be the problem. For 3 days I felt like an idiot to stupid to figure it all out.

    It is easy to think it is us & not the program or whatever. I know way to many IT guys & experts, trust me we are all as smart as them.

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    maybe you could also take a part time class at college if you feel it would really help your skills/game and save you time in the long run. maybe you could also meet some helpful people in the field. of course, you could tell them your business is "online crafts" or whatever you can imagine, but, you get the drift"))

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    I'm with ya JAC, all the way babe. I started reading this forum 2 years ago before I felt like I knew enough to even TRY getting on cam. 2 weeks in to actual camming (only a couple days a week) and I realize everyday how little I know and how much time I am putting in with all the technical stuff. And I give RESPECT ABSOLUTE to all you ladies, this is way more complicated and detailed than just sticking your pretty naked ass on cam.

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    I'm so with You JAC! I never even learned to type. STILL can't. I wasn't raised in the computer age, so learning technology is difficult, because things are constantly being changed, and upgraded.
    I do feel dumber only because camming has kept me staring at a computer for hours, and not having to deal with the outside world as much, or not having any time to read a book.
    I was trying to explain my gold show earlier to a new potential custie,, and the guy said that I sound way too intelligent, and he cant understand me. I get it.
    It's a common thing, in this modern world of technology, where everyone growing up now is so use to just texting, and the world of screens. Most can't spell, or even have good grammar because of auto-text.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pink_bunny View Post
    maybe you could also take a part time class at college if you feel it would really help your skills/game and save you time in the long run. maybe you could also meet some helpful people in the field. of course, you could tell them your business is "online crafts" or whatever you can imagine, but, you get the drift"))
    This is a great suggestion and I'd really love to go...but sadly I have a severe anxiety disorder so I very rarely leave my apartment.

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    No it doesn't. It actually makes me feel that people working dead end jobs for min-wage are dumb, though. Everytime I go into a crappy little supermarket and see some 30year old loser looking depressed as fuck sticking sausages on a shelf being bothered by 10 customers per second and only earning £6 an hour I think god what an idiot. Really they don't pay you enough for those jobs. I worked 10 years in retail and even had *degree type things* in it from when I was like 16. LOL. But it's really easy as fuck all you need is common sense and to be able to pretend to like people. In camming you need to be an actress/computer tech/financial advisor/fashion stylist/beautytherapist/pornstar... the list goes on. So know I am not stupid but I definately used to be.

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    ^^ That's funny teenage-"sticking sausages on a shelf." I know what you mean, but It gave me a giggle, because I nicknamed all my dildos 'sausages'

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    I struggled to figure out Skype for no less than 3 hours last night. I feel your pain. At the same time I'm kind of getting a rush learning all these new ways to market myself and get out there. It's intense, but very exciting! and frustrating!!

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    I just spent pretty much my entire freaking Sunday working on my Wordpress site and.........

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    Hmm..camming makes me feel stupid lots of times too, but I blame it on the non user-friendly aspects of some of the sites (such as MFC). I haven't even figured out how to upload videos but some chics have tons for sale on there..! Guess I need to get it together or get back to the club..yuck.

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    I hate Wordpress. I know it's supposed to be super easy, but I just don't get it. I can look up html all day long, but Wordpress just doesn't quite sink in for me.

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    I haven't really fooled around with too many website builders, but wordpress made me want to cry. Wix has been my favorite. I'm just using the free service for now. Maybe when I'm bringing in more from indy sales to justify upgrading, I will. But their prices seem kind of steep. To me, it would be worth it, though, because the builder is so user friendly.

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    Technology has always been really overwhelming to me. It seems like as soon as you become a full time cam girl, you need to learn to do ALL THE THINGS right this second. Just tackle one at a time.

    Or you could do what I do (because there are some things I just don't want to do), trade for services.

    You're not stupid by any stretch of the imagination, just overwhelmed.
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    Hell no. After talking to some of these clowns on cam sites, I know I am intelligent. Hell the bb shit proves they are idiots.

    I know how to use WordPress so if you need help let me know. I am also good at DreamWeaver and PS.

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    friend of mine used weebly and she said it is idiot proof - which is why she was suggesting it to me - lol - I fooled with wordpress and bailed pretty quick - havent had a chance to look at weebly yet so any info feedback would be appreciated -

    I do understand feeling dumb at times - there are a lot of hats to wear in the tech age of adult entertainment - all of the information shared here makes the learning curve much easier though -

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    http://www.weebly.com/terms-of-service/

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    Nope. In fact, it does exactly the opposite. It's like a big "fuck you" to all those people who think camming requires no skill and isn't a real job. Every time I have to learn something new, it's like, "hey, I just added a new skill to my repertoire, bitches!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlotteslut View Post
    http://www.weebly.com/terms-of-service/

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    Thanks for the update - she has been out of the business for around two years - she had a slave member site and promoted her NF Talk Sugar etc.... so maybe the TOS have changed - BOO

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    Sometimes, yes, but then I remember I get to sit at home and rake in cash on my own schedule. Plus, while some people don't agree, I get paid between $100-$600/month just to take a shit... closer to the $100 range now that it is flooded, but anyone who wants to hold that against me ever, I will just laugh in their face. I SHIT MONEY BITCHES! Like almost literally. We have a way to turn disgusting private moments in to money.... how is that not brilliant? That's just one example, I have about...ooooh a ton, just because I love preparing myself for the day someone outs me and I can be like " oh yeah, well this guy paid me X amt to eat oatmeal fully clothed in bed! That's more then you make in 6 hours of work and it only took me 20mins" BOOM! IRL people make fun of me for being fat, Rolls like water... my big belly made me hundreds of dollars last month.... what did your thin waistline get you other then a bloated ego and a mediocre day job (which really anyone of any size could get).

    Just because some high school kids can tweet their random thoughts to their 10 friends who follow them doesn't make then twitter genius. I'm not twitter smart, but I can give you some ideas on how to get followers sometime.

    You are going above and beyond the call of the job, and you are doing it wonderfully with grace and poise! You obviously take your business plan seriously, which means you take your success in this industry seriously. That is smart. Just remember to make time for yourself too. The smartest thing you can do is remembering that you work to live and not live to work. You don't have to be smart to be successful, but if you are successful you certainly aren't dumb! Lean on your fellow cam-co-workers for help, and maybe in your spare time pick up some for dummies books.



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    I realize that this is an old thread, but I came across it looking for something else, and I had to bump it to say THANK YOU, JAC, for writing this. At 4 in the morning, after quite a bit of frustration learning stupid little things about doing something new, this thread made me burst into tears - the good kind.

    I know I've learned fuckloads of stuff since I started camming. I've learned how to use so many programs and services that I had never even heard of before. Hell, I didn't even know what a hashtag was before I started camming.

    BUT it feels like every time I want to take on anything new, or improve my business in some way, there's this huge ocean of new skills that I have to acquire, and it's SO painstaking and overwhelming. I just don't understand how there is still so much stuff that I don't know how to do! I thought maybe I had prematurely aged in the technology department, because I sometimes feel like my grandma, getting upset because she can't get the computer to turn on and doesn't know how to use email (she's sort of figured it out, but still prefers to send letters).

    Anyhow, it was so nice to hear that I'm not the only cam girl that has ever felt this way. It's good to hope that I'm not dumb - it's this business that's complicated! Thank you for sharing your feelings!
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    I thought this thread was going to be about how talking to imbecilic, horny men makes you feel stupid. And yes, it does, when you deal with really illiterate dumbfucks who repeatedly, "bb" and "open tits" you forget that they are actual human beings typing to you in freechat and not a bunch of numbskull bots put there just to annoy the fuck out of you. I actually do crosswords and trivia game apps just so I don't lose the ability to think up synonyms for basic words. I seem to curse a lot more now as well.

    As for all the other skills, I have always been a tech geek so I find learning software and hardware really fun. It's sassing skills, makeup and hair that I have a bit of difficulty with but I have these threads to reference and for that I am so thankful.
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