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    Default Camming, school, goals: Please Adviseee!

    Hello!

    Here are some questions you may be able to help me with..

    1. Did or are any of you using camming to reach ultimate goals (business goals or future plans).. etc? Do you expect to leave camming after those goals are accomplished? Have you been outed or hear others are outed when they enter the workforce again (more so my business will have me in the public eye-- not politics- thank god lol!)
    2. Safety. Is this a major issue if you follow what the forum shares? I have read the other links and things people say, use a vpn, wear a wig, never reveal information..etc etc.. is there something else I'm missing? I will not be showing my face, I will modify my body with makeup, using a vpn, never using wishlists, rarely talking, not doing privates.... if I am this limited, I do know it will be harder for me to make money... BUT I'm up for the challenge. How could someone find me if I do this?? I don't get it... am I being naive thinking this way and the precautions I listed above? Especially not showing my face?
    3. MFC and CB.. I am going to sign up with my DL, I don't have a passport. this has my address and whatnot... should I be concerned about my information being leaked? Has this ever happened? What about SS#? do cam sites need that to pay you? If so, does MFC or CB?
    4. Being outed, have you ever been outed when not showing your face? Is this very possible or not (links back to # 2)?
    5. Background checks? Have you ever returned to the workforce and found it hard to get a job or be questioned? (Hoping I will not return if my business does well-- I have a lot of faith in what I will pursue)
    6. Are any of you in school or come from a strong educational background? If so, did you ever feel depressed or saddened by the vanilla work and lack of other opportunities out there? What made you get over this, if you did?

    Thanks ladies and thanks to everyone who makes this community possible!!
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    Default Re: Camming, school, goals: Please Adviseee!

    1) I used stripping & camming to pay my way through college. It allowed me to make enough money working less hours to support myself while being a full time student. I do intend to leave camming once I finish school. I have never been outed at school but a few years ago some people I knew in real life did stumble across videos.
    2) I've never had a problem with safety and I shared more than I should have when I initially started camming. I'm not sure how well you would do camming if you did not talk, show your face or do privates. Especially if you plan on working a free chat site like MFC or CB. Personality goes a long way on those sites.
    3) I've never had an issue with information being leaked as far as I know.
    4) It is always possible to be outed but I'm sure it is easier to deny if your face is not in the content.
    5) I have not had a background check done recently so I have no idea what shows up. Cam sites do give a 1099 so I'm sure anyone who digs deep enough into a background check would be able to see these. I personally plan on staying away from government jobs for this reason.
    6) I am in school and I have been for many years. I can't say I've ever been depressed by vanilla work because there are pros there that I was not able to get camming. But there were aspects of camming that I missed and I'm sure a part of me will always miss it once I quit for good. Thankfully camming has not been as lucrative as it once was for me so there won't be as much to miss.

    I will say if you have not gotten into camming yet and you are this worried about it than it may not be a good choice for you. When I started I did not know the impact that camming could have on my future and by the time I figured it out I had already been camming for a year or so. I have to admit that I worry about being outed all of the time and I hope it never happens but it is always a possibility.

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    Default Re: Camming, school, goals: Please Adviseee!

    I might want to add that whomever wants to pursue camming should pursue it from a business standpoint, not a fly by hobby, or supplementation.

    The moment you decide you want to do this profession you are deciding to be your own boss. Are you a good boss that can keep herself accountable? Some people can not be productive in this business, or any other work unless someone is breathing down their neck, so you need to be disciplined and a self starter.

    Most successful, or even the unsuccessful people in this business, would never want to work for anyone else, but themselves, so they get spoiled for other types of work forever. Consider this too.

    Pursue this only if you are serious about being an independent contractor for a long time, whether that be in this business or other that you want to start. There is risk in every job, you can't avoid it. You need to make the risk worth it, that's the goal. The real question is what you really want to do?
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    Default Re: Camming, school, goals: Please Adviseee!

    Yes I'm using camming to pay for life goals - house, wedding, and baby. It's also bought me cars and (most) of a new business venture setup. I've never been outed (I don't show my face in any free promo or free chat) but I do fully expect to be one day, it's unavoidable. I have two degrees and never used them, could not see me ever being able to use them. I had a great job with great money but I wasn't using my brain or education and I was sick of the drudgery. I'm using camming to move me into a completely different area.
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    1a) Yes, but if you limit yourself to just camming it depends. Camming is only about half the equation...marketing and sales is the other half and one that I'm just starting to get into.
    1b) Personally camming, sometime soon likely. I still do the odd shows about once or twice a week, just to keep my street cred
    1c) Small time cammodels and strippers generally aren't outted in any big way. Mainstream pornstars are more at risk for negative effects like this, but it all depends on who you let do it to you also. Realistically, once you get a taste of being an entrepreneur, why go back to having a boss? I have friends that still talk about their vanilla jobs and it just seems so humiliating to work for someone else and have no choice day to day about what you do or how you do it...or have your work evaluated by an idiot and let them tell you what you're worth.

    2) You are one monkey in a sea of monkey faces. If you take reasonable precautions you should be fine. Don't share your contact details, keep your real phone numbers private, etc. You run far more risk from people you know getting stupid than total strangers. You should evaluate closer to home what your risks are, rather than worry about random faceless stalkers.

    3) Generally if you sign up directly with a big box site, you're pretty safe. If a studio you go through insists on handling your ID, then you need to beware, as most studio programs really have no business touching it. If they demand it, they're up to no good.

    4) Personally never been outted. I think most of our relatives have some idea, but everyone's too polite to say anything. They don't pay our bills anyways.

    5) You would probably need to worry about your "employment gap" far more than any background check. That's my opinion and there's a lot of disagreement here on that, but I would say taking reasonable precautions to cover your tracks mitigates most issues. What's harder to cover is being "unemployed" or vaguely "self-employed" for a long period of time...most HR departments red flag you because of this, not anything to do with adult work.

    6) Hubby and I are both very over-educated. I personally didn't like sexual harrasment and being treated like an office mouse. Hubby has a background as a corporate exec and politics, and he hated working for dirty people with no ethics or morals. When you're self-employed you don't answer to anyone and you can run your business at your own ethical standards...you can't get put on the "layoff list" for doing the right thing.

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    Default Re: Camming, school, goals: Please Adviseee!

    1. I haven't reached my *ultimate* goals camming....yet. But I will.
    2. Safety....Safety is my main concern. Not just in camming but in life. Being a woman you always need to be vigilant of your surroundings. Two situations that made me extremely aware of this were: 1) Being followed by someone extreme road-rage luckily after 2 turns I realized what was up and didn't pull off in my house. I took them through circles in my neighborhood, got on the phone with my ex-stepdad and drove to his house. They saw him in the driveway and gave up. 2 Being followed into a public bathroom by a man...I had a bad feeling, didn't go into the stall and ran out as soon as they walked in.
    Neither of these things were connected to camming. It's just life.
    Don't be paranoid but be aware. Don't share your real location on cam, don't wear shirts with logos.....
    I wouldn't be too worried about changing your appearance on cam for safety reasons... that's usually done because people don't want to be outed by people they already know.
    Take self defense lessons, be aware of your surrounds at all times, buy person protection if you are comfortable with it.
    3. I wouldn't worry too much if you sign up directly with the site.
    4. I know of 2 people who have found me on cam, neither "outed me" as in telling everyone I know but it has happened to a lot of girls.
    5. No, I haven't returned to the workforce so idk...
    6. I have my degree as a lot of other girls on here and in the sex industry do.
    As far as feeling depressed over the lack of opportunities.....what lack of opportunity? There are not many careers where you have the unlimited money making potential and freedom that comes with this line of work. Sure there are jobs where you can get degrees and make $50+/hr but you do not have the opportunity to make your own schedule
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    You are on the web... the World Wide Web You will be outed. There are no more secrets these days... Just ask the execs at Sony Pictures

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    Default Re: Camming, school, goals: Please Adviseee!

    First of all, I didn't understand why you chose the free chat sites instead of private chat. In priv. chat sites you would be seen by way fewer people, who actually will pay for you. But most of the guys I know in my school use MFC and chaturbate to jerk off for free, they are popular with college students. I would advise against them.


    I'm a student and don't plan to do camming after I graduate. But I wouldn't cam if I was afraid of being outed. Even though you are careful, you can never know. In that case it's up to how "awful" the consequences would be for you if people around you knew. Will it be devastating and ruin your life? Then don't do it.

    I myself, wouldn't be "meh" if I were to be outed/loose a job opportunity because of my camgirl background, but it wouldn't be a life-or-death situation. I have a supportive boyfriend and open minded family/friends. I plan to live in a country where it is okay to come out and say "I did stripping during college to pay my fees" in a national paper. And I am also okay with choosing camming as an actual career path if I have to. So, I'm not trying super hard to keep my face hidden while I work.

    But my advice is, if it's going to hurt you to be revealed, don't do it. It doesn't worth to risk your well-being. But if you don't have much other choice, try to evaluate how bad it actually is to be outed for you. Maybe it wouldn't be as scary as you would think.

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