To former escorts -- how did it work out??

[Boston Guy]

In a couple of other threads, there are ongoing questions about why bright, educated men would turn to escorting. In one, I commented that I was seeing what felt like an increase in the number of guys who are college age or slightly older and who are seeing escorting as a viable career choice, at least for a little while. A number of these guys have told me that they can earn a lot more money escorting, while spending a lot less time working, than they can with any other job choice open to them right away.

 

It's my impression that many of them expect to move into traditional careers sooner or later. But who knows what the future holds for any of us.

 

While considering this, I began to wonder about the other end of the spectrum -- the younger or older guys who did escort and have now chosen to stop. We've heard from a very small number of these guys (most recently, Shamus). But I'm wondering if there are other former escorts out there who might be able to describe what life as a former escort has turned out to be.

 

If you guys are there, did escorting turn out to be a good choice for you? Did it provide a foundation for a happy life later on? If you were starting over, would you make the same choices? And do you have any recommendations for the guys who are currently escorting or thinking about starting?

 

I really don't know if this board reaches many former escorts. But if you are out there, I suspect that you have a perspective that might be very interesting to many of us but more importantly might well be very helpful to the guys who are following you down the road.

 

Thanks.

BG

[Guest Thunderbuns]

The biggest problem with escorting after graduation is that if and when you decide to use your degree and get a job that requires it, there will be a huge difficulty explaining the 3 or 5 or 8 year gap in your resume!

 

Thunderbuns

[Boston Guy]

It's a good point. But it doesn't have to be true.

 

Over the years, I've seen countless resumes and interviewed candidates for jobs at many different levels. It's common at higher levels to encounter candidates who have spent some significant part of the last few years working as a consultant or for an entrepreneurial company that they founded.

 

The explanation for going back into the work force varies, back generally is something like "I got tired of working 24/7", "I ran out of cash for the business", "I want new challenges", etc.

 

Given that the person worked for themselves, references are more difficult and involve going to the customers of the former company -- something that most prospective employers aren't going to do.

 

This is something that's seen more with applicants at higher level jobs, but I've even seen 22-year olds come in who have spent the last couple of years in a small, one-man, Web-based business (usually building Web pages). In America, at least, having someone try to start a business is generally seen as a positive by a prospective employer, even if the business didn't succeed.

 

So this tack might be open to certain escorts, especially if they have a skill that they have maintained and, better yet, if they have actually spent a little time doing something with that skill. Developing a small business on the side might not bring in lots of profit early on but might well provide a way out of the 'resume gap' problem that you have identified.