Today someone asked me if they saw me on youtube and I was like "um maybe." I know that a lot of youtubers are excited the first time someone sees them in real life and recognizes them from youtube but I'm kind of not so excited. It just means that my internet life is beginning to catch up with my real life.
See most employers don't want their employees posting videos where they talk to Bill Gates on the phone or numa numa dance, or declare their love of Kelly Clarkson. And it isn't that employers care if their employees like Kelly Clarkson's music, but it is more the idea that now everyone can know that. The videos are permanent and are out there for anyone's viewing and have the potential to be viewed by anyone. the same goes for blogs.
I guess the reason for this post is that I'm scared of being professional adult and having to give up my internet life. It is a hobby, like gardening or stamp collecting (though lets be honest who does that?) but I really don't want to have to give it up because I look unprofessional. I've made some pretty awesome friends through youtube and the internet, and it would just really suck to have to be like "sorry I need my job so I can make money, bye everyone." To me the internet is a play ground and it is just weird to think how all of that can change simply because I may appear unprofessional. anyway if push comes to shove I'm not leaving the internet. Youtube channels and blogs are like energy, they aren't created or destroyed only transfered. If I'm ever in a situation where I can't use the internet for fun we are going to play a game I like to call "catch me if you can"
Keep on rocking in the free world.
3 comments:
My Tuesdays wouldn't be the same without you.
I had this problem when I started a new job and someone there had seen my videos. Even a second cousin I've met maybe twice in her life who's 5 watches my videos and I had no idea. I hate having to censor myself on my videos since I make so few as is and like you said it's energy, it's an outlet and just plain fun. I suppose since in most of mine I just sing it's a little easier to not have to worry about future employers. Unless I sing "The Song That Doesn't End" by Lambchop, I think that might bother some people eventually.
I feel you on the employment fear front. I am constantly cognizant of the appropriateness of my content. I actually have been for years, before I got through college, before YouTube existed. I did an episode of The Glenn Slingerland Situation, a local public-access show. Before going on it, I thought it was just surreal, but during filming, I was asked to show more and more skin. I talked to Glenn at the end of the filming and told him I couldn't do it again, explaining my employment concerns. They hardly ever showed the episode I was on.
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