Non-content generating Jobs

Sorry. Wasn't my intention to exhaustively list the job types available. Was just asking some questions that I was curious about.

I'm merely defining non-content as those jobs producing material which are only consumed at the point that they are made, meaning live DJing, hosting and cyber sex. I'm having trouble calling them 'services' because building buildings is a service industry but they do leave a trace of 'content' around, whereas making clothes isn't a service, but mostly pure production.

Reporters and journalists create things which are available for consumption at any point in time and can be replicated. So thats content to me.

But I just realized that theres quite a decent amount of variety actually, so thanks to everyone. But I think we actually need more gladiators, like Ordinal said. Theres not enough blood in SL.

Dancers who actually expect to receive any tips do function somewhat as hosts. That is, they talk to the guests as well as dance with them, making the experience of the visitor more interesting and fun. Some also do sex work; some don't.



Some DJs dance while in-world. Others prefer to sit at the control table. In either case, their main job is song selection, and offering the service of streaming music to SL (a service that carries a non-trivial RL cost).



If you're talking about just doing poses for promotional shots (putting on the vendor pictures or whatever), there clearly isn't any real need for a model; the designer could just wear different appearances and take pictures of him or herself. Still, having models is fun. It may also help to generate additional buzz for your designs, as the models will likely talk about what they did, proudly wear the designs they modeled, and so forth.

If you're doing a fashion show event, having models is necessary. One person simply wouldn't be able to handle all the quick changing required.




Quite likely. Certainly, their typical hourly rate is higher than the other jobs you've talked about. Given the abundance of willing amateurs in SL, the popularity of escorts is a bit puzzling to me. But people may enjoy role-playing paid sex, or they might want to try unusual sexual acts that would be difficult to find somebody to play with them. Or maybe the better escorts are just really really good at what they do.

As for where they work, I've seen both of those, as well as escorts that mostly work at clubs, using special rooms provided by the club. All a matter of negotiation between client and worker.


The only other type of job that I didn't see on your list is instructor, which is on the borderline between content creator and not. Certainly, teaching a class that involves building of any sort requires skill as a creator, even if the instructor isn't actually building anything him or herself in the class. Classes like the one NCI offers on buying land don't involve creation skills, but teaching one requires substantial knowledge of SL.

Its a lot easier to take pics of others than it is of yourself.

Depending on where they work, escorts can make a lot of money.

Depending on where they work, event hosts and djs can make a lot of money.

This was what I was asking, in essence, as to how you were defining content.

I agree about the gladiators as well.

As I mentioned above, a "Hired Griefer" could use the Impeach Bush model, which has apparantly been ruled as being within TOS.