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Date: | Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:37:03 -0600 |
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Fellow archaeologists-
I emphathize with the many who can't
make a living at archaeology or who are just plain
overqualified or discriminated against by
local territorialists.
I think the transition to outside careers can be made and well
because of the unique training and do-it-ourselves
mentality of archaeologists.
A first important step is to complete a class or certification as
a consultant- it will open your mind how to approach
non-archaeological industries and careers. I was pretty lost until
and in debt from school until I did this.
Then, I spent eight years in between adjunct
teaching at Princeton, Carleton and elsewhere
in consultant work for technical publications groups at
big companies like AT&T , Cray, NEC and others-
I paid my grad school debts and although I did not publish much
in archaeology I wrote three books on operating systems, networking
and UNIX. Two of which were internally published but more
heavily reviewed than peer review in academia. The other was Prentice hall.
This was a good expereience for me and the consutling work made me a
better organizer and possibly better archaeologist- once I returned to the
field.
best of luck- I can respond off list to queries.
Matt
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