Ok, so it took me 10 yrs to get a Full-time job in archy (CRM) (that I've
had with the same firm for over 15 now)...but that was mostly because I
wasn't motivated to work full-time...not the fault of the discipline.

As for Andrew's comment below...this is my main gripe.  CRM companies write
up their reports that get stuffed away on some shelf or in a box...but so
few are ever made known to the "public"...so how do we know what has been
found...without a lot of research and digging (no pun) around...hoping to
find info on investigations in our area?  That part of the 'system' of CRM
sucks (to be vulgar).

Just like the letter response from Mr. Sylvia to Mr.
Lichtenberger...regarding the dig in VA.  He hasn't seen any "books"  on
findings of Civil War age sites in his area.  Now I am not familiar with
that part of the US (only visited when I was 15)...so dont know if in fact
his comment is accurate....but I do know out in S. CA...this type
site-specific information is very lacking...to the general public (I'm not
promoting divulging site locations!)...as well as the professionals.  Too
many of us (out here at least) are working in ivory towers...or isolated
islands...too competitive (?) to Share our wealth of knowledge.  And that's
sad...and needs to be changed....but will it?

Just my opinion.

At 11:17 AM 9/10/2004 -0400, Andrew Sewell wrote:
>To me, performing the work using a rigorous
>methodology and making a point to communicate the results of your findings
>to your colleagues on a somewhat regular basis is more important than what
>sorts of intitials follow your name.