12th October 2005, 01:29 PM
Trowelhead,
Consultancy is fun.
I came into consultancy rather reluctantly, as a stop-gap during a hiatus in fieldwork opportunities. I reckoned I'd be back down a muddy hole in under 6 months. 12 years later, I'm still here, although I have done a little fieldwork during that time as well.
I stayed because the job is varied, interesting and intellectually challenging. There's lots that I miss from a fieldwork - based job, but also lots in this job that I'd miss if I left it.
One particular attraction is that I work closely on a daily basis not just with other archaeologists but also with ecologists, landscape architects, environmental scientists, town planners and a whole rainbow coalition of different types of civil engineer. It certainly broadens the mind.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished
Consultancy is fun.
I came into consultancy rather reluctantly, as a stop-gap during a hiatus in fieldwork opportunities. I reckoned I'd be back down a muddy hole in under 6 months. 12 years later, I'm still here, although I have done a little fieldwork during that time as well.
I stayed because the job is varied, interesting and intellectually challenging. There's lots that I miss from a fieldwork - based job, but also lots in this job that I'd miss if I left it.
One particular attraction is that I work closely on a daily basis not just with other archaeologists but also with ecologists, landscape architects, environmental scientists, town planners and a whole rainbow coalition of different types of civil engineer. It certainly broadens the mind.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished