11th July 2011, 05:56 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:Noble ambition, but is it possible these days to 'leave' archaeological academia for 5-10 years and still expect that there will be any kind of post or course to come back to. Not so sure that is in all honesty a practical manner in which to achieve career stability. Surely all you will end up doing is putting 5-10 years worth of younger, possibly more talented, individuals between yourself and nirvana?
I agree with Kevin. If you see yourself working in academia, I'd focus on that. The only person from my class at university who now works as a lecturer was the one who went straight into her PhD, and had a clear idea of what she wanted to do when she completed it. I still occasionally harbour thoughts of going back to university to do a PhD, but realistically, it's never gonna happen as I'd never be able to get the funds together, or live for however long it took to complete it without wages coming in.
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum