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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3604518, member: 87200"]Some scholars are entrapped in a web of theoretical perspectives that they pass on to students. In may day it was a Marxian view of history that some professors espoused, especially at the university I attended (Berkeley). However, in most other classes this was not the case. The reason I ended up studying archaeology and languages was that I was hoping to get a Ph.D. and become the next Indiana Jones. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, life threw me a curveball I started interviewing for jobs upon graduation. My girlfriend kind of talked me into it. After a couple of years of work I decided to get an MBA to make it easier to get promoted. Luckily the big company I worked for which is a household name had 100% tuition reimbursement, and I did get promoted after getting the degree. After a year I decided to get a Ph.D. again with tuition reimbursement so I feel pretty lucky. After that I quit the company and co-founded a software company in Silicon Valley.</p><p><br /></p><p>I often wonder what would have happened if I got my Ph.D. in Archaeology. There were 5 people in my hieratic class taught by a famous Egyptologist who discovered the tomb KV5 a couple of years after I graduated. Two of my classmates became well-known Egyptologists and are often on the Discover and History channels and provide a voice of reason to the usual sensationalism of these documentaries. I'm still friends with them on Facebook, and sometimes chat about the state of Archaeology today. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I'm sticking to my belief that an undergrad degree in the humanities is a perfectly acceptable way to advance in the world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3604518, member: 87200"]Some scholars are entrapped in a web of theoretical perspectives that they pass on to students. In may day it was a Marxian view of history that some professors espoused, especially at the university I attended (Berkeley). However, in most other classes this was not the case. The reason I ended up studying archaeology and languages was that I was hoping to get a Ph.D. and become the next Indiana Jones. However, life threw me a curveball I started interviewing for jobs upon graduation. My girlfriend kind of talked me into it. After a couple of years of work I decided to get an MBA to make it easier to get promoted. Luckily the big company I worked for which is a household name had 100% tuition reimbursement, and I did get promoted after getting the degree. After a year I decided to get a Ph.D. again with tuition reimbursement so I feel pretty lucky. After that I quit the company and co-founded a software company in Silicon Valley. I often wonder what would have happened if I got my Ph.D. in Archaeology. There were 5 people in my hieratic class taught by a famous Egyptologist who discovered the tomb KV5 a couple of years after I graduated. Two of my classmates became well-known Egyptologists and are often on the Discover and History channels and provide a voice of reason to the usual sensationalism of these documentaries. I'm still friends with them on Facebook, and sometimes chat about the state of Archaeology today. Anyway, I'm sticking to my belief that an undergrad degree in the humanities is a perfectly acceptable way to advance in the world.[/QUOTE]
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