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Older people - what career would you have pursued, if you had support, money and resources?

Marianne72

I had this idea following TheCatWoman's question about career v job. Older people  might feel poignant about a past lost in the mists of Time. Regret is human but can be destructive. It can also lead to enlightening insights. I think of my working life as a string of pearls rather than a single diamond solitaire. It was not the job alone, but people I worked with, homes I had during each period and what I learned about myself as a result. What are your experiences? 

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  • 1. I wish I had always known what I know now, so with support and money, I would likely have completed an archaeology degree earlier in life and gone onto research at an early age.

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    2.  Primatologist researching mountain gorillas. I would have attempted to complete a zoology degree (I have an aversion to some aspects of zoology) allowing me to pursue a career as a primatologist. 

  • in reply to ArchaeC
    ArchaeC said:
    I would likely have completed an archaeology degree

    I would have loved that. But as a child I volunteered at digs - medieval and Roman.

  • in reply to Marianne72

    I’m glad you had the opportunity to volunteer at digs as a child. Community archaeology has become much more of a thing since that time. If you are in England, there is certainly plenty of Roman archaeology around.

    I was always digging things up in our garden when I was a child but I had no concept of archaeology and imagined I was an explorer. Being a late developer I had different jobs and an undergraduate degree before I finally completed my Masters in Archaeology in my 40s. 

    My interest is in Material Culture in the Levant but I used to volunteer at a yearly dig season at Pompeii. It was incredible to be among all that archaeology in its vastness and to have played a very tiny part in revealing the past for all to see. 

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  • in reply to Marianne72

    I’m glad you had the opportunity to volunteer at digs as a child. Community archaeology has become much more of a thing since that time. If you are in England, there is certainly plenty of Roman archaeology around.

    I was always digging things up in our garden when I was a child but I had no concept of archaeology and imagined I was an explorer. Being a late developer I had different jobs and an undergraduate degree before I finally completed my Masters in Archaeology in my 40s. 

    My interest is in Material Culture in the Levant but I used to volunteer at a yearly dig season at Pompeii. It was incredible to be among all that archaeology in its vastness and to have played a very tiny part in revealing the past for all to see. 

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