18th November 2013, 01:50 PM
barkingdigger Wrote:Not sure if it's changed, but back in my Uni days (early mammals had just arisen from the ashes of the killer asteroid...) there were quite a few archaeology students who never had any intentions of pursuing it as a career. Some were using it as "a handy degree" to get office work (the legal profession particularly liked the the mix of research and puzzle-solving skills), while others were killing time before finding a mate or inheriting the family business/fortune. Of the folks I knew, I'd say less than half treated it as the start of a career. That's a large chunk taken out of the graduating class before we even get to those who either can't get started, or give up after a short stint.
With such a high attrition rate before they even start, it's no wonder we're seeing an aging population in the sector!
Before I got wiped out by the same killer asteroid, I did a degree where pretty much the same 4 people who'd dug before uni were the same 4 who did it after (we did hoover up a couple of extras though over the 3 years) - pretty poor from a course of 40....
Don't know anyone who went into the law, plenty went off banking and the like though