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The girl who sits next to me in Jesus class wants to start her own publishing company. I hope that's just a really cool coincidence and not indicative of popularity in the field - or any resulting copmetition.
I think the cool thing about Archaeology and subjects like it is that it involves very uncommon knowledge. You become an archaeologist, and you become an expert. You could see the world through your job, and still be interesting and have billions of subjects to talk about. No one will proffess to know more about archaeology than you. That's the one thing that puts me off to publishing. Everyone's allowed to form literary opinions, everyone can proofread. One could be a publishing expert, but that would not stop others from thinking they knew more about books...
In summary, would I rather do something that makes me happy, or would I rather look good and feel superior? That's a pretty easy decision.
I think the cool thing about Archaeology and subjects like it is that it involves very uncommon knowledge. You become an archaeologist, and you become an expert. You could see the world through your job, and still be interesting and have billions of subjects to talk about. No one will proffess to know more about archaeology than you. That's the one thing that puts me off to publishing. Everyone's allowed to form literary opinions, everyone can proofread. One could be a publishing expert, but that would not stop others from thinking they knew more about books...
In summary, would I rather do something that makes me happy, or would I rather look good and feel superior? That's a pretty easy decision.