Berossus Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Hi Everyone,My name is James and I’m really behind on introducing myself! (I registered in 2005 )I'm currently studying Archaeology at University College London after transferring a few years ago from the School of Oriental African Studies where I was studying Ancient Near Eastern Studies and learnt Akkadian and Hittite Cuneiform. I’ve been interested in history as long as I can remember and have dabbled in Latin and ancient Greek. I was an Age of Empires devotee and then moved towards the Total War series. For those of you interested in archaeology/history I’m the webmaster of www.uclsas.co.uk (though sadly my year in power ends in March!). Feel free to give it a look, very soon there’ll be a huge collection of archaeological and historical links (under “resources”), some of which I hope may be of interest to the 0 A.D. community. 0 A.D. looks amazing and I can’t wait until the great day when the first demo becomes available.Cheers!James (Berossus) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Belated welcome to WFG James It is gratifying to hear a professional such as yourself speak highly of our "little" project Thank you kindly!SAS looks like a blast! I know my own local student society, the Society of Commerce Students, SOCkS for short, is hardly as lively as your own However our name is far better than it used to be. School of Business Students didn't fly very well (lot of SOB jokes) when they organized it. Any ideas on what your plans will be once you are out of school James? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berossus Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 (edited) Hi PaulHaha, that's a question and a half! I've had loads of ideas, but I'm interested in too many things! A realistic short-list I guess would be: Professional Archaeologist (perhaps up to PhD), Teacher (though can't decide at what level) or I.T. professional in some guise or other. I might focus on web design, as I really enjoy managing my current site and want to see if I would be any good at designing and managing others from scratch. My dad's a systems engineer and I've been hooked on computers since I could walk. It's in the blood! For the moment though I'm just content to see how things work out, much less stressful this way!What's studying business like? You got a favourite area? A dream of mine is to one day run my own business (just got to work out what on earth I'd sell/offer, oh and actually look into how to run a business!) Edited February 26, 2007 by Berossus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 (edited) LOL Archaeology to IT Quite the career path, but one that is never dull! My brother is in IT, working towards his Comp Sciences degree. He likes it although I can't make heads nor tails of the material. I'm into Accounting myself, with a fairly strong like of marketing. I much prefer numbers, but I enjoy the qualitative aspects of marketing at times. Working towards a Chartered Accountant's rating myself. Good place to be. Do you know that with any undergrad degree, you could go back to school and pick up a few business courses and be eligible for the CA pro-d course that preps you for the CA exam? At least in Canada it is so. Edited February 26, 2007 by Paal_101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berossus Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I think it's the same over here in terms of courses that open up to you once you have an undergrad degree, though I'm not sure about the CA pro-d course. I have a friend who wants to be an accountant, but she has studied various courses continuously since leaving school. You want an interesting career path - my grandfather went from Forestry to Accounting to I.T. when it first took off. Those were the days! Having given some thought on my ideal business ... I think a specialist book store would be a good bet. Offering archaeological and historical books for university students and lecturers, with a fine selection for the general customer. I have so many books myself that it would be no great leap. I'd also get to read a copy of all the books that came in. The power of the knowledge at my command would be legendary!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCobra1 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Hey, James! Welcome to our humble abode. Here's to you becoming a part of our community. Cheers!Sir Silvanus,Lord of Xanthus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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