How hard is it to become an archaeologist?

How hard is it to become an archaeologist?
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Well, you need a bachelor’s degree at a minimum to do grunt work, a masters at a minimum for a career, and really a PhD to get hired in a good job. And you have to like doing a lot of field work, which can be very tedious and takes a long time with often little satisfaction.
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