u/darthnick7

I'm a college grad from the US (bachelor's in History, German minor). I have already lived outside of the US for 2 years, as I spent a year studying in Czechia and another year after that working as an English teacher there. Currently back in the US and looking to try and secure a more permanent situation abroad sometime in the next couple of years; as of now, I have about a B1 level in German and am making improving that a priority (currently looking at some immersion courses in Germany). Also applying for some internships in Germany to try and get a foot in the door (CBYX, etc.) but want to have a back-up plan in case that does not work.

Long-term, I am considering pursuing a second bachelor's in Germany in education (I am aware that getting a worthwhile degree that way would require me to improve my German proficiency, though). I do not have a second passport that would make visas less of a concern, and I'm not eligible to attain one (believe me, I have looked up and down both sides of my family tree for it) which I understand makes things much, much more difficult in the long-term but I do want to at least make an attempt.

I am also not tied to living in a German-speaking country; I specify those as I already have a (limited) proficiency in German and know from experience (as I'm sure many of you do as well) how arriving in a country where you don't speak the language at all can be difficult to say the least, but I am still open to suggestions for countries outside of those few (I have a very, very limited command of Czech, and a little book knowledge of French, Polish, and Russian but no experience speaking those). I've considered Canada, Ireland, and the UK as well but as I understand things there visa-seeking- and cost-of-living-wise are not much better than most of the EU, if not worse.

I hope this flair is suitable as I didn't find my question aligns exactly with any of them.

I'm 23 currently looking at the possibility of pursuing a Master's degree in the EU. I have a Bachelor's in History w/ minor in German language from a US uni, I studied in Czechia for a year and then lived/worked there as a teacher for about 8 months after graduating so I do have some prior experience living outside of the US. I don't have an official certificate but from taking a few online tests my German proficiency is at around a B1 level (reading comes fairly easy, speaking and listening more difficult for me). I keep up with it and have gotten back into daily practice to try and expand my vocabulary.

I do really want to return to the EU permanently, and because I lack the citizenship-through-descent golden ticket it seems to me that the best way forward in my position would be to pursue a Master's degree in a country and then seek residence afterwards. My top choice at the moment is a German-speaking country due to my (admittedly limited) current proficiency in the language, but I did like living in Czechia as well so I'm fairly open to looking outside those three choices.

Right now I'm trying to decide what exactly I should pursue a Master's in, as I would want it to be in a field that is at least in some high demand so that I could actually find a job. My initial thought was to pursue a Master's in History or Archaeology but as I understand the chances of breaking into Academia/CRM in the EU as an American are basically zilch. I don't know what other careers are in high demand at the moment, my only other thought has been potentially getting a degree in education, as it's something I already have some experience in, I know I don't hate it, and it seems fairly reliable, at least on its face.

What degrees/career paths would you suggest? And what countries specifically might be ideal for pursuing those degrees/careers? Thanks

I'm coming back to the hobby after a bit of a hiatus and I notice a lot of the teams that were new when I was last into it are now completely missing from the website (Kasrkin, Breachers, Farstalkers). I knew that older teams would be getting phased out but as far as I can tell the old Vet Guard and and Pathfinders can be built close enough using their standard box equivalents, but those three specifically are completely gone it seems (which sucks bc I was interested in them). Do they plan to bring them back in some capacity or on made to order or what?

Getting back into modeling and stuff (specifically kill team), are the Kasrkin no longer being sold? They're not on the website anymore outside of the combat patrol.

I'm a 2025 grad with a bachelor's degree in history from the US. I took some anthropology/archaeology courses in my undergrad and actually planned on double majoring in history/anthropology but ended up not doing that because [insert tragic backstory here]. I've come to kind of regret that and want to pursue a master's in archaeology (I've already been accepted to a couple of programs).

However, I'm kind of doom and gloom on postgrad job prospects and have been just completely second-guessing every decision I'm making as part of my ongoing quarter-life crisis. I, ultimately, would like to find a stable career where I could live and work in the EU (or even the UK, if I'm feeling desperate). I've spent about two years total living and working in Czechia (teaching, though I experienced some physical health issues and my situation failed to satisfy the "stable" prerequisite of my goal, so I ended up falling into being a mom's house neet recently).

My preferred masters program would allow me to focus on GIS and is in the UK though as I understand it postgrad job opportunities for foreigners there are especially fraught as getting a visa sponsorship for an archaeology job is, as I understand from other posts here, almost impossible given the one-year timeframe of the job seeking grace period for foreign post-grads.

As for the EU I unfortunately do not possess the golden ticket of a second passport. I have (last time I was tested) a roughly B1 level in German and I'm confident I could raise that to a testable B2 if I really hit the books for a bit (I also have A1 Czech, for what little that's worth lol) but other than that not much that I can imagine would remotely appeal or help me stand out to CRM jobs in the EU. I have no idea what that looks like over there.

Even in regard to staying in the US (or Canada) I'm kind of not optimistic. As I said before I did some archaeology courses in my undergrad and participated in a(n admittedly very small) dig so I'm not completely oblivious to the physical requirements of the job, though that's not my main concern (I like the outdoors). Afaik it would also involve a lot of travel for shit pay. I just left a job with shit pay that involved traveling to a new place to work every week and while it was cool at first I was definitely resenting it by the time I left (especially because I was paying for an expensive apartment that I wasn't able to actually live in 90% of the time lol). So building a career around a similar job does not appeal to me.

Anyway, my main questions are the following:

1. What prospects are there for an American monopassport beta with a hypothetical master's in archaeology looking to make a career in the UK or EU country?
2. Despite your pro-archaeology biases would choosing a master's in archaeology kind of screw me over in the modern job market across the board?
3. How competitive does a focus on GIS make me in the archaeology/CRM job market?
4. How transferable are archaeological GIS skills to other careers? Have you as an archaeologist been able to transfer your GIS skills to another (more stable) career/know someone who has?

Apologies for the sort of stream of consciousness post here. Advice appreciated and thank you in advance.