I was an assistant to a prof here for a semester, second semester of my MA. Wrote a, what he thought, brilliant article on the first semester and then he wanted me to work for him and work towards getting funded for a phd when I finish. I finished the semester for him and kindly told him that it was not going to happen, the workload of just studying and working part time is more than enough, I don't need a third job for some guy who just dumps all the bullshit on me. He asked me to grade papers about subjects that were so far out of my field (song dynasty china as opposed to modern middle eastern history) that I had to study up for those aswell (4th job).
It would be a great job tho, just writing shit and getting paid for it, but not worth the hassle. I'll do HRW/Amnesty crisis/report research instead, earn less but be mellow and enjoy myself.