I graduated from my one-year part-time Masters of History in 2016. I studied history without any career aspirations, purely because it was my passion, however studying with the ANU School of History’s excellent lecturers has enhanced my analytical and research skills in the workforce, especially my ability to synthesise material from diverse sources, evaluate veracity and discern patterns and societal trends. Since graduating, I have continued to work as co-director of a software development company and also become co-director of a market gardening business, ‘The Department of Broccoli’. I am not working as a historian but my Masters degree has enabled me to continue to publish in respected academic journals, such as an article about Canberran WW1 soldier settlers in the Canberra Historical Journal; an article about medicine manufacture by WW2 Japanese Prisoners of War on the Thai-Burma Railway in the Health and History Journal; and Lt Colonel Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's biographical entry for the Australian Dictionary of Biography.