After two years teaching mathematics in secondary schools, he decided that he wanted to put his mathematical skills to more practical use, and anyway he was tired of trying to teach people who did not want to learn, so he joined the Gold Coast Survey as mathematical advisor:
Pagkatapos ng dalawang taon na pagtuturo sa matematika na sekundaryong paaralan, siya ay nagpasya na niya kinakailangan upang ilagay ang kanyang kakayahan sa matematika mas praktikal na gamitin, at anyway siya ay pagod ng trying sa turuan mga tao na hindi mo gusto mong malaman, kaya siya sumali sa Gold Coast Survey bilang matematiko taga-payo: