My first proper job for Oxfam was wonderful. I had just returned from living in Malawi, and I got a job supporting Oxfam offices working on governance and public policies. As part of this job, I travelled for the first time to Vietnam, and I remember thinking to myself ‘Oh- so this is what development looks like!’. In Malawi every year people felt like they were poorer, or at least barely any richer, and their lives were not that different to their parents or indeed their grandparents- they still farmed maize with handheld hoes.