I always liked having entire groups to work with. Makes for a lot of productivity and results. Though given that I've mostly been involved in drill instruction and command, I have to support others.

Military history doesn't involve much work. Mostly requires a lot of reading of other people's research. Unfortunate because years know more than books.

[And then finally he explains something he abandoned earlier.]

Oh and uh... burning the midnight oil is just an old saying. For people that didn't sleep much and did a lot of work at night.