 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Goode akabatana neMalayan Civil Service muna 1931, achidzidza mutemo munguva yake isina basa. Akagamuchirwa kubhawa neGrays Inn muna 1936. Kubva muna 1936 kusvika muna 1939 akashanda semukuru weruwa, Raub, uye pashure pacho semubatsiri wemunyori wezvemari weSingapore muna 1939. Akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wezvekudzivirirwa kwevanhu, Singapore muna 1940, achishanda muSingapore Volunteer Corps semutungamiri mukuru munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri. Pashure pokunge nyika yacho yapandukamuna 1942, akabatwa nechiJapan ndokuendeswa kuSiam kunoshanda paBurma Railway kubva muna 1943 kusvika muna 1945. Akaramba ari muMalaya pashure pehondo, uye muna 1948 akava mutevedzeri womunyori wezvemari kuFederation. Muna 1949 akaendeswa kuAden semunyori mukuru, uko kwaakashandawo segweta kubva muna 1950 kusvika muna 1951. Akadzokera kuSingapore semunyori wekoloni muna 1953 uye akava gavhuna weBritish wekupedzisira wekoloni muna 1957. Muna 1959, sechikamu chezvirongwa zvekuchinja, akaitwa Yang di-Pertuan Negara weHurumende yeSingapore kubva muna Chikumi kusvika Zvita, uye United Kingdom Commissioner. Kubva muna 1959 kusvika muna 1963 aive gavhuna wekupedzisira uye Commander-in-Chief weNorth Borneo. 