You need the satisfaction of that final step where you add line numbering and double space it and can sit back and say "NOW it's ready to go"

Just voted Coral Reefs paper of the year for 2024!

@marinebiomeg.bsky.social

If folks find teaching and mentoring less fun than budgeting, contracts, permits, procurement, travel reimbursement, and departmental bylaws then uni prof is definitely not the right job…

Little on the nose as an opening word isn’t it 😂!

And me trying to convince people the grunts are more interesting than the whale shark…

Also a sighting of the little known Scarus fiuensis… @fiu.bsky.social

So tough to find people, especially in the summer. Have you asked the authors for more potential names? Sometimes they know people in the field who are hard for the rest of us to find (and have more names beyond their original list)

Think about timing - our grad application deadline is in Dec so I am unlikely to be thinking seriously about new students in the spring semester. Early fall is ideal as I build towards that deadline. And if you apply after the deadline that’s not going to work…

TLDR; if you own this guy, be careful not to let it escape!