This is a major tangent from the post that inspired it, but going radically off topic is on of the tropes of the internet. In the post plus comments, a post-doctoral fellow expresses some frustrations about troubles getting a co-authored piece of work to publication.
One of the hardest things in academia is having the discipline to let the leaders of co-authored work (first and senior) author focus on the process of moving a paper to final publication. It's hard to stand back when you are excited by a piece of work and it is easy to be frustrated. But it is also the only way I can stay sane is to trust my co-authors and to be available to provide help as needed.
But I admit to preferring to be in the thick of things . . . :-)
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