I fully agree with what Peter Lawrence is saying in his article. I am a "senior", but I have seen and see junior colleagues struggling as he describes. Our whole science evaluation and granting systems are in urgent need of reform and this worldwide - we have to get back to quality and Science, not retain or even increase quantity and bureaucracy. We must take better care of our talents - the young scientists that have just become independent in systems, where they have to compete with everybody. Not all are lucky enough to get their first independent position at an institution where they do not need to raise most of their funds for research by grants. We need young independent scientists also at Universities that largely depend on competitive public funding. It is very difficult, not to say rather impossible for a junior person on their first independent position to "produce" good stories within 2-3 years. This often results in attempts to publish incomplete or rather fragmentary research due to the pressure imposed by the need to renew grants. I am convinced that this pressure to produce papers is one reason why the number of new journals has increased so much over the last years- many of them are of rather low impact. In conclusion, we need to give everybody more time to do good research, which means longer granting periods, less paper work and fewer but overall better and more complete publications. I am glad that Peter Lawrence is bringing these important issues up!