This document discusses encouraging undergraduate students to publish scientific work early in their careers. It notes that publishing can take a long time, but that today scientists can more easily share data online through platforms like ChemSpider and SlideShare. The presenter discusses how they did not publish anything during their undergraduate or PhD studies in the 1980s. However, students today have more opportunities to publish spectra, syntheses, and other research outputs online early through data sharing platforms. Doing so can help develop students' professional reputation and engagement in scientific discussion and collaboration.