Although, if you are a Phd-student or postdoc, you really need to be first author on some papers if you want to make a further career in science, at least in th

Although, if you are a Phd-student or postdoc, you really need to be first author on some papers if you want to make a further career in science, at least in the biomedical fields. The monster author lists seem to be most common in physics though, where you have these large collaborative projects, like the LHC. I guess that makes it a bit different, and that it therefore is acceptable for a Phd student or a postdoc to be listed in the author list of these papers, and not necessarily be first author.